MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR MODULE COMPRISING A WINDOW REGULATOR SYSTEM

• US 20160312507A1
• Filed: 07/01/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• 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, Sbastien
• Granted Patent: US 10,589,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 module comprising a substantially flat supporting face and at least one guide rail of a window regulator system, said rail being designed to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device, wherein said rail forms at least one part of a lateral end part of the supporting face, wherein the supporting face is in the shape of a frame surrounding a central opening.

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

3. The door module according to claim 2, comprising two guide rails of a window regulator system, each rail forming at least one part of a lateral end part of the supporting face, said rails extending continuously with the rest of the module and each forming a projection relative to the supporting face, said rails each extending in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face.

4. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the rail comprises a first branch extending substantially in a transverse plane from the supporting face and a second branch extending substantially in a longitudinal plane from the first branch.

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

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

7. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one means for supporting actuating means of the window regulator system.

8. The door module according to claim 1, comprising at least one means for receiving functional cables of the motor vehicle.

9. The door module according to claim 1, comprising means for reinforcing the module, said means being formed by a plurality of ribs protruding from the supporting face.

10. The door module according to claim 9, wherein ribs are slanted relative to the lateral edges of the supporting face and edges extending over the periphery of the central opening.

11. The door module according to claim 1, wherein at least the lateral end part having the guide rail comprises a transverse reinforcing rib extending over at least part of said end part, and preferably over the entire length of said guide rail.

12. The door module according to claim 1, comprising a reinforcing rib extending transversely on either side of the supporting face, a portion of said reinforcing rib situated on one side of the supporting face forming a first branch of the guide rail.

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

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

15. A method for producing a door module according to claim 1, comprising the following steps:

designing a door module comprising a rail forming at least one part of a lateral end part of a supporting face, the supporting face having the shape of a frame surrounding a central opening;

injecting in a single step a single material into an injection mold comprising only two mold parts; and

stripping the module by separating the two parts of the mold, the stripping being obtained by separating the two parts of the mold without using an additional movable drawer.