# US 12,005,843 B2 · Decorative strip assembly for a motor vehicle door

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- Number: US 12,005,843 B2
- Document ID: US12005843B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/630,392
- Filed: 2020-07-02
- Published: 2022-09-08
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-07-30
- Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Nadine Noack; Joerg Pieroth
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005843B2

## CPC

- B60R 13/04: {External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12)}
- B32B 25/08: of synthetic resin
- B32B 2451/00: Decorative or ornamental articles
- B32B 2605/08: Cars
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

## Abstract

A trim strip arrangement for a motor vehicle door includes a first trim strip disposable below a mirror triangle of the motor vehicle door, a second trim strip which adjoins the first trim strip in a flush manner, a retention device, where an assembly of the first trim strip and the second trim strip is mountable on the motor vehicle door by the retention device, and a connection device which orientates the first trim strip and the second trim strip relative to each other. The connection device is in a form of a connection component which is formed integrally on the retention device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A trim strip arrangement for a motor vehicle door, comprising:
a first trim strip disposable below a mirror triangle of the motor vehicle door;
a second trim strip which adjoins the first trim strip in a flush manner;
a retention device, wherein an assembly of the first trim strip and the second trim strip is mountable on the motor vehicle door by the retention device; and
a connection device which orientates the first trim strip and the second trim strip relative to each other;
wherein the connection device is in a form of a connection component which is formed integrally on the retention device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the retention device is constructed as a two-component element which has a hard component and a soft component.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the connection component is constructed as an extension of the hard component.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the extension has chamfered assembly members.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the hard component is a hard plastics material and wherein the soft component is rubber.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 2, wherein a soft component portion of the soft component is disposed in clip-fit regions or attachment regions of the first trim strip.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the retention device has a receiving opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The trim strip arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the second trim strip is attached to the connection device and wherein the first trim strip is clip-fitted to the retention device.

### Claim 9

A motor vehicle door, comprising:
a trim strip arrangement which includes:
a first trim strip disposed below a mirror triangle of the motor vehicle door;
a second trim strip which adjoins the first trim strip in a flush manner;
a retention device, wherein an assembly of the first trim strip and the second trim strip is mounted on the motor vehicle door by the retention device; and
a connection device which orientates the first trim strip and the second trim strip relative to each other;
wherein the connection device is in a form of a connection component which is formed integrally on the retention device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The motor vehicle door according to claim 9, wherein the retention device is constructed as a two-component element which has a hard component and a soft component.