Vehicle half door assemblies
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsJason E Schultz, Robert J Reagle
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Abstract
A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle includes a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein, and an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion. At least one trim cap is configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture.
Claims12
A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
- a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
- an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion;
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- at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
- wherein the at least one trim cap is slidingly coupled to the lower door portion and moves between a retracted position where the at least one receiving aperture is open to receive the at least one post, and a deployed position where the at least one trim cap covers and conceals the at least one receiving aperture.
A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
- a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
- an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion;
- and
- at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
- wherein the upper door portion further includes a trim cap storage container configured to receive and store the at least one trim cap.
A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle, the door assembly comprising:
- a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein;
- an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion;
- and
- at least one trim cap configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture,
- wherein the at least one post comprises a forward post and a rearward post, and
- wherein the at least one receiving aperture includes a first receiving aperture to receive the forward post, and a second receiving aperture to receive the rearward post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.