Assembly for attaching a window regulator motor to a window regulator mechanism through a door panel

US6848215B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meritor Light Vehicle Systems - France · FR

Inventors

• Mark Lawrie · Amilly, FR
• Yann Le Gallo · Orléans, FR
• Pascal De Vries · Saint-Jean-de-Braye, FR
• Klaus B. Wilhelm Blume · Frankfurt, DE
• Charles Hopson · Lebanon, US
• Herve Laurandel · Caen, FR
• Simon Dobson · Folkestone, GB
• Damien Cabanne · Martos, ES

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J5/0416
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly includes a first, second and third components having respective first, second and third holes. The assembly further includes a locating feature assembled into the holes having a small portion and a large portion that provide a shoulder therebetween. The locating feature further includes a fixing portion near the small portion to secure the second component relative to the assembly and a fixing portion near the large portion to secure the third component relative to the assembly. The small portion is located in the second hole to align the locating feature relative to the second component, and the large portion is located in the third hole to align the locating feature relative to the third component. The second component is aligned relative to the third component, and the first component is situated between the second and third components and between the shoulder and the second component.