Patent ID: 7048323

Claim:
A vehicle door that is suspended by hinges in a front pillar and has a lock cooperating with a rear pillar, characterised in that the door has a supporting press formed frame ( 10 ) of high-strength steel that has front and rear standing hat beams ( 13 , 15 ) interconnected by an upper horizontal hat beam ( 14 ), a lower horizontal hat beam ( 16 ), and an intermediate side impact guard beam ( 22 ), the hat beams having crowns ( 12 ) directed towards the interior of the vehicle and carrying an outer panel ( 29 ) on outer side flanges ( 17 ) of said hat beams, said front standing hat beam ( 13 ) having a varying profile height along its length and having at least a portion that overlaps said front pillar ( 30 ) and a portion that does not overlap said front pillar.