Motor vehicle door

• US 5,033,236 A
• Filed: 06/27/1990
• Issued: 07/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Hallstadt (Brose)
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Hallstadt (Brose)
• Inventors: Szerdahelyi, Ferenc, Leidner, Klaus, Hess, H. Peter, Heinemann, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): KANNAN, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US07/544,327
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 49/502, 49/503, 49/501, 296/188, 296/905, 296/152, 296/146, 280/730
• US Class Current: 49/502
• 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

Abstract

Motor vehicle door 1 with an integrated lattice-type support frame 2 receiving a window lifter. Support frame 2 is mountable in motor vehicle door 1 connected by hinges 36 and 37 with a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. At least one support 3, 4 of support frame 2 is connected at its connecting ends 45 and 46 with force inleads 47 and 48 disposed in motor vehicle door 1, said inleads being in positive contact with areas of the passenger compartment which are adjacent on both sides with motor vehicle door 1 (FIG. 5).

Claims

1. Motor vehicle door comprising an outer door assembly, hinge structure secured to said outer door assembly for pivotally attaching the outer door assembly to the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle and force inlead structure secured to said outer door assembly,

said force inlead structure being in positive contact with areas of the passenger compartments to either side of the motor vehicle door, and

a support frame in the form of a lattice integrated into said outer door assembly, said support frame said support frame including an upper support member running lengthwise of said support frame, a tension and compression support member running lengthwise of said support frame, spaced guide rails connected to said support members, said guide rails being components of a window lifter system and serving to guide a window pane disposed in the motor vehicle door and forming a boundary of said support frame facing the interior of the motor vehicle,

at least one of said support members being connected at its connecting ends with said force inlead structure,

said support frame being disposed in the area between said window pane of the motor vehicle door and said outer door assembly in such manner that said support frame directly receives the impact forces following a lateral impact.

2. The motor vehicle door of claim 1 and further including an elastically deformable occupant protection device disposed in the door interior between said window pane and a door inner lining.

3. The motor vehicle door of claim 2 wherein said elastically deformable occupant protection device includes an inflatable cushion or an airbag which is preferably so designed that in addition to increasing its cross section in the direction of the occupants, a portion of said elastically deformable occupant protection device, in the event of a lateral impact, extends in the direction of said window pane.

4. The motor vehicle door of claim 1 wherein said outer door assembly includes an essentially U-shaped frame structure that receives said support frame and is composed of a horizontal base member and two leg members perpendicularly adjacent thereto, said upper support member of said support frame being connected at its ends with said leg members and said guide rails being connected at their lower ends with said base member.

5. The motor vehicle door of claim 4 wherein said force inlead structure includes a member mounted on the hinge side of said motor vehicle door and pivotable in its end area facing said passenger compartment pillar structure, and further including a mounting part matched to the cross section of said pillar structure, said mounting part, in its end area facing the motor vehicle door being provided with a pivot pin that extends perpendicularly, said pivot pin being disposed flush with a hinge axis of the motor vehicle door formed by said hinge structure.

6. The motor vehicle door of claim 5 wherein said force inlead structure further includes a member disposed on the lock side of said motor vehicle door and linked at its end area facing passenger compartment pillar by a positive connection releasable in the door opening direction, and further including a mounting part matched to the cross section of said pillar structure, said mounting part being provided at its end area facing the motor vehicle door with a pin pointing in the door opening direction, and the end area of said force inlead member having a mounting eye aligned perpendicularly to said pin.

7. The motor vehicle door of claim 6 wherein each said mounting eye has a recess that is much larger than the diameter of the pin disposed therein so that each said eye is in contact only on the adapter side over a relatively small contact area with its pin.

8. The motor vehicle door of claim 4 and further including an elastically deformable occupant protection device disposed in the door interior between said window pane and a door inner lining, said elastically deformable occupant protection device including an inflatable cushion or an airbag which is preferably so designed that in addition to increasing its cross section in the direction of the occupants, a portion of said elastically deformable occupant protection device, in the event of a lateral impact, extends in the direction of said window pane.

9. A motor vehicle door connected by hinges with a passenger compartment, said door including an outer door assembly with force inlead structure in positive contact with pillar structure of the passenger compartment adjoining the motor vehicle door and an integrated, lattice-type support frame that includes a tension and compression strip and that receives a window lifter, said support frame being mounted in said outer door assembly with said force inlead structure receiving the connecting ends of said tension and compression strip of said support frame and articulated to adapter structure connected with said passenger compartment pillar structure.

10. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 wherein said force inlead structure includes a member mounted on the hinge side of said motor vehicle door and pivotable in its end area facing said passenger compartment pillar structure, and

said adapter structure has a mounting part matched to the cross section of said pillar structure, said mounting part, in its end area facing the motor vehicle door being provided with a pivot pin that extends perpendicularly, said pivot pin being disposed flush with a hinge axis of the motor vehicle door formed by said hinge structure and the end area of said force inlead member having two parallel horizontal pivot eyes for mounting said adapter.

11. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 wherein said force inlead structure includes a member disposed on the lock side of said motor vehicle door and linked at its end area facing passenger compartment pillar by a positive connection releasable in the door opening direction, and said adapter structure has a mounting part matched to the cross section of said pillar structure, said mounting part being provided at its end area facing the motor vehicle door with a pin pointing in the door opening direction, and the end area of said force inlead member having a mounting eye aligned perpendicularly to said pin, said eye receiving a pin of said adapter structure, and said adapter structure having, at its opposite end area, a vertically extending articulation pin.

12. The motor vehicle door of claim 11 wherein said mounting eye has a recess that is much larger than the diameter of the pin disposed therein so that said eye is in contact only on the adapter side over a relatively small contact area with its pin.

13. The motor vehicle door of claim 11 wherein said mounting eye is designed as an elongated hole in a force inlead member on the lock side, the edge of said elongated hole is convex, and the pin engaging said mounting eye tapers conically in the door opening direction.

14. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 and further including spaced guide rails connected to said support members, said guide rails being components of a window lifter system and serving to guide a window pane disposed in the motor vehicle door and forming a boundary of said support frame facing the interior of the motor vehicle, and

wherein said force inlead structure has crimp structure to receive said tension and compression strip such that said tension and compression strip is staggered with respect to the mounting plane of said force inlead structure on the side of guide rails facing away from the passenger compartment.

15. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 wherein each connection between said tension and compression strip and said force inlead structure receiving its connecting ends is produced by two parallel pins spaced apart from one another in the lengthwise direction of said tension and compression strip.

16. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 said support frame includes an upper cross member, and wherein a positive claw connection is provided between said upper cross member and said tension and compression strip on the one hand and guide rails of a double cable window lifter system on the other hand, each said claw connection consisting of claw parts connected with said guide rails, said claw parts engaging said upper cross member and said tension and compression strip.

17. The motor vehicle door of claim 16 wherein said claw connection consists of claw pins in said upper cross member and corresponding recesses in left and right leg members of said outer door assembly.

18. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 wherein said support frame includes an upper support member running lengthwise of said support frame, and a sealing frame abutting said upper support member for integration of a window pane, disposed in the motor vehicle door and connected with a double cable window lifter system, said sealing frame having an essentially U-shaped profile and locking projection structure for securing said sealing frame in said outer door assembly.