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US 5,325,632 AGranted
Composite door assembly
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorsDavid Djavairian, Richard B. Freeman, Earl E. Kansier, Jack J. Ritchie
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Abstract
A vehicle door assembly including a tailored steel inner panel and an panel spaced apart by a belt-line reinforcement member. The tailored steel inner panel includes an intrusion beam which bridges first end and second ends of the inner panel.
Claims21
A vehicle door comprising:
- an outer panel;
- a metal inner panel having first and second laterally extending ends, said metal inner panel having a tailored portion which is tailored along the first laterally extending end to provide reinforcement;
- an intrusion beam assembly secured to said inner panel along said tailored portion and the second laterally extending end;
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- means for connecting said inner and outer panels.
2 more elements
A belt-line reinforcing member for a vehicle door including inner and outer panels and a retractable window, comprising:
- a one piece structure disposable between and separate from the inner and outer panels of the vehicle door, the structure including a hollow body and a top disposed substantially transversely to the body, said top having a slot therethrough for receiving the window and through which the window extends when said window is in at least partially closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.