Door impact beam

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9873312-B2
Application number	US-201615209772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2016
Priority date	Jul 30, 2015
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

A door impact beam for a door of a motor vehicle includes a first fastening portion configured to be fastened to a first fastening intersection of the door and a second fastening portion configured to be fastened to a second fastening intersection of the door. A profiled portion extends between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion. The profiled portion is designed at least in sections as a hollow profile with two side walls disposed opposite to each other and two connecting walls disposed opposite to each other which connect the side walls to each other. The connecting walls have an outwardly directed convex curvature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door impact beam for a door of a motor vehicle, the door impact beam comprising:
a first fastening portion configured to be fastened to a first fastening intersection of the door;
a second fastening portion configured to be fastened to a second fastening intersection of the door; and
a profiled portion which extends between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, the profiled portion being designed at least in sections as a hollow profile with two side walls disposed opposite to each other and two connecting walls disposed opposite to each other which connect the side walls to each other, wherein the connecting walls have an outwardly directed convex curvature.

2. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two connecting walls have an identical or substantially identical radius of curvature.

3. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side walls and the connecting walls enclose a cavity of the hollow profile, and wherein curvature center points of radii of curvature of the two connecting walls are arranged in the cavity.

4. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side walls have at least one of flat outer surfaces or flat inner surfaces at least in sections, and wherein the side walls are arranged parallel to each other at least in sections.

5. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side walls protrude by an excess guide length at connecting points to the connecting walls.

6. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting walls have a smaller wall thickness than the side walls within a range of between about 0.5 and 0.9 times the wall thickness of the side walls.

7. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the side walls of the hollow profile, which in a fitted situation, faces an outer skin of the door, is an outer side wall that follows a progression of a contour of the outer skin of the door.

8. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the progression of the outer side wall is designed in such a manner that a crash distance which is constant or is substantially constant over the progression of the outer side wall is formed between the outer side wall and the outer skin of the door in the fitted situation.

9. The door impact beam as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the profiled portion or the sections thereof design as the hollow profile is designed as an aluminum extruded profile.

10. A door of a motor vehicle having at least one door impact beam comprising:
a first fastening portion fastened to a first fastening intersection of the door;
a second fastening portion fastened to a second fastening intersection of the door; and
a profiled portion which extends between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, the profiled portion being designed at least in sections as a hollow profile with two side walls disposed opposite to each other and two connecting walls disposed opposite to each other which connect the side walls to each other, wherein the connecting walls have an outwardly directed convex curvature.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Eckart Gerald
• Klamser Herbert
• De Lira Adriano Morozini
• Oefele Patrick
• Straub Philipp
• Ritter Joachim

Classifications

• B60J5/0437

  characterised by the attachment means to the door, e.g. releasable attachment means · CPC title

• B60J5/0444

  characterised by a special cross section · CPC title

• B60J5/0429 Primary

  the elements being arranged diagonally · CPC title

• B60J5/0443

  Beams · CPC title

• B60R19/42

  extending primarily along the sides of, or completely encircling, a vehicle (ornamental or guard strips B60R13/04) · CPC title