Automobile door

• US 6,139,088 A
• Filed: 12/05/1996
• Issued: 10/31/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Aoki, Yoshihito, Minami, Akio, Okamoto, Shinichi, Nishitani, Keizo, Kato, Mitsunobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORROW, JASON S
• Application Number:
  US08/759,418
• Time in Patent Office: 1,426 Days
• Field of Search: 296/146.5, 296/146.7, 296/146.1, 296/146.6, 296/152, 439/34, 49/502
• US Class Current: 296/146.6
• 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: B60J 5/0463 Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0243 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0892 for humidity insulation sealing strips B60R13/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0287 integrating other functions or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/43 Motors

Abstract

An automobile door that is significantly easy to fabricate, enhanced in ease of assembling door components, and reduced in the number of parts to be mounted. The door comprises an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel is composed of a main panel made of metal and a resin-molded sub panel formed integrally with the main panel. The inner panel is formed with a mount on which door functional parts to be mounted on the door are mounted. The inner panel is also formed integrally with electrically connecting means for connecting these door functional parts with each other.

Claims

1. An automobile door comprising:

an outer panel; and

an inner panel mounted on said outer panel, said inner panel being comprised of a resin-molded sub-panel which is produced integrally with a main panel made of metal, of a generally flat panel shape extending substantially the length of said outer panel and having an opening in a central portion thereof, so as to encase substantially completely the main panel, said resin-molded sub-panel being formed integrally with, and extending parallel with, said main panel made of metal.

2. The automobile door as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner panel is integrally molded with a mount, on which door functional parts to be mounted on said automobile door are installed, and with electrical connecting means to electrically connect said door functional parts to each other.

3. The automobile door as claimed in claim 1, wherein a decoration panel is attached to said inner panel on an interior side of said automobile door.

4. The automobile door as claimed in claim 2, wherein a decoration panel is attached to said inner panel on an interior side of said automobile door.

5. The automobile door as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mount is assembled with a concentrated unit incorporating a control circuit for controlling said door functional parts.

6. The automobile door as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a door wire harness which is divided into a panel wire harness and a trim wire harness, wherein said panel wire harness is arranged on said inner panel and said trim wire harness is arranged on said decoration panel.

7. The automobile door as claimed in claim 4, wherein said mount is assembled with a concentrated unit incorporating a control circuit for controlling said door functional parts.

8. The automobile door as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a door wire harness which is divided into a panel wire harness and a trim wire harness, wherein said panel wire harness is arranged on said inner panel and said trim wire harness is arranged on said decoration panel.

9. The automobile door as claimed in claim 5, wherein said concentrated unit is mounted with a switch unit associated with said door functional parts.

10. The automobile door as claimed in claim 5, wherein said concentrated unit is mounted with a power window motor and a door lock motor.

11. The automobile door as claimed in claim 7, wherein said concentrated unit is mounted with a switch unit associated with said door functional parts.

12. The automobile door as claimed in claim 7, wherein said concentrated unit is mounted with a power window motor and a door lock motor.