Vehicle door assembly with an organosheet door module carrier reinforcing a sill region

US11904668B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Inventors

• Michael Thienel · Thurnau, DE
• Andre Carl · Coburg, DE
• Dominik Hofmann · Baunach, DE
• Siegfried Ordosch · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J5/0481
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle door assembly, having a first frame component including a window frame for a window opening and two opposing lateral frame for defining a frame cut-out and forming a sill portion connecting the two lateral frame portions to one another, a second frame component for strengthening the window frame, the second frame component fixed on the first frame component, and a door module carrier formed from an organosheet and at least partially closes the frame cut-out. The door module carrier forming an edge portion fixed to the sill portion in a longitudinal direction of the sill portion. The organosheet is a supporting structural component and an edge portion thereof is reinforced by a reinforcing structure injection-moulded onto the organosheet and the edge portion thereof strengthens the sill portion of the first frame component where no portion of the second frame component is provided.