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Automotive door construction

  • US 6,615,546 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2001
  • Issued: 09/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automotive door construction for a vehicle configured so that a door space is formed by joining outer edges of an outer panel and an inner panel, and the inner panel side of said door space is covered with a door trim, whereinsaid door trim is made up of two divided trims of an upper trim and a lower trim, said lower trim being an innermost trim with respect to the vehicle;

  • at least a glass elevating mechanism is installed on the side of said lower trim so as to facilitate positioning of said glass elevating mechanism on said inner panel by positioning said lower trim piece on said inner panel;

    the upper and lower end portions of a guide rail constituting said glass elevating mechanism project from the upper and lower end side of said lower trim;

    said guide rail and said lower trim are mounted to said inner panel such that said guide rail is connected to said inner panel in a state of being disposed in said door space so as to lie across an opening, which is formed in the central portion of said inner panel and is open to said door space; and

    said upper trim is mounted to an upper portion of said inner panel, wherein said opening includes an upper portion and a lower portion with respect to a floor of the vehicle, said upper trim covering said upper portion of said opening and said lower trim covering said lower portion of said opening.

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