| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 296146600 | Reinforcement | 67 |
| 20080211258 | Door handle reinforcement plate - A door handle reinforcement plate that is positioned on the inner surface of a vehicle door. The plate is mounted using the fasteners of the existing door handle. The door handle reinforcement plate adds strength and rigidity to the vehicle door to prevent the vehicle door from flexing or distorting in an undesirable fashion. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080238136 | Motor Vehicle Door - A motor vehicle door comprises an outer module and an inner module, with the inner module having an inside door lining which is fitted onto a supporting surface of the inner module. The inner module has a supporting structure which comprises a metallic frame which in turn is joined to a plastic base support so as to form a metal-plastic hybrid component. The hybrid component at the same time forms the supporting surface of the inside door lining. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080303306 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure includes a reinforcing member extending along an inner side of an outer door panel in a longitudinal direction, wherein the reinforcing member includes an extrusion-molded body, a forward end surface and a rear end surface, each comprising fixing portions configured to abut forward and rear mounts upon the inner side of the outer door panel, and the reinforcing member configured to be secured to the mounts in the longitudinal direction. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080315618 | Assembly carrier for installation into a motor vehicle - An assembly carrier for installation into a motor vehicle is provided. The assembly carrier comprising a large-area carrier body which is molded at least partially from fiber-reinforced plastic, fastening points, which are provided on the carrier body, for fastening functional components of a motor vehicle to the carrier body, and a gate mark which projects from the carrier body and which represents a section of the path along which the molding compound for molding the assembly carrier was conducted into a cavity, which forms the carrier body, of a molding die. The gate mark has at least one longitudinally extended gate section which is curved—in cross section through the carrier body and the gate mark—and whose longitudinal sides which are situated opposite, and which face away from, one another run in each case along a curved path and merge in each case along the respective path into the carrier body. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080315619 | Vehicle side door structure - A vehicle side door structure includes an inner panel, an outer panel that is positioned on the outside of the inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, and that forms a closed space in cooperation with the inner panel. In addition, an impact beam extends in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and is arranged within the closed space at a position close to the outer panel, a bracket is attached to the inner panel and holds, at a portion which is on the inner side of the inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, a collision detector, and a load transmission member connects the impact beam to the inner panel at a portion that overlaps the bracket from a lateral view. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090026795 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH DOOR BEAM - A bracket is fixed to a door beam which is fixed to an inner panel between the inner panel and an outer panel of the door. The bracket extends from the door beam toward the outer panel and includes at an end thereof a curved part protruding toward the outer panel. The bracket is connected at the end thereof to the outer panel through the vibration damping member. The bracket has a predetermined length and is fixed to the inner panel at an angle between the inner panel reference plane and the extending direction. The angle is determined on the basis of a distance between the door beam and the outer panel. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090115220 | Vehicle Door Frame and Method for Making Same - A vehicle door frame includes a first frame | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090121515 | VEHICLE INTERIOR DOOR PULL HANDLE ATTACHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention is directed to an apparatus and method that includes a bracket that attaches the bottom end of a vehicle interior door handle to a door panel in a rigid manner, the bracket including a first wall and second and third walls that extend, generally perpendicular to the door panel, from the first wall toward the door panel, and first and second flanges extending from the second and third walls respectively that are attached to the door panel. The second and third walls flank control components within the armrest such that the bracket is compact and provides a rigid connection. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090146451 | INNER PANEL FOR A DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INTEGRATED INTRUSION BEAM - A door assembly is provided that includes integral impact regions that obviate the need for a separate impact beam. The door assembly includes an outer panel and an inner panel, operably connected to the outer panel so that a compartment is formed therebetween. At least one hardware-mounting surface is integrally formed from the inner panel and extends towards the outer panel. Each of the hardware mounting surfaces is operable to mount a hardware component between the inner and outer panels. At least one integrally-formed impact region is provided on the inner panel that is operable to strengthen the door assembly and increase its intrusion resistance of the vehicle door during a collision. The inner panel has substantially no large access openings that would be deleterious to impact resistance and substantially seals the vehicle passenger compartment from the external environment. The at least one impact region is also displaced at least as far away from the outer panel as the at least one hardware mounting surface. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090152893 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR UPPER PORTION OF VEHICLE DOOR - Disclosed herein is a reinforcement structure for an upper portion of a vehicle door comprising, an inner panel disposed in a vehicle cabin, an outer panel disposed so as to be spaced apart from the inner panel with a receiving space therebetween, and a reinforcement panel bonded to the inner panel so as to form a closed section space, upper and lower portions of the reinforcement panel being bonded to the inner panel so as to form the closed section space therein. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090236871 | Vehicle Door Structure - A vehicle door structure comprises an inner panel ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250966 | RESINOUS IMPACT-ENERGY ABSORBER FOR ABSORBING SIDE IMPACT ENERGY - A resinous impact-energy absorber | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090278380 | LEG PUSHER DEVICE FOR SIDE IMPACT TESTS - An energy absorbing vehicle door, comprising an inner panel, an outer panel joined to the inner panel, a door trim panel material on the inner panel, and an energy absorbing member mounted on the inner panel. The energy absorbing member has a first surface adjacent the outer member and a second surface adjacent the door trim panel. The energy absorbing member is mounted at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the vehicle occupant's lower leg to reduce dynamic motion between the occupant's femur and lower leg, thereby reducing said femur distal movement response during a vehicle said impact event. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090284041 | INTEGRAL PELVIC IMPACT ENERGY-ABSORBING PRE-CRUSH PROTECTIVE CONSTRUCTION FOR VEHICLE DOOR - A door trim substrate having a construction which includes, in combination, an energy-absorbing pre-crush protective portion and a pelvic bolster portion is provided for use in a vehicle. The pre-crush protective portion is configured so as to protect the pelvic bolster portion from pre-crush in a vehicle side-impact event. The pre-crush portion is defined by a rib cassette structure which is preferably integrally molded into the door trim substrate below the pelvic bolster portion. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090289470 | PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A panel assembly for a vehicle door has trim panel coupled to the door and having at least a portion thereof that is spaced from the door's outboard frame. The trim panel has first and second impact areas. A plurality of energy absorbing structures is arranged in an array between the trim panel and the door frame. Each energy absorbing structure has a base end, an outboard end, and at least one sidewall. The base end is adjacent to the trim panel. The outboard end engages the vehicle door. The sidewall may include either or both of a reinforcement structure and a weakening structure that are sized and configured so that the energy absorbing structure has a predetermined range of energy absorption against the occupant during a side-impact collision. Energy absorbing structures having different energy absorption characteristics are located adjacent to the first and second impact areas. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090322117 | VEHICLE DOOR AND A SIDE IMPACT BEAM - A vehicle door has an impact protection beam ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100013266 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - An impact beam that absorbs an impact of a vehicle collision is provided in a vehicle door, at a position between an inner panel and an outer panel. The impact beam has a wavy portion that undulates in the height direction of the vehicle door. The center axis of the wavy portion extends along the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100019533 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - An outer door panel | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100052360 | Door Assembly and Method for a Vehicle - A door assembly for a vehicle includes an outer panel. A support panel is operatively connected to the outer panel and configured such that the support panel provides bending resistance to the outer panel when the outer panel is deflected toward the support panel during a first deflection distance of the outer panel. A cable is operatively connected in the door assembly between a first end and a second end of the outer panel such that the cable provides additional bending resistance to the outer panel when the outer panel is deflected toward the support panel during a second deflection distance of the outer panel, greater than the first deflection distance. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100066122 | VEHICLE DOOR - In the case of a vehicle door with an inside door part and an outside door part which are connected to an inner and outer door shaft reinforcing device, a mirror base of a vehicle exterior rearview mirror is held at a corner of the door. The mirror base is supported on a reinforcing element arranged within the vehicle door. The reinforcing element is arranged between a support of the outer door shaft reinforcing device and a further support of the inner door shaft reinforcing device. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100084888 | AUTOMOTIVE DOOR WITH ENHANCED SIDE COLLISION PERFORMANCE - An automotive door enhanced with absorption performance for collision energy in a side collision. The automotive door is constructed of an outer panel and an inner panel, and includes a door beam for a side collision therewithin, and a glass ascending/descending space between the inner panel and the door beam for a side collision including a reinforcing panel disposed in a space between the outer panel and the glass ascending/descending space and joined with both of the outer panel and the door beam for a side collision. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090495 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure includes: a door body that includes an inner panel and an outer panel and that has a space between the inner panel and the outer panel; an acceleration detector that is arranged in the space; a support portion that supports the acceleration detector on the door body so that a direction of sensitivity of the acceleration detector differs from a direction in which the door body is closed; and a sensitivity direction changing portion that changes a position in which the acceleration detector is supported by the support portion so that the direction of sensitivity of the acceleration detector approaches a direction in which the inner panel faces the outer panel as the outer panel is relatively displaced toward the inner panel. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100225141 | STRUCTURE FOR SIDE PORTION OF VEHICLE BODY AND VEHICLE WITH THE SAME - The object of the invention is to provide a structure for side portion of a vehicle body, which can suppress large deformation of a door beam (impact beam) when a side collision load is inputted to the door beam, and a vehicle provided with the structure for side portion of a vehicle body. In the invention, if a side collision load of a vehicle is inputted to the door beam, the front end portion of the door beam is supported by a front pillar portion, and an intermediate portion close to the rear end of the door beam is supported by a support convex portion of a swollen portion which is swollen forward from a center pillar portion. Therefore, the door beam is bent and deformed to the inside of the vehicle body with the front pillar portion and the support convex portion as support points, and a specific portion on a rear end portion side, which includes a rear end portion located further rearward than the support convex portion, intrudes into a receiving concave portion of the swollen portion on the vehicle body side. As a result, the bending moment in the directions opposite to each other acts on a rear end portion side and a front end portion side of the door beam with the support convex portion as a boundary, so that large deformation of the door beam is suppressed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100230997 | DOOR IMPACT BEAM - A door impact beam for a motor vehicle includes a formed metal sheet defined by a longitudinal axis and having a tubular cross section which has a closed circumference in a center portion of the metal sheet, and is configured with open circumference at both end portions of the metal sheet which adjoin the center portion in a direction of the longitudinal axis. Each end portion is defined by an opening angle which continuously increases from the center portion to respective ends of the end portions. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100301630 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure in which a load acting from the front of the vehicle body is efficiently transferred to a door beam, whereby the weight of a side sill is reduced. A vehicle body side structure includes a front door provided to a front vehicle body opening via a front hinge, a front door beam provided to the front door and coupled at the front end to the front hinge, and an interaction for transferring a load to a rear part of the vehicle body, the interaction being provided to the side of the front hinge facing the front of the vehicle body. The front hinge includes a front attachment part provided to the vehicle body, and a front coupling part rotatably supported on the front attachment part and coupled with the front door beam. The front attachment part has a front bearing for bearing a load acting from the interaction. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110037288 | DOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A door structure of a vehicle includes a reinforcing member horizontally extending from a leading end, which is connected to a leading reinforce-installation fitting, and to a tail end, which is connected to a tail reinforce-installation fitting, an upper vertical beam extending from an upper end, which is connected to a head-installation fitting, to a lower end, which is connected to the tail reinforce-installation fitting, a lower vertical beam inclined to the upper vertical beam and extending from an upper end, which is connected to the tail reinforce-installation fitting, to a lower end, which is connected to a base-installation fitting, and a horizontal beam positioned below the reinforcing member and extending from a leading end, which is connected to a leading beam-installation fitting, to a tail end, which is connected to a tail beam-installation fitting, such that the horizontal beam intersects the lower vertical beam. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110074179 | Composite Liftgate System - The present invention is a thermoplastic composite liftgate system with reinforcements in key areas to allow the system to meet performance requirements, while lowering the tooling investment, lowering the system mass, and improving the styling flexibility. The present invention includes an inner panel and at least one bracket or reinforcement member connected to the inner panel such that when a force is applied to the bracket, the force is distributed to the inner panel. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110210575 | AUTOMOTIVE DOOR WITH ENHANCED SIDE COLLISION PERFORMANCE - The present invention provides an automotive door enhanced with the absorption performance for the collision energy in the side collision. The automotive door constructed of an outer panel and an inner panel, comprising a door beam for a side collision therewithin, and provided with a glass ascending/descending space between the inner panel and the door beam for a side collision comprises a reinforcing panel disposed in a space between the outer panel and the glass ascending/descending space and joined with both of the outer panel and the door beam for a side collision. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110221229 | Vehicle Structural Reinforcement System - The present disclosure relates to various vehicle structural reinforcement systems and methods of manufacturing the same. A latching system is included in the vehicle to mechanically link two vehicle structural members under preselected conditions. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110254311 | Door structure module - The present invention relates to a door structure module, preferably a door structure module for a motor vehicle, particularly preferably a motor vehicle door or a motor vehicle tailgate of metal-plastics-composite design (hybrid technology) and in which at least one panel profile is joined to at least two different plastics elements, where the two plastics elements are composed of different plastics materials which are simultaneously injection-moulded by the bi-injection-moulding process, and as a result of this when the melt fronts of these encounter one another they fuse with one another and simultaneously enter into a secure bond with the panel profile(s). | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120038182 | PASSENGER PROTECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a passenger protection device ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120091750 | SNAP FIT BRACKET FOR SIDE DOOR IMPACT BEAM - A door assembly for a vehicle includes an exterior panel and an impact beam coupled to the exterior panel and spaced from an interior surface of the exterior panel a gap distance. A bracket is attached to the impact beam via a snap fit connection. The bracket includes an outboard surface disposed between the impact beam and the interior surface to at least partially span the gap distance. The snap fit connection allows for repositioning and removal of the bracket from the door assembly without negatively affecting the structural integrity of the impact beam. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098294 | MULTIPLE LAYER TRIM DOOR MODULE - A multiple layer trim door module for a vehicle door is provided, the multiple layer trim door module having: a separately formed structural member having at least one column and at least one bar crossing each other to form a structural space frame grid, wherein the separately formed structural member is formed by a plastic molding process wherein the at least one column and at least one bar have a first structural rigidity associated therewith; a separately formed trim back plate with reduced structural properties attached to the structural member, wherein the separately formed trim back plate is formed by a plastic molding process and the separately formed trim back plate has a second structural rigidity associated therewith, the second structural rigidity being less than the first structural rigidity; and door trim with reduced structural properties attached to trim back plate. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120146359 | DOOR IMPACT BEAM - A door impact beam for a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped member made from a metal sheet and extending over a major part of a length of the beam to define two legs and a bridge interconnecting the legs. The bridge has a central length portion which is formed with an embossment defined by a depth, with a ratio of the depth of the embossment to a height of the pot-shaped member in midsection ranging between 1:3 and 1:6. The pot-shaped member has side flanges extending transversely from lower longitudinal edges of the legs in the central length portion. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120181815 | Reinforcement Arrangement for A Door Pillar of a Passenger Car and Method for Producing Such a Reinforcement Arrangement - A reinforcement arrangement inside a cavity of a door pillar of a passenger car includes at least one reinforcement profile element, which is supported in a lower area by a support device of the reinforcement arrangement. The reinforcement profile element is reinforced in the area of the support device by an inner profile element arranged inside the cavity of the reinforcement profile element. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120228897 | VEHICLE DOOR REINFORCEMENT - A vehicle door comprises an outer door panel, and inner door panel, and a reinforcement member. The outer door panel includes a pair of vertically extending free ends and a pair of horizontally extending free ends forming a peripheral edge portion. The inner door panel is rigidly attached to the peripheral edge portion of the outer door panel such that an internal door cavity is defined between the outer and inner door panels. The reinforcement member is disposed in the internal door cavity. The reinforcement member includes a first attachment portion rigidly attached to an inner surface of the outer door panel at a first location adjacent the peripheral edge portion of the outer door panel, and a second attachment portion rigidly attached to an inner surface of the inner door panel at a second location. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130033065 | Beam in a Vehicle Door and a Method of Rustproofing a Vehicle Door - A safety beam ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130049397 | DOOR BEAM ASSEMBLY WITH ROLL FORMED BEAM - A door beam assembly for a passenger vehicle comprises a roll formed longitudinally-swept tubular beam having a constant cross section defining a generally-orthogonal shape, with the outside wall having an integral channel rib formed into the wall to stiffen the wall. C-shaped mounting brackets are attached to beam ends, with opposing walls welded to and supporting walls of the beam, and with a transverse wall spaced from the adjacent wall of the beam. In one aspect, right and left door beam assemblies includes identical beams, front and rear mounting brackets attached to each end, and identical center brackets. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130057018 | Door for a Motor Vehicle and Method for the Production Thereof - A door for a motor car includes a door support with at least one metal carrier element at least partially provided with plastic. The at least one metal carrier element is formed as an internal high pressure formed part. At least one metal reinforcement part and/or support part is/are attached to the metal carrier element. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130140845 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF DOOR IMPACT BEAM FOR VEHICLE - A supporting structure of a door impact beam for a vehicle mounted on an inner panel of a door for the vehicle, may include a coupling part formed with a coupling groove to which the impact beam may be coupled, a supporting part bent downwardly from the coupling part and supporting the coupling part, and mounting parts provided along side portions of the coupling part and the supporting part and mounted on the inner panel of the door, wherein the coupling part, the supporting part, and the mounting part may be integrally formed, and the coupling part and the supporting part may be protruded from the inner panel of the door to form a reinforcing part. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130147229 | DOOR IMPACT BEAM UNIT FOR 2-DOOR VEHICLE - Wide brackets of door impact beams are formed in a Z shape such that beam contact parts are extended horizontally in one direction above oblique force support parts and wide overlap parts are extended horizontally in the opposite direction below the oblique force support parts. Therefore, while an overlap section of a door with respect to a B pillar is further widened, a body frame and a B pillar of a 2-door coupe vehicle exhibit the same safety performance as a body frame and a B pillar of a 4-door sedan vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130168996 | VEHICLE DOOR REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE - A vehicle door is provided with a reinforcing structure which improves handling of impact energy in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by transferring impact energy received by the A-pillar to the door through the door hinges and the reinforcing structure to the B-pillar of the vehicle frame. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130168997 | VEHICULAR DOOR - Provided is a vehicular door including a load transfer member. The load transfer member includes a transfer member body disposed in a wide-thickness portion in a door body, and a projection projecting downward from the transfer member body. The transfer member body has a lower region whose surface on a door-outer-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door outer panel, and an inclined region whose door-outer-panel side surface is inclined to come apart from the door outer panel and whose surface on a door-inner-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door inner panel. The thickness of the lower region and the inclined region in a door-thickness direction is set narrower than the width of an insertion portion between the door inner panel and a door beam. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130300150 | DOOR EDGE PROTECTION DEVICE - A door edge protection device for a motor vehicle door, with a door edge protection profile ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140001788 | CRASH REINFORCING MEMBER FOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140062123 | VEHICLE DOOR - A vehicle door includes an elongated upper door beam and an elongated lower door beam each fixed horizontally to an inner surface of a door outer panel. Respective ends of the door beams are fixed to the inner surface of the door outer panel by fixing members. A portion of the upper door beam at an intermediate position between the ends in a longitudinal direction is coupled to the inner surface of the door outer panel by a first coupling bracket and a second coupling bracket with a seal member (a mastic sealer) interposed between the coupling brackets and the inner surface. A harness for a window regulator and a wire harness for an outer handle are installed inside a door main body. The wire harness is mounted on the first coupling bracket and the second coupling bracket. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140077522 | Bumper Beam With Losing Plate Joined Using CD Welding (Capacitor Discharge) - The invention relates to a bumper bracket for a motor vehicle body, comprising a first profiled section having a three-dimensional structure and a second component, which spatially closes the first profiled section. The two components have overlapping surfaces used for welding, wherein the welding is carried out by way of impulse capacitor discharge welding. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140110964 | VEHICLE SIDE DOOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, a side door for a vehicle can comprise: a structure comprising a plastic inner shell comprising a fiber strip, and a plastic outer shell comprising an outer shell support beam positioned across a width of the outer shell. The outer shell support beam can comprise a fiber strip with ≧50 wt. % fibers oriented at an angle of less than or equal to ±45° to a main axis. In an embodiment, a method for making the side door for a vehicle can comprise: flow molding a fiber-reinforced polymer over a fiber strip to form a plastic inner shell; flow molding a fiber-reinforced polymer over a fiber strip deposited to form a plastic outer shell, wherein the outer shell comprises an outer shell support beam positioned across a width of the outer shell; and joining the inner shell and the outer shell together to form a composite structure. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140117705 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE SLIDE DOOR - A front side of the rear slide door | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117706 | VEHICLE DOOR AND DOOR MODULE - In an example, a vehicle door module has a carrier carrying a plurality of functional door hardware components. The carrier defines a wet side facing towards a door cavity and a dry side facing away from the door cavity. The door includes an inner door panel having a front pocket and a rear pocket. The carrier includes front and rear latch presenters and carries front and rear door latches on the dry side thereof which seat in the front and rear door pockets. The latches are connected to reinforcement plates which are connected by fasteners at positions surrounding the door pockets thus enabling each latch to be easily accessed for service by simply removing the corresponding reinforcement plate, which may be located under an easily removed interior trim panel. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140125087 | DOOR ASSEMBLY WITH CARRIER WITH INTRUSION MEMBER - In an aspect, the invention is directed to a door assembly for a vehicle, that includes an outer panel, an inner panel and a carrier/intrusion member assembly. The outer panel and the inner panel are connected together to form a door panel structure, and together define a door cavity. The carrier/intrusion member assembly includes a carrier and an intrusion member connected to the carrier and mounted to the door panel structure. The carrier/intrusion member assembly further includes a plurality of door hardware components mounted to at least one of the carrier and the intrusion member. The hardware components extend into the door cavity. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140132029 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF DOOR MIRROR - At least two reinforcing members are provided apart from each other in a vertical direction, a connecting member formed integrally with or separately from a door mirror reinforcement is provided, and the connecting member interconnects the two reinforcing members vertically at a position which is located in back of front ends of the two reinforcing members. Accordingly, the better visibility can be provided, the attachment rigidity can be increased, and the door strength can be properly improved. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140152049 | DOOR TRIM - A door trim according to this invention includes a front trim and a rear trim. The front trim is to be arranged closer to a front side of a vehicle. The rear trim is to be arranged closer to a rear side of the vehicle. The door grip includes a first divided section included in the front trim and a second divided section included in the rear trim assembled together. With this configuration, the door grip can be formed using parts of the front trim and the rear trim while the front trim and the rear trim are provided for forming other part of the door trim. Therefore, the number of components can be reduced. In addition, dies and steps of forming the door grip are not required and thus the production efficiency is improved. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140210230 | OPENING/CLOSING BODY STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - To provide an opening/closing body structure for a vehicle that can improve the fitting performance of an opening/closing body for a vehicle. A lock reinforcement is fixed to a lock mechanism mounting portion at a door inner panel. A pair of left and right hinge reinforcements are fixed to regions from left and right upper end portions to lower portions at vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions at an outer peripheral portion of the door inner panel. At wires, whose mounting portions at one end sides thereof are fixed to the lock reinforcement, mounting portions at other end sides are fixed to vertical direction intermediate portions of the hinge reinforcements, and the wires are tensed rectilinearly. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140217773 | VEHICLE DOOR - [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246879 | DOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - An impact bar includes a U-shaped portion formed by a vertical face portion and upper-and-lower lateral face portions at its front end. The impact bar further includes upper-and-lower outer face portions. A pair of first joint portions which are formed so as to extend upward and downward from respective front ends of the upper-and-lower lateral face portions are joined to a lateral face portion of a door inner panel. A pair of second joint portions which are formed so as to extend forward from respective front ends of the upper-and-lower outer face portions are joined to a longitudinal face portion of the door inner panel. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140284961 | STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE DOOR - This disclosure relates an attachment structure of a door sash of the vehicle door. The vehicle door of this disclosure includes: a door sash; a bracket, which joins the door sash to an inner panel; and a patch, which is joined to the bracket and the door sash and which sandwiches the door sash in cooperation with the bracket, thereby reinforcing the bracket. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140319869 | SIDE-IMPACT ENERGY ABSORPTION BRACKET - A door for selectively opening and closing at least a portion of an opening in a vehicle includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel. The inner panel is attached to the outer panel thus defining a space between the inner and outer panels. The inner panel is characterized by height and length. A reinforcement beam having a length substantially equal to the length of the inner panel is attached to the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the defined space. A reinforcement bracket having a height and a length is attached to the inner panel intermediate the first and second ends of the length of the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the space between the inner and outer panels. The length of the bracket is smaller than the length of the reinforcement beam. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140361575 | SUPPORT COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WINDOW LIFTER WITH REINFORCING STRUCTURE - A support component for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle door is provided. The support component defines a support plane and defines two opposed side faces for the arrangement of functional components of a motor vehicle window lifter, wherein the support component includes at least one reinforcing structure for reinforcing the support component, which on both side faces extends along the support plane and along a direction of extension, wherein the support component forms at least two surface segments which on both side faces are arranged in the direction of extension along the support plane. The reinforcing structure is formed such that on the one side face it extends in a manner protruding with respect to both surface segments transversely to the support plane and on the other side face extends in a manner set back with respect to a surface segment of the two surface segments and protruding with respect to the other surface segment of the two surface segments. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140361576 | MOTOR-VEHICLE DOOR - A motor-vehicle door comprises a structure including an inner panel ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140375078 | VEHICLE SIDE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle side door structure is equipped with a door inner panel and a door outer panel. An impact beam is disposed between the door inner panel and the door outer panel. The impact beam is disposed in such a way that its lengthwise direction coincides with the vehicle front and rear direction. An impact beam extension is disposed on a front end portion of the impact beam. The impact beam extension is overlaid on a first opposing wall portion formed on a vehicle front and rear direction front end portion side of the door inner panel, is welded to the first opposing wall portion. Furthermore, the impact beam extension overlaps at least part of a through hole serving as an example of a weak portion formed in a second opposing wall portion of the door inner panel as seen from the outer side in the vehicle width direction. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150008697 | VEHICLE DOOR - In a vehicle door, a door panel is formed by joining an inner panel and an outer panel together, and the door panel is provided with a front door sash. The vehicle door includes a door front edge of the door panel, a sash front edge at a front end of the front door sash, and a step extending from the sash front edge to an upper end of the door front edge. In the step, an inner step portion of the inner panel and an outer step portion of the outer panel are joined together by hemming. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150097390 | Arrangment of a Side Door On a Body Of a Motor Vehicle - An arrangement of a side door on a body of a motor vehicle is provided. The side door is held on the body in a closed position that closes a door opening corresponding to the side door with respect to the transverse direction of the vehicle with at least regional overlapping with a side sill of the body. The side door has a reinforcing element, with which the side door can be supported on the side sill in the event of an application of force, caused by an accident, acting on the side door from the outside in at least substantially in the transverse direction of the vehicle. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150123423 | LOAD-TRANSMITTING MEMBER AND VEHICLE DOOR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE THEREOF - A load-transmitting member attached to an inner panel includes an inside load-transmitting member serving as a first load-transmitting member and an outside load-transmitting member serving as a second load-transmitting member. Engagement holes are provided to an attachment plate formed at the inside load-transmitting member and serving as a first attachment plate, and engagement pawls are provided to an attachment plate formed at the second load-transmitting member and serving as a second attachment plate. The inside load-transmitting member and the outside load-transmitting member are engaged together to form an integral unit by engaging the engagement structures with the engagement structures. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150291011 | Door Beam For Vehicles - A door beam has a double hat profile between its mounting ends ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150367715 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure includes a door outer panel that configures an outer plate of a side door; a door inner panel that is provided towards a vehicle width direction inside than the door outer panel, and that configures an inner plate of the side door; an impact beam disposed between the door outer panel and the door inner panel so as to run along the side door in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a bracket that is provided with an excess length portion between a first joint portion that is joined to a vehicle front-rear direction front portion of the door inner panel and a second joint portion that is joined to a vehicle front-rear direction front portion of the impact beam, with an apex portion of the excess length portion provided towards the vehicle width direction inside than the vehicle width direction position of the second joint portion. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160068050 | TAILGATE INTENDED TO BE PIVOTABLY MOUNTED ONTO MOTOR VEHICLE BODYWORK, HAVING IMPROVED ABUTMENT - A tailgate that is intended to be mounted onto motor vehicle body such as to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and is intended to be connected to the body by means that generate an axial thrust for assisting in the opening of the tailgate. The tailgate includes an abutment, referred to as an anti-deformation abutment, for engaging, when the tailgate is in the closed position, with a complementary bearing of the body such that the complementary bearing exerts a reactive force against the anti-deformation abutment, having a direction parallel to a direction of thrust of the assistance means, or angled at most 45° relative to the thrust direction, and having at least one component in the direction opposite the direction of thrust of the assistance means. | 03-10-2016 |
