Door module for a vehicle door, vehicle door comprising a door module as well as method of mounting a door module to a vehicle door
OwnerThomas Heyer, Jean-Francois Bigourdeninventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a door module for a vehicle door that includes a module plate and a window lifter rail attached to the module plate. The window lifter rail is movable in translation, is pivotally attached to the module plate, and is fixed by an easily detachable retaining mechanism in a supply position. The invention further relates to a vehicle door comprising such a door module as well as to a method of mounting a door module to a vehicle door.
Claims20
A door module for a vehicle door comprising:
- a module plate;
- and
- a window lifter rail attached to the module plate, the window lifter rail being movable in translation relative to the module plate, pivotally attached to the module plate, and fixed to the module plate by a detachable retaining mechanism in a supply position.
A vehicle door comprising:
- a door module, the vehicle door including an inner wall provided with a first opening that has an upper and a lower edge, a second opening for a first fastening bolt of a window lifter rail being provided on one of the upper and lower edges, and a unilaterally opened slit for a second fastening bolt of the window lifter rail being provided at the other of the upper and lower edges, and wherein the window lifter rail is fastened to the inner wall by the first and second fastening bolts in a region of the upper and lower edges.
A method of mounting a door module to a vehicle door, the door module comprising a module plate and at least one window lifter rail that is attached to the module plate to be at least pivotable, and which is fixed to the module plate by a retaining mechanism in a supply position that is swiveled compared to a functional position,
- the method comprising the following steps:
- immobilizing a first end of the window lifter rail on an inner wall of the vehicle door in a region of one of an upper and lower edge of an opening provided in the inner wall with a first fastening element;
- detaching the retaining mechanism;
- laterally shifting the module plate into a final position, causing the window lifter rail to swivel into the functional position;
- and
- immobilizing a second end of the window lifter rail on the inner wall in a region of the other of the upper and lower edge of the opening by a second fastening element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.