Catcher bracket for intrusion beam of vehicle door
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsBrennan Williams, Sriram Srinivasan, Vivek Attaluri, Michal Tomczuk, Zachary Mark Walker
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Abstract
A vehicle door for a vehicle comprises: a door frame configured for being mounted to a vehicle body, the door frame comprising at least one door panel; an intrusion beam mounted across the door frame, the intrusion beam having a yield strength greater than the door panel; and a catcher bracket mounted to the intrusion beam and to the door panel, the catcher bracket comprising a hook that is configured to enter an opening in the vehicle body when the vehicle door is closed, and engage with the opening upon an impact on the vehicle door.
Claims23
A vehicle door for a vehicle, the vehicle door comprising:
- a door frame configured for being mounted to a vehicle body, the door frame comprising at least one door panel;
- an intrusion beam mounted across the door frame, the intrusion beam having a yield strength greater than the door panel;
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- a catcher bracket mounted to the intrusion beam and to the door panel, the catcher bracket comprising a hook that is configured to enter an opening in the vehicle body when the vehicle door is closed, and engage with the opening upon an impact on the vehicle door.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a pillar and a door opening;
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- a vehicle door to provide ingress and egress for the door opening, the vehicle door comprising:
- a door frame configured for being mounted to the vehicle body, the door frame comprising at least one door panel;
- an intrusion beam mounted across the door frame, the intrusion beam having a yield strength greater than the door panel;
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- a catcher bracket mounted to the intrusion beam and to the door panel, the catcher bracket comprising a hook that enters a first opening in the pillar when the vehicle door is closed and engages with the first opening upon an impact on the vehicle door.
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A catcher bracket for a door of a vehicle, the catcher bracket comprising:
- a first portion that is substantially planar, the first portion configured to extend substantially in parallel with an intrusion beam of the door when the catcher bracket is mounted to the intrusion beam;
- a second portion that is substantially planar and extends substantially perpendicular to the first portion from an end of the first portion;
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- a lip extending at an angle to the second portion from a distal end of the second portion, wherein at least the second portion and the lip form a hook that is configured for engaging with an opening of a body of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.