Patent ID: 7954879
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door system for a door of a road vehicle, the system including: first and second pillars of the vehicle; a reinforcement member for inclusion within the door substantially from a first hinged region thereof to a second openable region thereof, wherein the longitudinal axis of the reinforcement member substantially intersects the longitudinal axis of the first pillar; a first mechanism at the first region including one or more engageable projections on the first pillar and one or more engageable projections at the end of the reinforcement member, the longitudinal axis of the projections being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first pillar, and the axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the projections on the first pillar being substantially parallel to the axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the projections at the end of the first pillar, the one or more projections being operable to be engaged when the door is in a closed state and subject to impact forces; and a second mechanism at the second region including an abutment for the reinforcement member, the mechanisms being at least in part coupled to their respective pillars and to the reinforcement member, and the mechanisms resisting in operation lateral movement of the door when the door is in the closed state and subject to impact or crash forces.