Patent ID: 8465088

Claim:
A-pillar for a vehicle including a first part ( 15 ) extending as far as a windscreen and supporting door hinges and a second arcuate part ( 16 ) extending up along the windscreen and continuing towards the back of the vehicle in order to serve as a roof beam ( 19 ) above the door, the second part formed from two sections ( 23 , 24 ) each having a longitudinal flange at each end of each said section ( 25 , 26 ; 27 , 28 ) said longitudinal flanges on one said section being welded to said longitudinal flanges on said other section so as to form a closed profile, characterised in that at least one of the sections ( 23 ) is press-hardened and has a breaking strength in excess of 1400 MPa, and both of the flanges in at least one pair of flanges ( 25 , 26 ; 27 , 28 ) welded together have a breaking strength uniformly below 1100 MPa in a region ( 35 ) situated above the door.