Motor vehicle door module comprising a window regulator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409466-B2
Application number	US-201113820424-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2011
Priority date	Sep 2, 2010
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a door module ( 1 ) of the type formed by a single part and from a single injected material, which module comprises a substantially flat supporting face ( 2 ) and at least one guide rail ( 34 ) of a window regulator system, said rail ( 34 ) being intended to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device ( 32 ). The rail ( 34 ) forms at least part of one of one of the side end parts ( 4 ) of the supporting face ( 2 ), said rail ( 34 ) extending continuously with the rest of the module ( 1 ) and forming a projection ( 40 ) in relation to the supporting face ( 2 ). The rail ( 34 ) extends in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face ( 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door module for a motor vehicle, formed as a single part and from a single injected material, said module comprising a substantially flat supporting face extending in a longitudinal plane and a first window regulator system guide rail, said rail being usable to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device, wherein said rail forms at least one part of a first lateral end of the supporting face, said rail extending continuously with the supporting face and forming a projection in relation to the supporting face, said rail extending in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face, wherein said projection comprises a first branch extending in a plane, transverse to the longitudinal plane, from said lateral end of the supporting face so as to form a lateral edge of the supporting face, said lateral edge further extending on a side of the supporting face opposite the first branch and in a direction opposite the first branch, wherein the first branch and the lateral edge are coplanar.

2. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising a second window regulator system guide rail forming at least one part of a second lateral end of the supporting face and extending continuously with the supporting face and forming a projection relative to the supporting face, said second rail extending in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face.

3. The door module according to claim 1 , wherein the rail further comprises a second branch extending substantially in a longitudinal plane from the first branch.

4. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one speaker support formed by an opening in the supporting face.

5. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one support receiving an inside door handle.

6. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one window regulator system actuator support.

7. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one receiver for functional cables of the motor vehicle.

8. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ribs protruding from the supporting face for reinforcing the module.

9. The door module according to claim 1 , wherein at least the lateral end having the guide rail comprises a transverse reinforcing rib extending over at least part of said end.

10. The door module according to claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcing rib extending transversely on either side of the supporting face, a portion of said reinforcing rib situated on one side of the supporting face forming the first branch of the guide rail.

11. The door module according to claim 1 , wherein the single injected material is a polypropylene-based plastic reinforced with glass fibers.

12. A motor vehicle door, said door comprising an opening with the door module according to claim 1 being received in said opening, a window regulator system being assembled on said door module, said system comprising at least one device for supporting a window slidably mounted on the rail of the door module.

13. A method for producing the door module according to claim 1 , comprising a single step for injecting a single material into an injection mold comprising only two mold parts and a step for stripping the module by separating the two parts of the mold.

Assignees

• HAYOTTE SéBASTIEN
• Faurecia Interieur Ind

Inventors

• HAYOTTE SéBASTIEN

Classifications

• B60J5/0416 Primary

  Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto · CPC title

• E05D15/16

  for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane · CPC title

• E05F11/382

  for vehicle windows (E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05F15/00

  Power-operated mechanisms for wings (motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00) · CPC title

• E05F15/689

  specially adapted for vehicle windows · CPC title