Vehicle door assembly
AssigneeMagna International Inc.
InventorsDavid N. Plentis, Darren A. Womack, Warren E. Young
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Abstract
The vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel which has a rocker sill area and a beltline area. A reinforcement member, which is made of one or more pieces, is attached with the outer panel along at least a portion of an outer periphery of the outer panel. The door assembly further includes a module which is made as a single integral piece and is fixedly attached with the reinforcement member. The module has an inner beltline reinforcement and supports a pair of window channels and a window regulator for controllably raising and lowering a window between an open position and a closed position.
Claims11
A method of making a vehicle door for a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- preparing an outer panel and a reinforcement member which includes an outer beltline reinforcement;
- fixedly attaching a pair of window channels and a window regulator with a one-piece module;
- inserting a window into the window channels and operatively connecting the window regulator with the window;
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- fixedly attaching the module with the outer panel and the reinforcement member only after window channels and regulator have been fixedly attached with the module and only after the window has been inserted into the window channels and has been operatively connected with the window regulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.