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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Dinesh C Seksaria, Novi, MI (US);
Rabindra K Bhattacharyya, Export, PA (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door has a door body which includes an outer door panel, an inner door panel, and a recess disposed therebetween. A metal mat has a plurality of elongated first elements and a plurality of second elements interwoven with respect to the first elements. The metal mat is secured directly or indirectly to the door body. The first elements are movable with respect to the second elements such that the application of an impact force thereto will result in relative sliding movement caused either by displacement of the first elements or second elements, or stretching of the same under the influence of the impact force, or both. In a preferred embodiment, peripheral portions of the woven mat are fixedly secured to a frame which is in turn secured to the door body. The first elements are preferably offset from the second elements about 50 to 100 degrees. In one embodiment a plurality of third elements oriented generally in the same direction as the second elements are interwoven with the first elements. An associated method is provided.