Vehicle door structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeto Yasuhara, Shingo Segawa
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Abstract
The frontal crash load is transmitted from a front pillar to a center pillar in a reliable manner so that a bending moment caused by the frontal crash load is favorably supported, and the deformation of the door is avoided. A beam member attached to an inner panel includes a S shaped cross section member. An upper channel section of the S shaped cross section member extends along the lower edge of a window opening, and a lower channel section extends adjacent to and in parallel to the lower edge of a window opening in a rear part of the door and is offset toward a lower part of the vehicle body in a rear part of the door, with a front end being located at a same elevation as an upper door hinge.
Claims9
A vehicle door structure comprising:
- an outer panel disposed on an outboard side;
- an inner panel disposed on an inboard side;
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- a beam member attached to the inner panel so as to extend in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle body, wherein:
- a cross section of the beam member comprises an S-shaped cross section part;
- the S-shaped cross section part is formed by a pair of channel sections each having a C-shaped cross section with a convex side thereof facing sideways, the two channel sections being connected one above the other in a mutually laterally reversed configuration;
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- at least one access hole is formed in a part of a vertically extending portion of one of the two channel sections of the beam member that is vertically enlarged than another part of the vertically extending portion adjacent thereto in the fore-and-aft direction, the at least one access hole being formed so as not to cross any of ridge lines defined by the pair of channel sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.