VEHICLE DOOR WITH DOOR BEAM

• US 20090026795A1
• Filed: 07/22/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Tate, Kenta
• Granted Patent: US 8,210,596 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/146.600
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0429 the elements being arranged diagonally
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0437 characterised by the attachment means to the door, e.g. releasable attachment means

Abstract

A bracket is fixed to a door beam which is fixed to an inner panel between the inner panel and an outer panel of the door. The bracket extends from the door beam toward the outer panel and includes at an end thereof a curved part protruding toward the outer panel. The bracket is connected at the end thereof to the outer panel through the vibration damping member. The bracket has a predetermined length and is fixed to the inner panel at an angle between the inner panel reference plane and the extending direction. The angle is determined on the basis of a distance between the door beam and the outer panel.

Claims

1. A door for a vehicle, comprising:

an inner panel;

an outer panel, fixed to the inner panel, disposed outside the inner panel with respect to the vehicle;

a door beam between the inner panel and the outer panel, the door beam being fixed to the inner panel;

a vibration damping member; and

a bracket fixed to the door beam, extending from the door beam toward the outer panel and including at an end thereof a curved part protruding toward the outer panel, wherein the bracket is connected at the end to the outer panel through the vibration damping member.

2. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket includes an elongated hole of which opening extends from a side of the door beam toward the outer panel.

3. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket has a circular ring shape on a cross section thereof.

4. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket has a first length in a longitudinal direction of the door beam at the end and a second length at an opposite end connected to the door beam in the longitudinal direction, and the second length is greater than the first length.

5. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket includes welds on both surfaces thereof and the bracket includes an access space having a length of a difference between the first and second lengths.

6. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket extends from the door beam toward the outer panel in an extending direction with a predetermined length, the bracket is fixed to the inner panel at a fixing angle between the extending direction and a reference plane defined by fixing the door beam to the inner panel, and the fixing angle is determined on the basis of a distance between the door beam and the outer panel.

7. The door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket is fixed to an approximately middle of the door beam to connect the door beam to the outer panel through the bracket and the vibration damping member, and a part of the door beam near the front end or the rear end is fixed to another vibration damping member which is fixed to the outer panel.