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7390054 Vehicle slide door apparatus  
The present invention provides a vehicle slide door apparatus including an opening formed on a side portion of a vehicle body; a slide door which opens and closes the opening by moving in the...
7387327 Structure and system for occupant protection in a side impact automobile collision and methods of use thereof  
A system for managing an occupant in an occupant compartment of an automotive vehicle, a structure for use in an automobile, and methods of use thereof are provided for protecting an occupant...
7357448 Unitary hydroformed roof support pillar  
A one-piece B-pillar having a front flange and a rear flange formed on an upper portion of the B-pillar. The front and rear flanges extend forwardly and rearwardly from a trapezoidal section of the...
7350851 Reversibly expandable energy absorbing assembly and methods for operating the same  
A reversible energy absorbing assembly including a cellular lattice comprising a shape memory material disposed within an expandable interior region of the assembly, wherein the shape memory...
7347486 Metal tube for reinforcing car body and car body reinforcement therewith  
A metal tube for reinforcing car body, and a car body reinforcement according to the invention have a curved portion extending over the entire longitudinal length or a local longitudinal length,...
7331626 Vehicle body structure reinforced against side impact  
In an automotive vehicle body including a first annular frame ( 29 ) formed by front pillars ( 11, 12 ), a second annular frame ( 34 ) formed by center pillars ( 13, 14 ) and a front door ( 7 )...
7328938 Side impact load transmitting structure  
A side impact load transmitting structure includes: a vehicular seat disposed in a cabin; a tunnel portion that is disposed such that it protrudes upward into the cabin and extends in a front-rear...
7325862 Motor vehicle door with a lateral impact protection device  
A motor vehicle door has a lateral impact protection device with a lateral impact beam and a fastening device to connect the lateral impact beam to a door part. The fastening device has a fastening...
7311350 Door device  
A door device has a plurality of doors that open or close a single opening in a vehicle. The doors have mutually opposing opening ends. A door interlock mechanism interlocks the opening ends of the...
7300099 Clip in structural load transfer member  
A structural load transfer member for a vehicle including a housing having a first open end, a second open end, and a central bore. A first end member having an inner side is attached to the...
7300097 Door for vehicle  
A door for a vehicle includes an outer panel for forming the contour of the door, a door reinforcement formed in a perimeter shape shaped in conformity with the contour of the door, and a...
7296847 Reinforcement system utilizing a hollow carrier  
A system and method for reinforcing at least a portion of a structural member, including at least one hollow carrier, having an exterior shell and an interior portion, which substantially conforms...
7270364 Door beam for motor vehicle  
A door beam arrangement is provided for a vehicle door having a door panel with a hinge mounting flange and a latch mounting flange. A first hollow tube of high-strength steel has one end fixedly...
7264302 Lower body construction  
With an excessive impact load generated by a side impact or collision, even in the event that a falling deformation of a pillar connected to a side sill occurs at an initial stage of the side...
7234765 Vehicle door sill  
The disclosure relates to vehicles and door sills for vehicles. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to door sills having an interior channel configured to receive a retractable panel installed...
7234764 Mounting structure for sensor covered with step garnish  
In a sensor mounting structure, a sensor is mounted in an outer portion of the floor panel in a width of the vehicle, and a step garnish, extending in a length of the vehicle, is attached above the...
7226120 Skeleton member structure  
A skeleton member structure having a tubular structural member ( 11, 211 ) filled with granular materials for absorbing impact energy. The granular materials includes a granular material having a...
7216924 Body to frame energy transfer brackets  
An automotive vehicle comprises a frame having a pair of side rails interconnected by a plurality of cross members. A rocker panel substantially parallel to and spaced from each side rail creates a...
7172238 Vehicle door and a method to make such a door  
A vehicle door has a supportive frame ( 10 ). A waist rail ( 14 ) and a side impact guard beam ( 22 ) are formed integrally with the supportive frame. The entire frame is made of high strength...
7163259 Vehicle body floor structure  
A vehicle body structure includes a cross member connected to at least one of a pair of side sill inners, extending in a fore and aft direction of a vehicle body at both ends of the cross member in...
7156448 Impact protection system for a door of a motor vehicle  
An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge...
7147272 Vehicle body floor structure  
A vehicle body floor structure is provided with a floor, a side sill extendedly arranged at a side of the floor and in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body to have a closed section, a pair of...
7144039 Vehicle front body structure  
A vehicle front body structure includes a pair of front side frames each of which has, at a rear portion thereof, an easily deformable portion that is easily deformable during a collision, a...
7124851 Seat mounting structure for mitigating injury in side impacts  
A seat mounting structure is disclosed for reducing injury to vehicle occupants in side impact collisions. The seat mounting structure may include an inflation module, a linkage system, a sensor...
7121615 Joint construction in upper part of center pillar  
The present invention provides a joint construction in an upper part of a center pillar, in which a groove part 5 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, which is open upward and extends...
7104592 Lateral stiffness reinforcement device of vehicle body  
A lateral collision is pre-detected and an integral lateral reinforcement structure is formed between both center pillars, thereby preventing an excessive deformation of the lateral vehicle body...
7077460 Reinforcement system utilizing a hollow carrier  
A system and method for reinforcing at least a portion of a structural member, including at least one hollow carrier, having an exterior shell and an interior portion, which substantially conforms...
7070225 Industrial truck with a lateral frame opening and a frame-reinforcing door  
An industrial truck, such as a counterweight fork-lift truck, has a vehicle frame ( 1 ) with a frame portion ( 2 ) configured to receive a battery block. The frame portion ( 2 ) has at least an...
7070030 Resilient and deformable member for absorbing kinetic energy  
The present invention generally relates to devices and methods for absorbing kinetic energy. In particular, the present device is well suited for use in an automobile door, where it can be...
7066530 Filler panel apparatus and method for reinforcing a vehicle body  
A filler panel for inserting within a vehicle body section that has a plurality of slats positioned substantially parallel with respect to one another, and each slat has a slat connector mechanism....
7059654 Door system  
A door system includes a front door and a rear door that are configured to shut together a continuous opening in a vehicle body; a striker configured to be inserted in both the front door and the...
7048323 Vehicle  
A vehicle door has a supporting press formed frame ( 10 ) of high-strength steel that has two standing hat beams ( 13, 15 ) interconnected by an upper horizontal hat beam ( 14 ), a lower horizontal...
7040787 Signaling device and a motor vehicle bodywork part fitted with such a device  
The invention provides a signaling device for a motor vehicle, the signaling device being constituted by a skin of translucent material presenting an outside face to be seen from outside the...
7040688 Vehicle door  
A vehicle door includes an inner panel having strengthening corrugations to function as an impact beam, thereby negating the need for a separate impact beam. The inner panel is preferably...
7021697 Vehicle and a vehicle door  
A vehicle door has a supporting frame ( 10 ) substantially in the form of a rectangular annular hat beam ( 13–16 ) of high-strength steel, which, with its outer side flange ( 17 ), carries the...
7014249 Impact beam-integrated pelvic pusher  
A vehicle door structure includes an outer member, and an inner member spaced apart from the outer member and having structure forming an opening therein. An impact beam is affixed to the door...
6988762 Motor vehicle body equipped with retaining means for limiting door intrusion inside the passenger compartment upon lateral impact  
The invention concerns door retaining means comprising at least a retention pin fixed to the side-member provided in the door lining opposite the pin when the door is closed.
6983967 Armrest with side impact resistance feature  
A component of a motor vehicle passenger compartment comprises an internal frame in which is mounted collapsible frame that is displaced in response to the application of an abrupt force. The...
6976729 Deployable rigid system for crash energy management  
A deployable cellular structure providing impact energy absorption capability is disclosed. The structure may be packed when not in use and deployed automatically or manually to provide impact...
6976728 Side impact protection device as well as motor vehicle door having a side impact protection device  
A side impact protection device has a side impact carrier and a fastening device for the side impact carrier on a motor vehicle door part. The fastening device has at least one console and a...
6969110 Impact load transfer element  
A door assembly includes an inner panel, an outer panel fixedly attached to the inner panel, and a load transfer element disposed within an interstitial space formed between the inner and outer...
6969107 Vehicle door  
A vehicle door ( 10 ) includes an inner door panel ( 11 ). The inner door panel includes a door frame ( 20 ) and elongated members ( 25, 26 ). The elongated members extend in a front-and-rear...
6962389 Vehicle body structure  
A vehicle body structure of the present invention comprises a front pillar including a front pillar inner and a front pillar outer and provided in an up and down direction of a vehicle body, a...
6957844 Mounting plate for vehicle door reinforcement members  
A mounting plate for an anti-intrusion reinforcement member includes securing features that secure the plate to a vehicle door. The mounting plate also includes a plurality of mounting interfaces...
6955391 Deployable trim for side impact system in automobiles  
A deployable interior door trim for an automotive vehicle that separates in the middle section to separate the lower door trim portion from the armrest. The separating door trim permits a pelvis...
6951366 Combined structure of rear part of body of automobile  
A rear part of a body of an automobile has a side member, a cross member, and a side sill inner panel. The side member has a side lower wall, a side inside wall and a side outside wall. The front...
6932405 Vehicle body frame structure  
A vehicle body structure of the present invention includes a side-frame disposed to extend along one direction, a side sill disposed to extend in the one direction alongside the side-frame on the...
6910732 Side body structure  
In a side body structure, a front reinforce is provided between a side body outer panel and a side body inner panel and also, a rear roof side reinforce is provided so as to couple the front...
6908141 Structural member for car and car body fabricated using the member  
A structural member usable for a car capable of demonstrating excellent flexural strength and absorbed energy performance and, moreover, capable of realizing weight reduction and is a structural...
6905164 Vehicle body panel mounting system  
A body panel mounting system for a vehicle has panel supports, a hinge bar, a latch bar, a support bracket, fastening collars, fastening brackets, and fasteners. The panel supports are coupled to...
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