Motor vehicle door module comprising a window regulator system

• US 10,589,602 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2016
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Hayotte, Sebastien
• Primary Examiner(s): Menezes, Marcus
• Application Number:
  US15/200,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20160312507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 49348, 49349, 49352
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/08 arranged at vehicle sides
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0416 Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/16 for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 11/382 for vehicle windows E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/00 Power-operated mechanisms for wings motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/689 specially adapted for vehicle windows
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/612 between carriers and rails
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/29 forming a unitary piece with another element
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows

Abstract

The invention relates to a door module (1) of the type formed by a single part and from a single injected material, which module comprises a substantially flat supporting face (2) and at least one guide rail (34) of a window regulator system, said rail (34) being intended to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device (32). The rail (34) forms at least part of one of one of the side end parts (4) of the supporting face (2), said rail (34) extending continuously with the rest of the module (1) and forming a projection (40) in relation to the supporting face (2). The rail (34) extends in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face (2).

Claims

1. A door module for a motor vehicle, formed by a single part and from a single injected material, said door module comprising a substantially flat supporting face and at least one guide rail of a window regulator system, said guide rail being configured to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device,

wherein said guide rail forms at least one part of a lateral end part of the supporting face,

wherein the supporting face frames a central opening, the supporting face being delimited by a plurality of edges protruding from the supporting face, the guide rail forming at least one part of one of said edges, another one of the edges surrounding and extending along a periphery of the central opening, and at least one other of the edges extending away from said lateral end part and along a periphery of the supporting face, and

wherein the door module comprises a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from the supporting face, said reinforcing ribs extending from the edge surrounding and extending along the periphery of the central opening to each other one of said edges, wherein the plurality of edges protruding from the supporting face includes first, second, third, and fourth edges along the periphery of the supporting face, the first edge being the edge formed at least in part by the guide rail, the second edge being located along an end of the supporting face laterally opposite the first edge, the third and fourth edges being said other edges extending away from the lateral end part, and the third and fourth edges extending between the first and second edges along opposite sides of the periphery of the supporting face, wherein the reinforcing ribs extend in a zig-zag pattern between the edge surrounding the central opening and each one of the first, second, third, and fourth edges.

2. The door module of claim 1, wherein said guide rail extends continuously with a remainder of the module and forms a projection in relation to the supporting face, said guide rail extending in at least two planes different from a plane of the supporting face.

3. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail comprises a first branch extending substantially in a first plane from the supporting face and a second branch extending substantially in a second plane from the first branch, the first and second planes being perpendicular.

4. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one speaker support formed by an opening in the supporting face.

5. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one support for an inside door handle.

6. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one window regulator system support.

7. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one cable retainer.

8. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from the supporting face extend in a zig-zag pattern between the edge surrounding the central opening and each other one of the edges protruding from the supporting face.

9. The door module according to claim 8, wherein at least some of the reinforcing ribs are slanted relative to the edge protruding from the supporting face and extending along the periphery of the central opening.

10. The door module according to claim 1, wherein at least the lateral end part having the guide rail comprises another reinforcing rib extending over at least part of said end part.

11. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the single injected material is a polypropylene-based plastic reinforced with glass fibers.

12. A motor vehicle door comprising the door module according to claim 1 fixed in a receiving opening of the door, the window regulator system being assembled on said door module, said window regulator system comprising at least one device for supporting a window slidably mounted on the guide rail of the door module.

13. A door module for a motor vehicle, formed by a single part and from a single injected material, said door module comprising a substantially flat supporting face and at least one guide rail of a window regulator system, said guide rail being configured to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device,

wherein said guide rail forms at least one part of a lateral end part of the supporting face,

wherein the supporting face frames a central opening, the supporting face being delimited by a plurality of edges protruding from the supporting face, the guide rail forming at least one part of one of said edges, and another one of the edges surrounding and extending along a periphery of the central opening,

wherein the door module comprises a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from the supporting face, said reinforcing ribs extending from the edge surrounding and extending along the periphery of the central opening to the edge forming at least in part by the guide rail, and

wherein said guide rail extends continuously with a remainder of the module and forms a projection in relation to the supporting face, said guide rail extending in at least two planes different from a plane of the supporting face,

the door module further comprising a speaker support configured to receive a speaker at a speaker opening formed in the supporting face and for attachment of the speaker to the door module at the speaker opening, wherein another one of the edges surrounds and extends along a periphery of the speaker opening, and the reinforcing ribs extend between the edge surrounding the central opening and the edge surrounding the speaker opening.

14. A door module for a motor vehicle, formed by a single part and from a single injected material, said door module comprising a substantially flat supporting face and at least one guide rail of a window regulator system, said guide rail being configured to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device,

wherein said guide rail forms at least one part of a lateral end part of the supporting face,

wherein the supporting face frames a central opening, the supporting face being delimited by a plurality of edges protruding from the supporting face, the guide rail forming at least one part of one of said edges, and another one of the edges surrounding and extending along a periphery of the central opening,

wherein the door module comprises a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from the supporting face, said reinforcing ribs extending from the edge surrounding and extending along the periphery of the central opening to the edge forming at least in part by the guide rail, and

wherein said guide rail extends continuously with a remainder of the module and forms a projection in relation to the supporting face, said guide rail extending in at least two planes different from a plane of the supporting face,

the door module further comprising a door handle support configured to receive and support an inside door handle of the vehicle and for attachment of the inside door handle to the door module, wherein at least a portion of the door handle support is located along the central opening of the door module and extends from the edge surround the central opening.