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US 11,332,004 B1Granted
Vehicle door assembly
AssigneeLund Motion Products, Inc.
InventorAnthony Nicholas Smith
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Abstract
A door assembly that includes a pocket having a biasing bore configured to accommodate a biasing member; a bezel attached to the pocket; and a door having a cam and at least one axle. The bezel has at least one axle slot. The at least one axle is received into the at least one axle slot and the biasing member is configured to apply an urging force onto the cam.
Claims20
A door assembly comprising:
- a pocket comprising a cavity and a flange having a planar surface extending horizontally from the cavity, the planar surface includes:
- one or more bezel connecting features and a biasing bore for accommodating a biasing member;
- a ring-shaped bezel comprising one or more pocket connecting features that cooperate with the one or more bezel connecting feature to attach the bezel onto the planar surface of the flange, the bezel comprising at least one axle slot;
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- a door comprising a cam and at least one axle,
- wherein the at least one axle is received into the at least one axle slot, and the biasing member is enabled to apply an urging force onto the cam.
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A door assembly comprising:
- a pocket comprising a cavity and a flange extending horizontally from the cavity, the flange having at least one axle support and one or more bezel connecting features;
- a bezel comprising one or more pocket connecting features that cooperate with the one or more bezel connecting feature to attach the bezel onto a top surface of the flange of the pocket, the bezel comprising at least one axle slot;
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- a door comprising at least one axle,
- wherein the at least one axle is received into the at least one axle slot and supported by the at least one axle slot from above, the at least one axle support supports the at least one axle within the at least one axle slot from below.
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A door assembly comprising:
- a door comprising at least one axle;
- a pocket having a biasing bore for accommodating a biasing member having a cap and a biasing device, the pocket also including at least one axle support;
- and
- a bezel attached to the pocket, the bezel comprising at least one axle slot;
- wherein the at least one axle is received into the at least one axle slot and the at least one axle support is enabled to support the at least one axle within the at least one axle slot, and
- wherein the door assembly comprises a link assembly comprising a link connecting together the door and the cap of the biasing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.