Vehicle door trim panel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMuhsin M. Hamdoon, Marwan A. Elbkaily, Marc D. Nedelman, Robin Burnett
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Abstract
A vehicle door trim panel has a vehicle interior-facing A-side and a vehicle door structure-facing B-side. The vehicle door trim panel includes a pocket portion that includes a side portion and a wall portion that surrounds and extends outward from the pocket portion. The wall portion has a first portion. The B-side of the first portion of the wall portion is concave and faces generally vehicle-downward. A thickness of the first portion of the wall portion is less than a thickness of the pocket portion adjacent to the first portion of the wall portion.
Claims21
A vehicle door trim panel having a vehicle interior-facing A-side and a vehicle door structure-facing B-side, the vehicle door trim panel comprising:
- a pocket portion that includes a side portion and a wall portion that surrounds and extends outward from the pocket portion, the wall portion having a first portion, wherein the B-side of the first portion of the wall portion is concave and faces generally vehicle-downward, and wherein a thickness of the first portion of the wall portion is less than a thickness of the pocket portion adjacent to the first portion of the wall portion, and further wherein the A-side of the pocket portion defines a storage pocket for receiving items therein.
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A vehicle door trim panel having a vehicle interior-facing A-side and a vehicle door structure-facing B-side, the vehicle door trim panel comprising:
- a pocket portion that includes a side portion and a wall portion that surrounds and extends outward from the pocket portion, the wall portion having a first portion, wherein the B-side of the first portion of the wall portion is concave and faces generally vehicle-downward;
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- a protrusion that extends outward from the B-side of the side portion, wherein the protrusion is positioned vehicle-forward of the first portion of the wall portion, and at least a portion of the protrusion is at least one of vehicle-elevationally aligned with at least a portion of the first portion of the wall portion and vehicle-elevationally lower than at least a portion of the first portion of the wall portion.
A vehicle door trim panel having a vehicle interior-facing A-side and a vehicle door structure-facing B-side, the vehicle door trim panel comprising:
- a pocket portion that includes a side portion and a wall portion that surrounds and extends outward from the side portion, the wall portion having a first portion, wherein the B-side of the first portion of the wall portion is concave and faces generally vehicle-downward, a second portion that is adjacent to and positioned vehicle-rearward of the first portion, and a third portion that is adjacent to and extends vehicle-forward and vehicle-upward from the second portion, and wherein the A-side of the pocket portion defines a storage pocket for receiving items therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.