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US 6,428,080 B1Granted
Stiffeners for automotive vehicle closures
OwnerCarlos M. Ochoainventor
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Abstract
A closure for an automotive vehicle has a sheet body mounted for pivotal movement about a rotational axis between open and closed positions. A pair of parallel stiffeners extend in a parallel relation from the rotational axis and each stiffener has a body or web with a mounting flange extending in perpendicular relation from one end of the web and a bowed flange extending from the opposite end of the web. The flanges have free edges and an inturned bead or curl is formed on each free edge for stiffening of the flanges.
Claims23
A closure for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a sheet body mounted for pivotal movement about a rotational axis on the vehicle between open and closed positions;
- a stiffener mounted on said body and extending along said body in a transverse direction from said rotational axis on said vehicle;
- said stiffener defining in cross section a web and a flange extending outward1y from each end of said web, each of the flanges having a free edge;
- and
- a tubular bead extending along the free edge of each flange for reinforcing the flanges.
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A door for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a sheet body having an outer panel and mounted for pivotal movement about a rotational axis on the vehicle between open and closed positions;
- a generally rectangular reinforcing frame secured to said outer panel, said frame including a pair of generally vertical parallel reinforcing members and a pair of generally horizontal parallel reinforcing members connected near opposite ends of said vertical members;
- each reinforcing member defining in cross section a web and a flange extending outward1y from each end of the webs, each of said flanges having a free edge;
- and
- a tubular inturned bead extending along the free edge of each flange for reinforcing the flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.