Door system for motor vehicles

US4704822A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Srock · Leonberg, DE
• Georg Eger · Biberach an der Riß, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1986
• Grant date: Nov 10, 1987
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2006

Classification

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

Abstract

The door system for a motor vehicle comprises essentially a basic frame and an interior and an exterior part of the door. Between these parts, installation aggregates are held at a cross member connected with the basic frame. A first door subassembly comprises a pre-assembled basic body consisting of carriers and column parts (door frame, cross member, hinge column, lock post, upper exterior door part, door shaft carrier); the individual parts of said basic body are connected with one another in a material-locking way. They form a one-piece carrying structure that is open to the interior and exterior side of the door for the mounting of installation aggregates located on the inside (window control mechanism, window). This carrying structure, via a second, detachably fastened subassembly consisting of an interior part of the door and a lower exterior part of the door, is enclosed in an encapsulating way on the exterior side and on the interior side. The interior part of the door consists of a plastic shell that is detachably connected with the lower exterior part of the door that also consists of plastic. The exterior part of the door is constructed to be divided in an approximately…