Motor vehicle door

• US 6,820,919 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2003
• Issued: 11/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Coburg
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Coburg
• Inventors: Florentin, Thierry, Gerstlauer, Ralph
• Primary Examiner(s): ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US10/415,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20040049989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 296/154, 296/146.5, 296/146.7, 296/146.9, 296/1.08, 296/93, 296/213, 495/02, 493/77, 494/901, 494/981, 494/751, 527/168, 528/001.3
• US Class Current: 296/146.6
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/265 the surface being primarily decorative
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/75 for sealing the lower part of the panes
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0411 Beltline
• 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

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle door with a door inner shell and a door outer shell joined thereto. A large-area opening in the door inner shell can be covered in a sealed manner by a supporting plate by means of a sealing area, and with a channel seal, which forms the upper termination of the inner parapet area. The motor vehicle door is characterized in that the upper edge of the supporting plate supports the channel seal. The ends of the channel seal are connected to lateral sealing areas of the supporting plate.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle door comprising

a door inner shell and a door outer shell connected thereto,

a support plate sealingly covering an opening formed through the door inner shell at a sealing area including a lower sealing area and side sealing areas, and

a channel seal forming an upper closure in a ledge area, supported by an upper edge of the support plate and having opposed ends each connected to a respective one of the side sealing areas of the support plate.

2. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, further comprising the door inner shell having a ledge reinforcement in the ledge area.

3. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, further comprising a ledge reinforcement, wherein the door inner shell has in the ledge area one of an upper part of the ledge reinforcement and a lower part of the ledge reinforcement and the support plate has the other one of the upper part of the ledge reinforcement and the lower part of the ledge reinforcement.

4. The motor vehicle door according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the upper edge of the support plate extends substantially along an upper edge of the door inner shell and the channel seal extends around the respective upper edges of the support plate and the door inner shell.

5. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, further comprising a ledge reinforcement formed completely on the support plate in the ledge area.

6. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the channel seal has a metal spring-elastic clip as a fixing element.

7. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the channel seal includes a projection for mounting a door inside trim panel thereover, the projection extending above a fixing area of the channel seal.

8. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the lower sealing area and the side sealing areas are formed between the support plate and the associated edge areas of the opening of the door inner shell, the lower sealing area and side sealing areas formed by a continuous sealing element.

9. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the lower sealing area and the side sealing areas are formed between the support plate and the associated edge areas of the opening of the door inside shell, the lower sealing area and side sealing areas formed by an elastic sealing foil lining that lines the support plate.

10. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the support plate and the channel seal are an integral injection molded part formed of two components, and the channel seal is formed by a softer plastics component than the support plate.

11. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the lower sealing area and the side sealing areas are disposed between the support plate and the associated edge areas of the opening in the door inner shell and are formed of a single integral piece of the support plate.

12. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the support plate is a light metal cast part formed of aluminium or a magnesium alloy.

13. The motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the support plate is a sheet metal part.

14. The motor vehicle door according to claim 8, wherein the continuous sealing element is one of an injection-molded sealing cord and a stock-on sealing cord.

15. The motor vehicle door according to claim 9, wherein the elastic sealing foil is a foamed foil.

16. The motor vehicle door according to claim 15, wherein the sheet metal part is a stamped metal part.