Motor vehicle door with hidden key cylinder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099540-B2
Application number	US-201514961533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2015
Priority date	Dec 7, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A motor vehicle door is provided. That door includes a door body that carries a door handle and a decorative trim feature remote from the door handle. A key cylinder is carried on the door body behind an access door in the decorative trim feature. The positioning of a hidden key cylinder at a position remote from the door handle frees designers to provide a motor vehicle door with a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing appearance.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A door for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a door body;
a door handle carried on said door body;
a decorative trim feature carried on said door body remote from said door handle;
a key cylinder carried on said door body behind said decorative trim feature; and
an access door overlying said key cylinder, wherein said access door is pivotally connected to a remainder of said decorative trim feature.

2. The door of claim 1 , wherein said decorative trim feature is a badge.

3. The door of claim 1 , further including a belt molding carried on said door body.

4. The door of claim 3 , wherein said door handle is carried on said belt molding.

5. The door of claim 4 , wherein said door body includes a leading edge and said decorative trim feature is carried on said door body adjacent said leading edge.

6. The door of claim 5 , wherein said decorative trim feature is carried below said belt molding on said door body.

7. The door of claim 6 , wherein said access door has a square profile.

8. The door of claim 7 , wherein said access door includes rounded corners.

9. The door of claim 7 , wherein said access door includes a projecting stop and said remainder of said decorative trim feature includes a recess for receiving and holding said stop when said access door is in a closed position flush with a face of said remainder.

10. The door of claim 9 , wherein said access door includes a spring that biases said access door into a closed position overlying said key cylinder.

11. The door of claim 6 , wherein said access door is inward opening.

12. The door of claim 6 , wherein said access door includes a projecting stop and said remainder of said decorative trim feature includes a recess for receiving and holding said stop when said access door is in a closed position flush with a face of said remainder.

13. The door of claim 12 , wherein said access door includes a spring that biases said access door into a closed position overlying said key cylinder.

14. The door of claim 6 , wherein said access door includes a spring that biases said access door into a closed position overlying said key cylinder.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Vazquez Orpinel Paulina
• Mayville Jeffrey Scott

Classifications

• B60R13/005

  Manufacturers' emblems, name plates, bonnet ornaments, mascots or the like; Mounting means therefor · CPC title

• E05Y2900/50

  for vehicles · CPC title

• E05F1/10

  for swinging wings {, e.g. counterbalance} · CPC title

• B60J5/00 Primary

  Doors (B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00 {; side board or tailgate structures for open load compartments B62D33/023}) · CPC title

• E06B3/82

  Flush doors, i.e. with completely flat surface (E06B3/02, {E06B3/7003 and E06B3/7015} take precedence) · CPC title