Door for vehicles and method for the making of said door
AssigneeFiat Auto S.p.A.
InventorGiuseppe dibenedetto
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Abstract
A vehicle door of the type comprising a window opening defined by a frame having a pair of posts and a cross-member, and a window glass for closing the window opening selectively movable between the window opening and an underlying accessory opening provided within the door; the frame presents an outer front surface provided with a channel-shaped cavity, and the window glass is mounted slidably in a perimeter strip rigid with a supporting element the shape of which mates with that of the channel-shaped cavity of the frame; the glass, the strip and the supporting element constituting a preassembled self-supporting unit which is fastened to the window frame by snap-hooking means housed within the channel-shaped cavity.
Claims10
A vehicle door of the type comprising a window opening defined by a frame having a pair of posts and a cross-member, an accessory opening in said door underlying said frame, and a window glass for said window opening selectively movable between said window opening and said underlying accessory opening, characterized in that said frame presents an outer front surface provided with a channel-shaped cavity and in that said window glass is slidably mounted on a profiled supporting element the shape of which mates with that of said frame and constitutes, together with said window glass, a self-supporting unit, said profiled supporting element being housed within said channel-shaped cavity of said frame and being fastened to said frame by snap-hooking means.
A method for making a vehicle door which comprises the steps of:
- providing a door having a window opening defined by a frame having a pair of posts and a cross-member, said frame presenting an outer front surface provided with a channel-shaped cavity, an accessory opening in said door underlying said frame, and a communicating aperture in said door between said accessory opening and said window opening;
- separately providing a preassembled self-supporting unit comprising a channel-shaped supporting element the profile of which mates with the channel-shaped cavity in said frame, said self-supporting element having a pair of posts and a cross-member, a perimeter strip mounted in the channel-shaped supporting element, and a window glass slidably coupled with the posts of said profiled element by means of guide shoes mounted on said window glass;
- snap-inserting a plurality of U-springs within the channel-shaped cavity of said frame;
- mounting said self-supporting unit on said frame by inserting said self-supporting unit through the communicating aperture between said accessory opening and said window opening, and aligning the posts and cross-member of the self-supporting unit with the posts and cross-member of said frame;
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- locking said self-supporting unit to said door by snap-inserting said channel-shaped supporting element into said U-springs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.