Patent ID: 6863335

Claim:
A geometrically modified vehicle inner panel capable of deforming on impact, where the inner panel is to be mounted between a vehicle door and a vehicle passenger compartment, or between a vehicle door panel and a vehicle passenger compartment, where the inner panel is made of injected plastic material with at least one protruding area ( 2 ) protruding towards the vehicle passenger compartment, with said at last one protruding area ( 2 ) disposed following a certain trajectory, with rigid areas ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) surrounding the protruding area ( 2 ), the rigid areas ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) having a constant thickness, comprising a rear side ( 7 ) of the inner panel, which does not face the vehicle passenger compartment, having at least one groove ( 6 ) that reduces the thickness of the panel, said at least one groove ( 6 ) being situated in proximity of the protruding area ( 2 ), following the trajectory of the protruding area ( 2 ) and occupying the rigid areas ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) adjacent to the protruding area ( 2 ).