Fastening arrangement for positioning and fastening a decorative cover on a window frame of a vehicle door of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783134-B2
Application number	US-201615131519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2016
Priority date	Apr 18, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A fastening arrangement is provided for positioning and fastening a decorative cover on a window frame of a vehicle door of a vehicle. The fastening arrangement has a first fastening element associated with the window frame and a second fastening element associated with the decorative cover. The first and second fastening elements cooperate in a form-fitting manner for fastening the decorative cover on the window frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A decorative cover for a window frame of a vehicle door comprising:
a decorative cover configured to cover a portion of the window frame; and
a fastener configured to position and fasten the decorative cover on the window frame, the fastener having a first fastening element associated with the window frame including first and second flexible projections with each projection having a detent, and a second fastening element associated with the decorative cover including a base body with first and second apertures separated by a cross piece, wherein the first flexible projection is received in the first aperture and the second flexible projection is received in the second aperture such that the projection capture the cross piece, the detents engage the cross piece and the first and second fastening elements cooperate in a force-fitting manner for fastening the decorative cover on the window frame.

2. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening element is positionable in a single translational movement relative to the second fastening element into an installed state, wherein the first fastening element engages the second fastening element in the force-fitting manner.

3. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one projection comprises a first stop surface, which cooperate a second stop surface formed on the second fastening element for positioning the decorative cover on the window frame.

4. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one projection comprises a first effective surface, which in the installed state cooperates with a second effective surface formed on the second fastening element, wherein the first and second effective surfaces are inclined with respect to a plane running perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the first fastening element.

5. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening element comprises a first positioning surface, which cooperates with a second positioning surface formed on the second fastening element for positioning the decorative cover on the window frame.

6. The decorative cover according to claim 5 , wherein the second fastening element is arranged on a side of the decorative cover facing the window frame in the installed state.

7. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening element is configured as a pre-positioned element on the window frame.

8. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first fastening element and the second fastening element comprises a plastic element, wherein the plastic is selected from the group consisting of polyamide, glass fiber-reinforced polyamide, ethylene propylene diene monomer, thermoplastic elastomers, acrylic ester-styrene-acrylonitrile, or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene/polymethyl methacrylate.

9. The decorative cover according to claim 1 , wherein the second fastening element is formed on the decorative cover.

10. A vehicle door comprising a window frame having at least one frame member and the decorative cover according to claim 1 fastened to the frame member and covering the portion of the window frame.

11. The vehicle door according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle door is a front side door of the vehicle.

12. A vehicle comprising a vehicle body with a door having a window frame including at least one frame member and the decorative cover according to claim 1 fastened to the frame member and covering the portion of the window frame.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Mori Erol
• Alhof Michael

Classifications

• B60J10/76

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• B60R13/04 Primary

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