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US 4,306,381 AGranted
Plastic door for an automobile
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorDouglas A. Presto
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Abstract
A plastic door comprises inner and outer sub-assemblies. The inner sub-assembly includes the inner trim, panel, hardware mounting panel, window mechanism and other hardware which may be manufactured off line and attached to the outer sub-assembly as one of the final steps in the manufacture of the automobile on an assembly line.
Claims8
A plastic door for an automobile comprising:
- (a) an outer and inner sub-assembly,
- (b) said inner sub-assembly including an inner panel, a mounting panel and a window frame;
- (c) a window disposed in said window frame;
- (d) means pivotally mounted to said mounting panel and connected to selectively move said window up or down;
- (e) means for securing together said inner panel, mounting panel and window frame to form said inner sub-assembly;
- (f) said outer sub-assembly including an outer panel, a reinforcement panel and a door beam having end connections at each end thereof including apertures therein;
- said reinforcement panel including a halo panel having a central opening and concave configuration at opposing edges of said opening for receiving and nesting said door beam therein and protruding end portions having mating apertures therein for receiving said end connections of said door beam for mounting thereto by means connecting through said mating apertures;
- (g) means for securing together said outer panel, reinforcement panel and door beam to form said outer sub-assembly;
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- (h) means for attaching said inner sub-assembly to said outer sub-assembly to form said door for said automobile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.