Vehicle door including a seal or molding

• US 20040222663A1
• Filed: 04/15/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems FRA (Meritor, Inc. (Nevada))
• Original Assignee: Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems FRA (Meritor, Inc. (Nevada))
• Inventors: Meurou, Francois-Paul, Huber, Emmanuel, Mounie, Michel
• Granted Patent: US 7,073,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/152
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor

Abstract

A vehicle door includes a door edge, a cable harness that powers electrical components, such as a window regulator inside the door, and runs along the door edge, and a seal or molding that masks the cable harness along the door edge. During assembly, a sub-assembly including a window glass carrier and a window regulator is introduced inside a door hollow box section through an opening. The cable harness can then be introduced into the hollow box section through the opening without forming a supplementary opening through the door edge and require the operator to work blindly. The cable harness runs and connects to the electrical components of the door more simply and less expensively.

Claims

1. A vehicle door module for a vehicle door having a door edge comprising:

a cable harness running along the door edge; and

a seal masking the cable harness along the door edge.

2. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the seal secures the cable harness along the door edge.

3. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the cable harness is secured inside the seal.

4. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the cable harness and seal are co-extruded.

5. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the seal is molded over the cable harness.

6. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the cable harness is secured to the door edge.

7. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising a hollow box section and a window glass module projecting from the hollow box section, and the cable harness is proximate to a region where the window glass module exits the hollow box section.

8. The door module according to claim 7, wherein the seal secures the cable harness along the door edge.

9. The door module according to claim 7, wherein the cable harness is secured inside the seal.

10. The door module according to claim 7, wherein the cable harness and seal are co-extruded.

11. The door module according to claim 7, wherein the seal is molded over the cable harness.

12. The door module according to claim 7, wherein the cable harness is secured to the door edge.

13. The door module according to claim 7, further comprising a retainer which retains the cable harness in the region where the window glass module exits the hollow box section.

14. The door module according to claim 13, wherein the retainer is a hook.

15. The door module according to claim 13, wherein the retainer is a molding.

16. The door module according to claim 7, further comprising a trim, and the cable harness is located between the trim and the hollow box section.

17. The door module according to claim 16, wherein the cable harness runs behind the trim where the window glass module exits the hollow box section.

18. The door according to claim 16, further comprising a motor and gear mechanism located between the trim and the hollow box section, and the motor and gear mechanism is powered from the cable harness.