A dent preventer provides a barrier that extends from underneath the SUVs' and cars to prevent dents in the front and rear doors. The dent preventer is a hard black rubber barrier that slides out beyond the doors along the sides of the vehicle. It is activated once the vehicle is parked, ignition is turned off, doors locked, and the activation and the use of the automatic key switch.

A cladding device of a side sill of a passenger vehicle includes an inherently rigid outer cladding element arranged in a longitudinal region of the side sill below a door opening which can be displaced between a cladding position and a release position. A flexible cladding element is provided, one end of which is arranged on the inherently rigid outer cladding element, which can be displaced with the inherently rigid outer cladding element during a displacement movement between the cladding position and the release position. The flexible cladding element is arranged in a region of the side sill covered by a vehicle door associated with the door opening when the inherently rigid outer cladding element is arranged in the cladding position. In the cladding position, a gap is covered between the end of the inherently rigid outer cladding element, which has the flexible cladding element, and another component.

A vehicular apron system is provided. The vehicular apron is dimensioned and adapted to extend the length of a door of the vehicle at its outward-most portion, thereby absorbing damage that would otherwise be imparted into the underlying door. The bellow elements have accordion sidewalls which facilitates their movement between a uninflated condition and an expanded condition for absorbing impact. The LIDAR situational awareness functionality is operatively associated with the inflation valves fluidly coupled to the bellow elements, wherein these bellow elements are automatically urged to an expanded condition in response to an object within the vicinity of the vehicle. The LIDAR situational awareness functionality provides video output to be used as evidence in cases of theft or contested accidents.

A decorating part is provided near a boundary between a front fender panel and a front door panel. For example, the decorating part is provided at a front end in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the front door panel. The decorating part is a member extending in a vehicle vertical direction. For example, the decorating part has a color darker than the color of the front fender panel and the front door panel.

A garnish configured to enable use of a common door for a two-door vehicle and a four-door vehicle. The garnish may have a body. The body may be directly mountable onto a carriage of the two-door vehicle between an outer panel and a rocker panel of the two-door vehicle. The body may have an edge that is flush to a rear edge of the common door when mounted. The body may have at least two edges forming approximately a 90-degree angle.

A vehicle body structure defines a vehicle longitudinal direction and a vehicle lateral direction perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal direction and includes a rear sill structure. The rear sill assembly at least partially defines a rear opening of the vehicle body structure. The rear sill assembly extends in the vehicle lateral direction. The rear sill assembly includes a first body panel and a second body panel. The first body panel extends from a first side of the rear opening to a second side of the rear opening. The second body panel overlays a portion of the first body panel. The second body panel has a main section that includes a plurality of recessed rib portions that extend in directions that define an acute angle relative to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

A vehicular apron system is provided. The vehicular apron is dimensioned and adapted to extend the length of a door of the vehicle at its outward-most portion, thereby absorbing damage that would otherwise be imparted into the underlying door. The bellow elements have accordion sidewalls which facilitates their movement between a uninflated condition and an expanded condition for absorbing impact. The LIDAR situational awareness functionality is operatively associated with the inflation valves fluidly coupled to the bellow elements, wherein these bellow elements are automatically urged to an expanded condition in response to an object within the vicinity of the vehicle. The LIDAR situational awareness functionality provides video output to be used as evidence in cases of theft or contested accidents.

A dent guard device for a vehicle door edge includes an elongated main body having an outside facing panel, an inside facing panel and a curved middle panel. The main body is constructed from an impact dampening and scratch reducing material, and a door clip is positioned along the inside surface of the curved middle panel. The door clip is constructed as a continuous component extending from the top of the main body to the bottom, and includes a semicircular central portion and a pair of resilient arms for engaging and receiving the edge of the vehicle door. The outside facing panel has a width that is greater than the width of the inside facing panel, and a plurality of magnets are positioned along or within both panel sections to secure the panels directly to the door body.

A cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle has a sill cover which includes first and second cover elements which are arranged in a length region of the side sill below a door opening and are coupled moveably to one another and a drive unit via which the cover elements are jointly displaceable between a first functional position and a second functional position. The first cover element is pivotable about a first axis and the second cover element is displaceable about a second axis. The second cover element is mounted so as to pivot about the second axis by a bearing device on the first cover element. The displacement movement of the second cover element relative to the first cover element is positively controlled by a slotted link.

A car window and door guard has an upper or window portion configured to be mounted over the window frame surrounding the window of a car door, and a lower or door portion or cover configured to be lie over the door panel. The window portion has a front panel and a rear panel to form a sleeve. The window portion is generally see-through or transparent. The door includes an upper strip or section and a series of window tabs. Each window tab has a generally flat or planar portion extending from an elongated upper channel portion. The channel portion captures the door window slot or surround to prevent the window tab from being moved upward during the raising of the window. The door portion also has a lower section extending downwardly from the upper section that drapes over the car's door panel to protect the door panel.