Automotive door construction
First Claim
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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Abstract
A door trim 50 is made up of two divided trims of an upper trim 51 and a lower trim 52. A door elevating mechanism 27 composed of a guide rail 28, a motor 30, a step lamp 57, a speaker grille 56, are subassembled to the lower trim 52. In particular, the motor 30 is mounted on an extended attachment element 67 formed by extending the upper part of a pocket back cover 6 constituting a pocket 47 of the lower trim 52. The lower trim 52 configured in this manner is mounted to an inner panel 21. After a door glass 26 is installed to the door elevating mechanism 27, the upper trim 51 is mounted to the inner panel 21. Therefore, even if the area of an opening in the inner panel is not increased so much, the installation work of the door glass can be done easily, and a demand for increased size of the door glass can be met.
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Citations
15 Claims
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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, wherein
said 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An automotive door for a vehicle including an internal door space and an inner panel, said inner panel including an opening to said internal door space, comprising:
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an upper trim mounted on said inner panel;
a lower trim mounted on said inner panel, said lower trim being an innermost trim with respect to the vehicle;
a glass elevating mechanism mounted on 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; and
a guide rail mounted to said inner panel so as to lie across said opening and reinforce 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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