Apparatus and method of fastening a latch mechanism in a vehicle door
AssigneeArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd.
InventorSimon Blair Dobson
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Abstract
A vehicle door comprising a strengthening structure, an inner door skin and a latch mechanism to be housed within the door, said mechanism having engagement means that co-operate with the strengthening structure to allow the mechanism to be presented for rigid fixing within the door after the inner skin has been positioned relative to the strengthening structure; wherein at least one fixing means rigidly holds both the inner door skin and the latch mechanism to the strengthening structure.
Claims16
A vehicle door comprising:
- a strengthening structure;
- an inner door skin;
- a latch mechanism housed within the vehicle door;
- an engagement member to rigidly fix the latch mechanism within the vehicle door after the inner door skin has been positioned relative to the strengthening structure;
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- at least one fixing member to rigidly hold the inner door skin and the latch mechanism to the strengthening structure.
A latch mechanism, adapted to be fixed to both a door strengthening structure and an inner door skin, comprising:
- an engagement member that cooperates with the door strengthening structure to rigidly fix the latch mechanism within a vehicle door after the inner door skin has been positioned relative to the strengthening structure;
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- a fixing member that rigidly holds both the latch mechanism and the inner door skin to the strengthening structure.
A method of fixing a latch mechanism to a vehicle door comprising the steps of:
- (a) flexibly attaching the latch mechanism to a strengthening structure by an engagement member fixed to the latch mechanism, and the latch mechanism cooperates with the strengthening structure;
- (b) positioning an inner door skin relative to the strengthening structure;
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- (c) rigidly fixing both the inner door skin and the latch mechanism to the strengthening stricture by at least one fixing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.