Device and method for securing a component to a support part in a vehicle
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRoland Feder, Uwe Waltz, Horst Weber, Gerhard Hofmann
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Abstract
A device for connecting component parts, such as entrainment members, to a support element of a motor vehicle door, wherein the support element has at least one protrusion therein for the positive-locking hold of the entrainment members. In one embodiment two protrusions are provided forming guide rails for entrainment members of a window pane of a cable or Bowden cable window lifter. The two protrusions are imprinted in a support plate whereby the guide rails and the support plate are preferably a one-piece structural unit of a motor vehicle door.
Claims18
A vehicle door having a support assembly for a window pane of a cable window lifter, the support assembly comprising:
- an entrainment member to support the window pane;
- and
- a support element lying generally in a plane, the support element separating a wet cell from a dry cell of the vehicle door;
- wherein the support element has at least one protrusion that forms an elongated guide rail and is a homogeneous part of the support element;
- wherein the protrusion protrudes from one side of the support element in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the support element and toward the window pave to define a corresponding indentation on an opposite side of the support element;
- wherein the entrainment member is in sliding engagement with the guide rail;
- wherein the support element extends beyond two sides of the entrainment member in the plane of the support element in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide rail.
A method of connecting a component part for a cable window lifter to an inner door support element of a motor vehicle door, the method comprising:
- providing the inner door support element lying generally in a plane;
- imprinting at least one protrusion out from a portion of the inner door support element to define at least one of a deformation area, and a guide area to form an elongated guide rail that is a homogeneous part of the support element wherein the protrusion protrudes from one side of the support element in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the support element and toward a window pane of the vehicle door to define a corresponding indentation on an opposite side of the support element;
- attaching the component part in keyed engagement with the guide rail such that the support element extends beyond two sides of the component part in the plane of the support element in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide rail;
- attaching the inner door support element to a vehicle door module to separate a wet cell from a dry cell of the vehicle door.
A support assembly for a window pane of a cable window lifter for motor vehicles, the support assembly comprising:
- at least two entrainment members to support the window pane;
- and
- a support element lying generally in a plane;
- wherein the support element has at least two protrusions that form two guide rails and are a homogeneous part of the support element;
- wherein the protrusions protrude from one side of the support element in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the support element and toward the window panes and each defines a corresponding indentation on an opposite side of the support element;
- wherein the entrainment members are in sliding engagement with the guide rails, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.