Antiblocking vehicle door edge protector
AssigneeLatecoere
InventorSebastien Devillez
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Abstract
An assembly of a vehicle door (3) and of a panel (1) surrounding the door in which an edge protector (4) extends along a skin (3a) of the vehicle door facing the skin (1a) of the panel and has a portion disposed between the skins (1a, 3a) following when in a nominal position the geometric alignment of their exterior faces. This edge protector (4) has in a median portion (4b) a profile that is adapted to evolve and is made of an elastic material so that it has sufficient flexibility in a direction parallel to the distance between the skins (1a, 3a) and a transverse stiffness in the internal-external direction and its contact with the skin (1a) of the panel does not block opening of the door or damage the skins (1a, 3a).
Claims8
A door (3), panel (1) protection assembly comprising:
- a vehicle door (3) and a panel (1) surrounding the door (3), the door (3) having a skin (3a) with external faces and the panel (1) having a skin (1a) including external faces, the external faces of the door and the external faces of the panel have a same profile that are aligned when the door (3) is in a closed position, the door (3) having a centering abutment (3d) and the panel (1) having a centering abutment (1d), the abutments face each other with a predefined clearance, the door (3) having an edge protector (4), the edge protector:
- extends along a perimeter of the door skin (3a) facing the panel skin (1a) separating an interior (INT) and an exterior (EXT) of the vehicle,
- includes an anti jamming portion disposed between the skins (1a, 3a) in a geometrical alignment position of the respective exterior faces, and
- is made of an elastic material with a profile adapted to evolve in the anti-jamming portion having sufficient flexibility in a direction parallel to the clearance between the skins (1a, 3a),
- the edge protector (4) has a clearance (5c) between an edge face of the edge protector and an edge face of the skin of the panel (1a) less than the clearance (5b) between the centering abutments (1d, 3d),
- wherein in the event of a minor accident, the skins (1a, 3a) remain at a distance from each other greater than a minimum distance when the centering abutments (1d, 3d) come into contact while having a transverse rigidity in the internal-external direction limiting deflection of this edge protector (4) to less than or equal to 2 mm under a local external aerodynamic pressure of 1 psi (69 mBar),
- wherein the clearance (5c) is ≤75% of the clearance (5b) between the centering abutments (1d, 3d).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.