Integral support for mounting of door module
US5937584A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J5/0416
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A door inner panel has a wall defining an opening for receiving a door hardware module. The wall has at least one cutout with upper and lower integrally bent flanges defining the upper and lower margins of the cutout of the door inner panel. The door hardware module includes a molded plastic frame having a network of molded plastic structural elements which support hardware mounting surfaces upon which various door hardware components is mounted. The structural elements include integrally molded receptacles having upper and lower slots which are adapted to interfit respectively onto the upper and lower integrally bent flanges of the wall cutout of the door inner panel so that the molded plastic frame becomes supported on the door inner panel in readiness for the installation of fasteners between the molded plastic frame and the wall of the door inner panel.
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