Patent · US Expired

Method for making vehicle door

US6615475B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

23References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Berta · Rochester Hills, US
Klaus Witte · Florence, US
Holger Reusswig · Dietzenbach, DE
Jeffery W. Kolar · Livonia, US
Thomas Julian Strickland · Statesboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2002
Grant date	Sep 9, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49904
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle door (10) and subassembly (16) thereof are made by mounting vehicle door hardware including a door latch actuator mechanism (32) and a window regulator mechanism (34) directly on a hidden surface (28) of a lower trim panel portion (20) of an inner trim panel (18) that also includes an upper trim panel portion (22). A wire harness (50) is also mounted directly on the hidden surface (28) of the lower trim panel portion (20) of the inner trim panel (18). The window regulator mechanism (34) has a construction that permits pivoting thereof to facilitate assembly within a vehicle door outer structure (12).

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