Motor vehicle door module comprising a window regulator system

• US 9,409,466 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2011
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Hayotte, Sbastien
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Katherine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Menezes, Marcus
• Application Number:
  US13/820,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20130160371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,803 Days
• Field of Search: 49348-353, 495/02, 296/146.7
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/08 arranged at vehicle sides
• 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: E05D 15/16 for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 11/382 for vehicle windows E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/00 Power-operated mechanisms for wings motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/689 specially adapted for vehicle windows
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/612 between carriers and rails
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/29 forming a unitary piece with another element
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows

Abstract

The invention relates to a door module (1) of the type formed by a single part and from a single injected material, which module comprises a substantially flat supporting face (2) and at least one guide rail (34) of a window regulator system, said rail (34) being intended to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device (32). The rail (34) forms at least part of one of one of the side end parts (4) of the supporting face (2), said rail (34) extending continuously with the rest of the module (1) and forming a projection (40) in relation to the supporting face (2). The rail (34) extends in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face (2).

Claims

1. A door module for a motor vehicle, formed as a single part and from a single injected material, said module comprising a substantially flat supporting face extending in a longitudinal plane and a first window regulator system guide rail, said rail being usable to guide and maintain a motor vehicle window supporting device, wherein said rail forms at least one part of a first lateral end of the supporting face, said rail extending continuously with the supporting face and forming a projection in relation to the supporting face, said rail extending in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face, wherein said projection comprises a first branch extending in a plane, transverse to the longitudinal plane, from said lateral end of the supporting face so as to form a lateral edge of the supporting face, said lateral edge further extending on a side of the supporting face opposite the first branch and in a direction opposite the first branch, wherein the first branch and the lateral edge are coplanar.

2. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising a second window regulator system guide rail forming at least one part of a second lateral end of the supporting face and extending continuously with the supporting face and forming a projection relative to the supporting face, said second rail extending in at least two planes different from the plane of the supporting face.

3. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the rail further comprises a second branch extending substantially in a longitudinal plane from the first branch.

4. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising at least one speaker support formed by an opening in the supporting face.

5. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising at least one support receiving an inside door handle.

6. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising at least one window regulator system actuator support.

7. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising at least one receiver for functional cables of the motor vehicle.

8. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ribs protruding from the supporting face for reinforcing the module.

9. The door module according to claim 1, wherein at least the lateral end having the guide rail comprises a transverse reinforcing rib extending over at least part of said end.

10. The door module according to claim 1, further comprising a reinforcing rib extending transversely on either side of the supporting face, a portion of said reinforcing rib situated on one side of the supporting face forming the first branch of the guide rail.

11. The door module according to claim 1, wherein the single injected material is a polypropylene-based plastic reinforced with glass fibers.

12. A motor vehicle door, said door comprising an opening with the door module according to claim 1 being received in said opening, a window regulator system being assembled on said door module, said system comprising at least one device for supporting a window slidably mounted on the rail of the door module.

13. A method for producing the door module according to claim 1, comprising a single step for injecting a single material into an injection mold comprising only two mold parts and a step for stripping the module by separating the two parts of the mold.