Door structure for a vehicle, method of providing a door structure and vehicle comprising the same

• Main Authors: KINOSHITA, HISATOSHI, KONDOU, KEISUKE, TAKAHASHI, TOMOKI, NONAKA, RYUJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.04.2011
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILARDEVICES FOR VEHICLES

The invention relates to a door structure for a vehicle comprising: at least an upper door hinge (11); a door main body (3) having an upper hinge mounting portion (±) at which the door main body (3) is mounted or mountable with the upper door hinge (11); an outer impact bar (25) disposed in the door main body (3) and extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle or diagonally within the door main body (3), a front end (25a) of the outer impact bar (25) being disposed proximate to and substantially outside of the upper hinge mounting portion (±); and an inner impact bar (26) disposed in the door main body (3) and extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle or diagonally within the door main body (3), a front end (26a) of the inner impact bar (26) being disposed proximate to and substantially inside of the upper hinge mounting portion (±), wherein the inner impact bar (26) is disposed above and inside of the outer impact bar (25); and a connecting bracket (27; 40) connects the front end (25a) of the outer impact bar (25) and the front end (26a) of the inner impact bar (26) to the upper hinge mounting portion (±) of the door main body (3).