Door structure for vehicle

Abstract

A door structure for a vehicle capable of increasing its capability of protecting a passenger on the vehicle without increasing the thickness of the pad. The door structure is provided with a door body including an inner panel and an outer panel, reinforcements secured to each of the panels and a pad attached to the inner panel to protect the passenger. In the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, each of the reinforcements has its rear end positioned in front of the passenger. Because each panel has a higher rigid part with the reinforcement and a lower rigid part without the reinforcements, when an external force is exerted on the door body, it begins to deform in the vicinity of the rear end of the reinforcement, whereby it is possible to absorb the energy of the external force efficiently without injuring the passenger.

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