Patent ID: 6205714
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A modular vehicle door having a hollow door shell of sheet metal panels that are secured together at their abutting periphery, a crash beam that is attached to the hollow closure so as to extend diagonally across the length of the door, and a module that supports several parts of the vehicle door that is preassembled and assembled to the hollow closure as the preassembled module, characterized in that:the hollow door shell has a first reinforcement at a forward end and a second reinforcement at an aft end,the module has a metal support beam that is attached to the first reinforcement at one end and to the second reinforcement at the other end so that the metal support beam extends diagonally across the length of the door and forms a box section with the crash beam,the first reinforcement and the second reinforcement both being U-shaped so that each has an inboard leg and an outboard leg,the metal support beam being attached to the inboard legs of the reinforcements while crash beam is attached to the outboard legs of the reinforcements to form the box section, andthe metal support beam being attached against an inner surface of the inboard leg of the reinforcement at one end and to an outer surface of the inboard leg of the reinforcement at the other end.