Door shell of a vehicle
AssigneeSchade KG
InventorsMartin Schulte, Ulrich Levermann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a door shell of a motor vehicle whose door housing is connected to a window frame consisting of a profile. To allow the door shell to be manufactured at favourable cost in a manner adjusted to the strains occurring, it is provided that adjacent to the upper region of the profile close to the roof, sheet blanks which widen the cross-sections of the window frame in the direction of the door housing are connected on both sides to the upper region are, in turn, connected to the door housing or the A and B pillars of the door housing.
Claims13
A door shell of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door housing having an A pillar and a B pillar;
- a window frame formed by a shaped profile, the shaped profile having a uniform width along its length, a cross-section, an upper region positioned so as to be spaced above the door housing, a first side corresponding to the A pillar, and a second side corresponding to the B pillar;
- a first sheet blank attached to the upper region of the profile at the first side and extending toward the door housing from the upper region of the profile, the first sheet blank being connected to the A pillar of the door housing;
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- a second sheet blank attached to the upper region of the profile at the second side and extending toward the door housing from the upper region of the profile, the second sheet blank being connected to the B pillar of the door housing, and wherein the first and second sheet blanks increase in width from the upper region of the profile toward the door housing so as to provide a contact surface area with the door housing having a width greater than the width of the profile.
A door shell of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door housing having an A pillar and a B pillar;
- a window frame having an upper region, a first lateral region, and a second lateral region, wherein the upper region is formed by a shaped profile positioned so as to be spaced above the door housing;
- a first sheet blank having a lower portion which forms the A pillar of the door housing and an upper portion which forms the first lateral region of the window frame and is attached to the upper region of the window frame;
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- a second sheet blank having a lower portion which forms the B pillar of the door housing and an upper portion which forms the second lateral region of the window frame and is attached to the upper region of the window frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.