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US 2025/0065701 A1Published application
Vehicle side door bolster
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMario Martin Avila Rodriguez, Ruben Gallardo, Gabriel Perez Lopez, Alan Cardenas, Victor Manuel Delgado Romero, Francisco Mauricio Munoz, Jorge Aurelio Martinez
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Abstract
A vehicle side door assembly includes a first beam, a second beam, and a bolster spanning from the first beam to the second beam. The bolster can be nylon. The bolster can include a grid of ribs that establish an array of pockets on an outboard side of the bolster, and a grid of ribs that establish another array of pockets on an inboard side of the bolster.
Claims19
A vehicle side door assembly, comprising:
- a first beam;
- a second beam;
- and
- a bolster spanning from the first beam to the second beam.
1 more element
A method of managing loads within a vehicle side door, comprising:
- receiving a load at a side door of a vehicle;
- and
- distributing at least some of the load through a bolster that spans between a first beam and a second beam of the side door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.