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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Brian T. Thurgate, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
William A. Hardy, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Kevin O'Beirne, Northville, MI (US);
Johnny Rose, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Wasim Ukra, Canton, MI (US);
Rajesh Chennagowni, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Herb Meingast, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes an inner panel formed from a resin and including an upper portion, and a lower portion positioned opposite the upper portion in a vertical direction, and a torsion bar assembly coupled to the inner panel, the torsion bar assembly including a lateral bar that extends across the upper portion of the inner panel in a lateral direction that is transverse to the vertical direction, a pair of vertical bars extending downward from the lateral bar, where the pair of vertical bars and the lateral bar define an inner cavity extending along the torsion bar assembly, and the lateral bar defines an access hole that provides access to the inner cavity.