Vehicle door beam

Details Vehicle door beam Vehicle door beam

1996-04-24

1998-07-28

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

296188, 49502, B60J 504

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057853762

ABSTRACT:
A stamped beam for a vehicle door with improved structural strength while minimizing added weight to the vehicle. The beam includes a corrugated beam body with integral end brackets for mounting the beam in the vehicle door. The beam body has a sinusoidal cross-sectional configuration with a longitudinal valley allowing the entire beam to be stamped from an integral metal blank forming the mounting brackets. For additional strength, a tubular center member is welded within the longitudinal valley. The tube acts as a tuning mechanism by altering the thickness of the tube wall according to the application of the beam.

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