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US 10,358,018 B2Granted
Vehicle door
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorMarcus Lange
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Abstract
A vehicle door includes a door box with first and second walls and a second wall and a window frame module, in which a window frame, a first window shaft reinforcement and a second window shaft reinforcement are connected into a structural unit. The first window shaft reinforcement features a groove that accommodates an upper edge of the first wall. An upper edge of the second wall is covered by the second window shaft reinforcement.
Claims17
A vehicle door comprising:
- a door box having a first wall that has a first upper edge at which the first wall terminates and a second wall that has a second upper edge at which the second wall terminates;
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- a window frame module including a window frame defining a window opening above the door box, a first window shaft reinforcement defining a first groove receiving the first upper edge and a second window shaft reinforcement defining a second groove receiving the second upper edge, wherein the first and second window shaft reinforcements and the window frame are connected together as a structural unit, wherein the first groove opens outward away from the second window shaft reinforcement and the second groove opens downward.
A vehicle door comprising:
- a door box having a first wall terminating at a first upper edge that is disposed horizontally and a second wall terminating at a second upper edge that is disposed vertically the first upper edge disposed higher than the second upper edge;
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- a window frame module including a window frame defining a window opening above the door box, a first window shaft reinforcement defining a first groove receiving the first upper edge and a second window shaft reinforcement defining a second groove receiving the second upper edge, the first groove defined by an upper wall and a lower wall of the first window shaft reinforcement and the second groove defined by an inner wall and an outer wall of the second window shaft reinforcement, wherein the first and second window shaft reinforcements and the window frame are connected together in the window frame module as a structural unit configured to connect with the door box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.