Patent ID: 8177285

Claim:
An automotive door comprising: an inner panel; an outer panel spaced outwardly from the inner panel to define a glass ascending/descending space in the door between the outer panel and the inner panel, the outer panel having a portion that is concave in the direction of a height of the door, whereby the outer panel extends farthest outward from the inner panel at a certain height position of the door; a door beam for reinforcing the door against a side collision provided in the space at a height position substantially corresponding to the certain height position of the door; and a reinforcing panel in the space and joined with both the outer panel and the door beam, wherein the reinforcing panel has a surface facing the inside surface of the outer panel and joined with the outer panel, said surface of the reinforcing panel having a shape continuously matching the shape of the inside surface of the outer panel in the vehicle anteroposterior direction, along the entire length of the reinforcing panel in the vehicle anteroposterior direction.