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US 10,518,614 B2Granted
Vehicle door structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsunori Ando
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Abstract
A vehicle door structure includes: a door inner including a body wall portion, a first opposed wall portion, and a second opposed wall portion; a door outer panel; an impact beam; an impact beam extension including a door-inner-side end portion and a fixed end; and a first reinforcement including a support portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion and a free end portion extending from the support portion toward the impact beam, wherein the impact beam extension and the free end portion are configured to be fitted to each other.
Claims20
A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door inner including
- a body wall portion placed along a vehicle front-rear direction,
- a first opposed wall portion extending toward outside of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction from an edge of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
- a second opposed wall portion extending from an outer edge of the first opposed wall portion in the vehicle width direction so as to be away from a center of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction;
- a door outer panel placed further from a center of the vehicle than the door inner is in the vehicle width direction so as to be opposed to the door inner, an peripheral edge of the door outer panel being connected to the second opposed wall portion;
- an impact beam extending in the vehicle front-rear direction between the door inner and the door outer panel;
- an impact beam extension including a door-inner-side end portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion or the second opposed wall portion, and a fixed end, the impact beam being fixed on an outer surface of the fixed end in the vehicle width direction, the impact beam extension includes a projection portion projecting toward the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction;
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- a first reinforcement including a support portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion, and a free end portion extending from the support portion toward the impact beam, wherein
- the impact beam extension and the free end portion are configured to be fitted to each other, and
- a tip end of the impact beam is distanced from the impact beam extension.
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A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door inner including
- a body wall portion placed along a vehicle front-rear direction,
- a first opposed wall portion extending toward outside of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction from an edge of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
- a second opposed wall portion extending from an outer edge of the first opposed wall portion in the vehicle width direction so as to be away from a center of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction;
- a door outer panel placed further from a center of the vehicle than the door inner is in the vehicle width direction so as to be opposed to the door inner, an peripheral edge of the door outer panel being connected to the second opposed wall portion;
- an impact beam extending in the vehicle front-rear direction between the door inner and the door outer panel;
- an impact beam extension including a door-inner-side end portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion or the second opposed wall portion, and a fixed end, the impact beam being fixed on an outer surface of the fixed end in the vehicle width direction;
- a first reinforcement including a support portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion, and a free end portion extending from the support portion toward the impact beam;
- and
- a second reinforcement including:
- a first end fixed to the second opposed wall portion together with the door-inner-side end portion, and
- a second end fixed to the first opposed wall portion together with the support portion of the first reinforcement, wherein
- the impact beam extension and the free end portion are configured to be fitted to each other.
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A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door inner including
- a body wall portion placed along a vehicle front-rear direction,
- a first opposed wall portion extending toward outside of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction from an edge of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
- a second opposed wall portion extending from an outer edge of the first opposed wall portion in the vehicle width direction so as to be away from a center of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction;
- a door outer panel placed further from a center of the vehicle than the door inner is in the vehicle width direction so as to be opposed to the door inner, an peripheral edge of the door outer panel being connected to the second opposed wall portion;
- an impact beam extending in the vehicle front-rear direction between the door inner and the door outer panel;
- an impact beam extension including a door-inner-side end portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion or the second opposed wall portion, and a fixed end, the impact beam being fixed on an outer surface of the fixed end in the vehicle width direction;
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- a first reinforcement including a support portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion, and a free end portion extending from the support portion toward the impact beam, wherein
- the impact beam extension and the free end portion are configured to be fitted to each other, and
- when the impact beam moves toward the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction upon receipt of a load from outside in the vehicle width direction, the support portion deforms prior to the free end portion.
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A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door inner including
- a body wall portion placed along a vehicle front-rear direction,
- a first opposed wall portion extending toward outside of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction from an edge of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
- a second opposed wall portion extending from an outer edge of the first opposed wall portion in the vehicle width direction so as to be away from a center of the body wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction;
- a door outer panel placed further from a center of the vehicle than the door inner is in the vehicle width direction so as to be opposed to the door inner, an peripheral edge of the door outer panel being connected to the second opposed wall portion;
- an impact beam extending in the vehicle front-rear direction between the door inner and the door outer panel;
- an impact beam extension including a door-inner-side end portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion or the second opposed wall portion, and a fixed end, the impact beam being fixed on an outer surface of the fixed end in the vehicle width direction;
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- a first reinforcement including a support portion fixed to the first opposed wall portion, and a free end portion extending from the support portion toward the impact beam, wherein
- the impact beam extension and the free end portion are configured to be fitted to each other, and
- a distance from the body wall portion to a fixed portion which is a part between the support portion and the first opposed wall portion is a predetermined distance or less than the predetermined distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.