Assembly
AssigneeMeritor Light Vehicle Systems-France
InventorsMark Graham Lawrie, Yann Le Gallo, Pascal de Vries, Klaus B. Wilhelm Blume, Charles Berry Hopson, Herve Laurandel, Simon Blair Dobson, Damien Cabanne
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Abstract
An assembly including a door panel, a window regulator housing component, and a window regulator drive system component. The door panel is secured to the window regulator housing component by a deformed portion to provide a subassembly. The deformed portion is utilized to releaseably secure the window regulator drive system component to the subassembly via a fourth component.
Claims25
An assembly comprising:
- a door panel;
- a window regulator housing component;
- and
- a window regulator drive system component, wherein said door panel is secured to said window regulator housing component by a deformed portion of the window regulator housing component to provide a subassembly, wherein said deformed portion is utilized to releaseably secure said window regulator drive system component to said subassembly via a fourth component.
A method of assembling an assembly having a door panel, a window regulator housing component having a portion, a window regulator drive system component, and a fourth component, the method comprising:
- securing said door panel to said window regulator housing component by deforming said portion into a deformed portion to form a subassembly having said door panel and said window regulator housing component;
- and
- releaseably securing said window regulator drive system to said subassembly using said deformed portion in conjunction with the fourth component to form the assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.