Vehicle component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10350975-B2
Application number	US-201715634047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle component (1) has a component part (2) for arranging on a vehicle door (10) of a motor vehicle (100). An alignment system (3) with an alignment element (4) and with a fixed point structure (5) is arranged on the vehicle door (10) for aligning the component part (2) in a defined mounting position. The alignment element (4) comprises a first connecting portion (14) for fastening to the fixed point structure (5) and a second connecting portion (24) for fastening the component part (2). Starting from the fixed point structure (5), the component part (2) is thereby positionable in the defined mounting position by the alignment element (4). The fixed point structure (5) is a door lock device (6), and the component part (2) is a paneling component part (7) of the vehicle door (10).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle component with at least one paneling component part for arranging on at least one vehicle door of a motor vehicle in a position where a part of the paneling component part is visible from positions external of the vehicle door, the vehicle door including a door lock device defining a fixed point structure in an interior of the vehicle door, the vehicle component comprising: a fastening portion formed on the paneling component part and extending into the interior of the vehicle door; at least one alignment element fastened to the door lock device and disposed in the interior of the vehicle door for aligning the paneling component part in a defined mounting position, the alignment element having at least one first connecting portion for fastening to the door lock device and at least one second connecting portion for fastening the fastening portion of the paneling component part so that the paneling component part is positionable in the defined mounting position by the alignment element.

2. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the alignment element is fastenable in a self-centering manner to the door lock device and the paneling component part is fastenable in a self-centering manner to the alignment element.

3. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the door lock device comprises at least one guide element that is connectable in a form-fitting manner to the alignment element.

4. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the alignment element comprises at least one latching device for latching to the door lock device.

5. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the alignment element is a unitary shaped part.

6. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the paneling component part and the second connecting portion are connectable by at least one latching device.

7. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the paneling component part is at least partially arranged on an outer side of the vehicle door.

8. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the paneling component part comprises at least one fastening portion that extends into the vehicle door and that is connectable to the second connecting portion.

9. The vehicle component of claim 8 , wherein at least one stop is arranged on the fastening portion and is placeable on the alignment element in a Z direction of the vehicle.

10. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the paneling component part is fixable in the defined mounting position by a screw connection.

11. The vehicle component of claim 1 , wherein the paneling component part is a single part.

12. The vehicle component of claim 1 , comprising at least one further component part with at least one openable door window pane that is positionable by the alignment system, and at least one further fixed point structure that comprises a fixed window device, and is positionable in a defined mounting position by the alignment element.

13. The vehicle component of claim 12 , wherein the alignment element is an elongate guide profile into which the door window pane is insertable and that is fastened by an end region to the window device.

14. The vehicle component of claim 13 , wherein the further fixed point structure comprises at least one window lifter device for the door window pane, and the door window pane is alignable both via the window device and the window lifter device as the fixed point structure.

15. The vehicle component of claim 14 , comprising at least one further alignment element for connecting the door window panel to the window lifter device.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Kiwus David
• Schlachter Reimund

Classifications

• E05B79/04

  Mounting of lock casings to the vehicle, e.g. to the wing · CPC title

• B60J5/0419

  Windows in lower door structures · CPC title

• B60J1/17

  vertically · CPC title

• B60J5/0463 Primary

  Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door · CPC title

• B60J5/0469

  for door panels, e.g. hemming (hemming equipment B21D39/00) · CPC title