Patent ID: 11926197
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A door assembly comprising:
a door body; and
a door trim panel attached to the door body;
the door trim panel having a first impact region and a second impact region;
at each of the impact regions, an intermediate space is formed between the door trim panel and the door body;
the door trim panel includes a channel portion recessed towards the door body between the first impact region and the second impact region, the channel portion having two mutually opposite wall portions extending in a vehicle transverse direction, one of the wall portions being integrally formed with the first impact region and the other of the wall portions being integrally formed with the second impact region; and
the door trim panel including a floor at which the wall portions terminate, the door trim panel including a slot through the floor between the wall portions.