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US 5,505,024 AGranted
Vehicle door assembly
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsDelbert D. DeRees, David J. Kowall
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AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsDelbert D. DeRees, David J. Kowall
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A vehicle door assembly including an outer contoured panel, an inner contoured panel, the panels being connected at their side and bottom edges, and a glass and regulator track assembly adapted to being assembled through the adjacent upper edges of the panels into the space between the panels and secured to the inner panel. A majority of the inner trim is molded integrally as the surface of the inner panel, with a separately applied trim element secured to the upper edge portion of the inner panel, and an arm rest secured to the inner panel at a central portion thereof. A side impact beam extends longitudinally between the outer and inner panels, and includes a longitudinally oriented mounting plate at its forward end and a laterally oriented mounting plate at its rear end for mounting on the inner panel.
A vehicle door assembly comprising an outer contoured panel, an inner contoured panel adjacent the outer panel so as to define a space therebetween and including a rear end wall, the panels being connected at their side and bottom peripheral edges with spaced apart upper edges, and a glass and regulator track assembly detachably mounted downwardly through the spaced apart upper edges of said panels into the space between the panels and secured to the inner panel, a vertically oriented opening formed in the inner panel inwardly of said rear end wall adjacent said space, and a latch assembly detachably mounted to the inner panel downwardly through said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.