Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2005-09-13
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S146600, C296S187090
Reexamination Certificate
active
06942281
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle door (10) includes a door frame (20), hinges (32) for attaching the door frame to a vehicle body (31) therethrough in such a manner that the door frame moves between open and closed positions, a door lock section (35) for holding the vehicle door in a closed position, and door beams (70) connected between the hinges and the door lock section. Each door beam includes a series a plural dividing members. The plural dividing members have their respective end portions (71b, 72a) overlapped with each other in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body and joined with each other in such a manner that the dividing members are movable relative to each other by a predetermined distance when a collision force acts on the doorbeam.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5470125 (1995-11-01), Yamazaki
patent: 6450565 (2002-09-01), Yamamoto
patent: 2 101 535 (1983-01-01), None
patent: 7-25236 (1995-01-01), None
Kitayama Ken-ichi
Omori Toshihisa
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Pape Joseph D.
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