Vehicle half door assemblies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11639088-B2
Application number	US-202117155502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2021
Priority date	Jan 30, 2020
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle includes a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein, and an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion. At least one trim cap is configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion; and
at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
wherein the at least one trim cap is slidingly coupled to the lower door portion and moves between a retracted position where the at least one receiving aperture is open to receive the at least one post, and a deployed position where the at least one trim cap covers and conceals the at least one receiving aperture.

2. The door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lower door portion includes a door trim substrate coupled to a door structure, wherein the at least one receiving aperture is formed in an upper surface of the door trim substrate.

3. The door assembly of claim 1 , wherein each trim cap of the at least one trim cap includes a main body having one or more pins extending outwardly therefrom, wherein the one or more pins are slidingly received within a track formed in the lower door portion.

4. The door assembly of claim 3 , wherein each trim cap further includes a tab coupled to the main body, the tab configured to be grasped by a user to slide the trim cap between the retracted and deployed positions.

5. A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion; and
at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
wherein the upper door portion further includes a trim cap storage container configured to receive and store the at least one trim cap.

6. The door assembly of claim 5 , wherein the storage container includes a lid or flap to selectively enclose a storage compartment defined by the trim cap storage container.

7. The door assembly of claim 5 , wherein the upper door portion comprises:
a frame;
a window supported within the frame; and
an exterior fabric member coupled to the frame.

8. The door assembly of claim 7 , wherein the trim cap storage container is coupled to the frame.

9. The door assembly of claim 7 , wherein the trim cap storage container is coupled to a fabric reinforcement member, which is coupled to an inboard side of the exterior fabric member.

10. The door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one post comprises a forward post and a rearward post.

11. A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion; and
at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
wherein the at least one post comprises a forward post and a rearward post, and
wherein the at least one receiving aperture includes a first receiving aperture to receive the forward post, and a second receiving aperture to receive the rearward post.

12. The door assembly of claim 11 , wherein the at least one trim cap comprises a first trim cap configured to removably couple within first receiving aperture, and a second trim cap configured to removably couple within the second receiving aperture.

Assignees

• Schultz Jason E
• Reagle Robert J
• Fca Us Llc

Inventors

• Schultz Jason E
• Reagle Robert J

Classifications

• B60J5/0408 Primary

  fastening window frame or parts of window frame to lower door structure · CPC title

• B60R13/0243

  Doors · CPC title

• B60J5/0487

  simplified doors related to cabins of, e.g. golf carts, tractors, jeeps, cranes, forklifts, etc. · CPC title

• B60J5/0463

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

• B60J5/0476

  convertible doors, e.g. window frame is stored in lower door structure · CPC title