Motor vehicle door panel
First Claim
1. In a door panel for a motor vehicle made from a shaped plate-like fiber fleece with an armrest and a cover made of a soft material when called for, the improvement wherein said armrest is a separate thermoplastic injection-molded part which has a flange which is positioned substantially parallel to an appropriate place of attachment on said door panel and said flange is heat sealed or fused with said door panel, said armrest having a plurality of recesses in a transition region of said flange to the resting surface of said arm rest, said cover made of soft material having a plurality of projections engageable and lockable in said recesses on a cover surface facing said armrest.
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Abstract
To make a door panel for a motor vehicle from a shaped plate-like fiber fleece with an armrest and a cover made of a soft material with an economical fiber fleece material and to make assembly from its components easy, the armrest is made as a separate plastic injection-molded piece which has a flange positioned substantially parallel to its corresponding attachment region on the door panel. This flange is heat sealed with the door panel. A plurality of recesses may be provided in the armrest in a transition region between the flange of the armrest and the resting surface of the armrest and a corresponding plurality of projections engagable and lockable in the recesses are provided in the cover surface facing the armrest.
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11 Claims
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1. In a door panel for a motor vehicle made from a shaped plate-like fiber fleece with an armrest and a cover made of a soft material when called for, the improvement wherein said armrest is a separate thermoplastic injection-molded part which has a flange which is positioned substantially parallel to an appropriate place of attachment on said door panel and said flange is heat sealed or fused with said door panel, said armrest having a plurality of recesses in a transition region of said flange to the resting surface of said arm rest, said cover made of soft material having a plurality of projections engageable and lockable in said recesses on a cover surface facing said armrest.
- 2. In a door panel for a motor vehicle made from a shaped plate-like fiber fleece with an armrest and a cover made of a soft material when called for, the improvement wherein said armrest is a separate thermoplastic injection-molded part which has a flange which is positioned substantially parallel to an appropriate place of attachment on said door panel and said flange is heat sealed or fused with said door panel, said armrest being shaped like a half shell with said flange being circumferential and projecting outward.
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10. A motor vehicle door panel comprising:
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a shaped plate-like fiber fleece; an armrest which is a separately thermoplastic injection-molded part having a circumferential outwardly directed flange positioned substantially parallel to an appropriate place of attachment on said door panel heat sealed or fused with said door panel, said armrest having a plurality of recesses in a transition region of said flange to the resting surface of said armrest; and a cover made of a soft material having a plurality of projections engagable and lockable in said recesses on a cover surface facing said armrest.
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11. A motor vehicle door panel comprising:
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a shaped plate-like fiber fleece; a half shell-shaped armrest which is a separately thermoplastic injection-molded part having a circumferential outwardly directed flange positioned substantially parallel to an appropriate place of attachment on said door panel heat sealed or fused with said door panel, the resting surface and/or the lateral surface of said armrest having a plurality of adjacent slots; and a cover made of polyurethane soft foam shaped according to the shape of said armrest and having a shaped flange covering said flange of said armrest and said slots.
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Specification