Vehicle door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10358018-B2
Application number	US-201715468566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 24, 2016
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle door includes a door box with first and second walls and a second wall and a window frame module, in which a window frame, a first window shaft reinforcement and a second window shaft reinforcement are connected into a structural unit. The first window shaft reinforcement features a groove that accommodates an upper edge of the first wall. An upper edge of the second wall is covered by the second window shaft reinforcement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle door comprising:
a door box having a first wall that has a first upper edge at which the first wall terminates and a second wall that has a second upper edge at which the second wall terminates; and
a window frame module including a window frame defining a window opening above the door box, a first window shaft reinforcement defining a first groove receiving the first upper edge and a second window shaft reinforcement defining a second groove receiving the second upper edge, wherein the first and second window shaft reinforcements and the window frame are connected together as a structural unit, wherein the first groove opens outward away from the second window shaft reinforcement and the second groove opens downward.

2. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the first window shaft reinforcement comprises a first vertical web projecting above the first wall and the second window shaft reinforcement comprises a second vertical web projecting above the second wall.

3. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the second window shaft reinforcement is adhesively connected to the second upper edge.

4. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the first window shaft reinforcement further comprises a lower region that terminates at a flange that is adhesively connected to the first wall.

5. The vehicle door according to claim 4 , wherein the first upper edge extends above the upper edge of the second wall.

6. The vehicle door according to claim 5 , wherein the second upper edge extends above the flange of the first window shaft reinforcement.

7. The vehicle door according to claim 4 , wherein the first window shaft reinforcement comprises a wall region defining an elongated hollow space together with the first wall between the first groove and the flange.

8. The vehicle door according to claim 7 , wherein the first window shaft reinforcement further comprises ribs integrally molded on the wall region and protruding into the hollow space.

9. The vehicle door according to claim 4 , wherein the door box further comprises first and second end plates connected to the first and second window shaft reinforcements, wherein the first and second end plates extend downward below the first and second window shaft reinforcements and are connected to the door box securing the window frame module to the door box.

10. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the first groove is defined by upper and lower walls of the first window shaft reinforcement and the second groove is defined by inner and outer walls of the second window shaft reinforcement.

11. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the window frame module is configured to pivot about the first upper edge when the first upper edge is received in the first groove.

12. The vehicle door according to claim 11 , wherein the window frame module is configured to pivot about the first upper edge as the second upper edge is received in the second groove.

13. The vehicle door according to claim 12 , wherein the first upper edge is disposed horizontal and the second upper edge is disposed vertical.

14. The vehicle door according to claim 13 , wherein the window frame module comprises a one-piece, injection-molded component.

15. The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the door box defines an interior, and wherein the window shaft reinforcements form a hollow space that is open toward the interior of the door box.

16. A vehicle door comprising:
a door box having a first wall terminating at a first upper edge that is disposed horizontally and a second wall terminating at a second upper edge that is disposed vertically the first upper edge disposed higher than the second upper edge; and
a window frame module including a window frame defining a window opening above the door box, a first window shaft reinforcement defining a first groove receiving the first upper edge and a second window shaft reinforcement defining a second groove receiving the second upper edge, the first groove defined by an upper wall and a lower wall of the first window shaft reinforcement and the second groove defined by an inner wall and an outer wall of the second window shaft reinforcement, wherein the first and second window shaft reinforcements and the window frame are connected together in the window frame module as a structural unit configured to connect with the door box.

17. The vehicle door according to claim 16 , wherein the window frame further comprises:
a channel-shaped section that opens in an outward direction;
an L-shaped section connected to the channel-shaped section;
a strip of fabric embedded in the channel shaped section and in the L-shaped section; and
a sealing profile attached to the L-shaped section and having a U-shaped section with an elastic metal profile embedded in the U-shaped section, and a sealing lip disposed on the sealing profile.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Lange Marcus

Classifications

• B60J5/0469

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

• B66C13/063

  electrical · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title

• B60J5/0481

  plastic · CPC title

• B60J5/0406 Primary

  window frame formed separately as module · CPC title