Door for vehicle with vibration suppression
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunichi Kidachi, Masanori Koike
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Abstract
A door includes an inner panel, an outer panel, a door beam fixed to the inner panel, hinges, and a door lock unit. The door beam is connected at one end to one end side face of the inner panel at a first location and at the other end thereof to the other end side face at a second location higher or lower than the first location along a substantial diagonal of the outer panel. A first vibration damping member intervenes between the door beam and the outer panel to have contact with the door beam and the outer panel. A second vibration damping member may be further arranged above or under the door beam inside the outer panel. A third vibration damping member including a patch member may be attached to an interior face of the outer panel.
Claims5
A door for a vehicle comprising:
- an inner panel;
- an outer panel, fixed to the inner panel, arranged outside the inner panel regarding the vehicle;
- a hinge member for connecting one end side face of the inner panel to the vehicle to pivotably support the door in a substantially vertical position;
- a door locking unit at the other end side face of the inner panel for locking the door with respect to the vehicle;
- a door beam fixed at one end thereof to a first location of one end of the inner panel and at the other end thereof to a second location of the other end of the inner panel higher or lower then the first location;
- a first vibration damping member comprising an elastic member, intervening between the outer panel and the door beam, having contact with an inside face of the outer panel and a surface of the door beam;
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- a second vibration damping member comprising:
- a first bracket extending downwardly from the door beam and a second bracket extending upwardly from the door beam;
- a first sub-damping member comprised of an elastic member located below the door beam and situated between the first bracket and the inside face of the outer panel;
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- a second sub-damping member comprised of an elastic member located above the door beam and situated between the second bracket and the inside face of the outer panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.