Door for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJean Dauvergne, Delphine Montavon
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Abstract
A door for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, having a face designed to be orientated towards the interior of the vehicle or interior face, and a face designed to be orientated towards the exterior of the vehicle, or exterior face. The door permitting the installation of one or more fittings at least partially located, in particular, between the interior and exterior faces. The door is constituted by a reinforcement, capable of supporting the fitting or fittings, and by means for cladding the reinforcement, defining with the reinforcement, on either side thereof, interior and exterior compartments enabling the fitting or fittings to be accommodated.
Claims11
A door for a motor vehicle comprising:
- an interior panel having an interior face thereon;
- an exterior panel having an exterior face thereon;
- at least one fitting at least partially located between said interior face and said exterior face;
- a reinforcement supporting the fitting thereon, said reinforcement defining an interior compartment on a side facing said interior panel and an exterior compartment on a side facing said exterior panel, said interior compartment and said exterior compartment receiving the fitting therein, said interior panel and said exterior panel and said reinforcement having a same contour and fixed together over at least a portion of a periphery thereof;
- a housing affixed along at least a portion of the periphery of said interior panel and said reinforcement so as to open toward an interior of the vehicle;
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- at least one joint cooperative with said housing so as to pinch said interior panel and said exterior panel and said reinforcement together in an area of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.