Patent ID: 9150084
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60J,B62D

Abstract:
1. An intrusion mitigation system comprising: a rocker panel; a pillar reinforcement transverse to the rocker panel; a support brace having a spine and a flange; and a vehicle door having a bracket located over an intersection of the rocker panel and the pillar reinforcement when the door is in a closed position, wherein the bracket is configured to reduce intrusion propagation of the vehicle door toward a vehicle passenger compartment and redirect an impact load along the rocker panel, the support brace is connected to the vehicle door, the bracket is entirely located beneath the spine of the support brace, and the bracket includes a lateral load-bearing surface extending in an outboard direction relative to the vehicle passenger compartment and a longitudinal load-bearing surface extending in a forward direction relative to the vehicle passenger compartment arranged to redirect at least part of the impact load along the pillar reinforcement.