DOOR STRUCTURE WITH CO-EXTRUDED ROLL FRAME

• US 20110099911A1
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Magna International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Magna International Incorporated
• Inventors: Kawase, Haruhisa, Ellis, Peter John
• Application Number:
  US12/936,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20110099911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/493.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0402 window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs

Abstract

A motor vehicle door includes a door frame including a main body portion having a retention wall. An upper reveal fixedly secured to the door frame and includes an outer wall. The outer wall of the upper reveal and the retention wall of the door frame define a channel therebetween. Each of the outer wall and the retention wall engage a glass run to retain the glass nm within the channel.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle door comprising:

a door frame including a main body portion having a retention wall; and

an upper reveal fixedly secured to said door frame and including an outer wall, said outer wall of said upper reveal and said retention wall of said door frame defining a channel therebetween, each of said outer wall and said retention wall engaging a glass run to retain the glass run within said channel.

2. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 1 wherein said outer wall of said upper reveal includes a retaining tab engageable with the glass run to retain the glass run within said channel.

3. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 2 including an upper molding co-extruded with said upper reveal and including a sealing lip for sealing engagement with a motor vehicle body.

4. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 3 wherein said outer wall of said upper reveal defines a reveal surface visible along a door exterior.

5. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 1 wherein said retention wall of said door frame includes upper and lower segments offset from one another by a connecting segment.

6. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 5 wherein said upper segment and said connecting segment define a pocket for receiving a portion of the glass run.

7. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 6 wherein said door frame includes a flange extending out from said body portion.

8. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 7 wherein said upper reveal includes a mounting segment abutting said flange of said door frame for attachment thereto.

9. A glass run retention assembly for a motor vehicle door frame including a main body portion having a retention wall, said glass run retention assembly comprising:

an upper reveal including a mounting segment adapted to be fixedly secured to the door frame, said upper reveal including an outer wall coupled to said mounting segment and extending out therefrom, said outer wall cooperating with the retention wall to define a channel therebetween for receiving a glass run within said channel; and

an interior trim having an upper end adapted to be fixedly secured to the main body portion and a lower end adapted to be fixedly secured to the retention wall, said lower end of said interior trim engaging the glass run to retain the glass run within said channel.

10. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 9 wherein said outer wall of said upper reveal includes a retaining tab engageable with the glass run to retain the glass run within said channel.

11. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 10 including an upper molding co-extruded with said upper reveal and including a sealing lip for sealing engagement with a motor vehicle body.

12. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 11 wherein said outer wall of said upper reveal defines a reveal surface visible along a door exterior.

13. A motor vehicle door comprising:

a door frame including a main body portion having a retention wall defining a pocket;

an upper reveal fixedly secured to said door frame and including an outer wall, said outer wall of said upper reveal and said retention wall of said door frame defining a channel therebetween; and

a glass run disposed within said channel and retained therein by abutting engagement with each of said outer wall and said pocket of said retention wall.

14. A motor vehicle door as set forth in claim 13 wherein said glass run includes spaced apart first and second walls, said first wall including a protrusion abutting said pocket to retain said glass run between said door frame and said upper reveal.