Patent ID: 8511740

Claim:
A vehicle door comprising: an outer door panel having a pair of vertically extending outer door panel free ends and a pair of horizontally extending outer door panel free ends forming an outer door panel peripheral edge portion; an inner door panel having a pair of vertically extending inner door panel free ends and a pair of horizontally extending inner door panel free ends forming an inner door panel peripheral edge portion, the vertically extending outer door panel free ends being rigidly attached to the vertically extending inner door panel free ends and the horizontally extending outer door panel free ends being rigidly attached to the horizontally extending inner door panel free ends such that the outer door panel peripheral edge portion and the inner door panel peripheral edge portion define a peripheral edge portion of the vehicle door and an internal door cavity is defined between the outer and inner door panels; and a reinforcement member disposed in the internal door cavity, the reinforcement member including a first attachment portion rigidly attached to an inner surface of the outer door panel at a first location adjacent the peripheral edge portion of the outer door panel, and a second attachment portion rigidly attached to an inner surface of the inner door panel at a second location.