VEHICLE DOOR Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; reinforced side doors of automobiles. SUBSTANCE: device has outer panel 6 and inner panel 7 rigidly connected to form inter-panel space accommodating energy adsorbing device rigidly connected with inner panel 7 and uniting zone of lock N and opposite zone of hinges M found on side beams 11 and 12, respectively. Novelty is that energy adsorbing device is made in form of closed load-bearing skeleton 8 made of several rigidly connected members, for instance, reinforcement part 17 for lock, reinforcement part 18 for hinges window reinforcement part 19 and safety beam 24 which unite and reinforces above-indicated zones N and M tying them into common load-bearing module providing uniform loading of all members and their operation as integral unit. EFFECT: improved strength and rigidity of structure as a whole. 11 cl, 11 dwg