Vehicle access assembly
AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
InventorsJonathan B. Zischke, Mark D. Snyder, John Latimer, III
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Abstract
An access assembly for a vehicle body. The access assembly includes a body panel movably mounted to the vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position and defining an access opening. A door assembly is provided on the body panel and has a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. A vehicle component is disposed in a substantially fixed position with respect to the vehicle body, the vehicle component having a receptacle that is substantially aligned with the access opening when the body panel is in the closed position. The access opening is exposed when the cover is in the open position, and the access opening is concealed when the cover is in the closed position.
Claims20
An access assembly for a vehicle body, the access assembly comprising:
- a body panel movably mounted to the vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position and defining an access opening;
- a door assembly provided on the body panel and having a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a vehicle component disposed in a substantially fixed position with respect to the vehicle body, the vehicle component having a receptacle that is substantially aligned with the access opening when the body panel is in the closed position,
- wherein the access opening is exposed when the cover is in the open position, and the access opening is concealed when the cover is in the closed position, and the door assembly engages the vehicle component when the body panel is in the closed position.
An access assembly for a vehicle body, the access assembly comprising:
- a body panel movably mounted to the vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position and defining an access opening;
- a door assembly provided on the body panel having a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the access opening is exposed when the cover is in the open position, and the access opening is concealed when the cover is in the closed position;
- a vehicle component disposed in a substantially fixed position with respect to the vehicle body, the vehicle component having a receptacle that is substantially aligned with the access opening when the body panel is in the closed position and a cowling that is disposed around the receptacle of the vehicle component;
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- the door assembly having a lip that nests with respect to the cowling when the body panel is in the closed position.
An access assembly for a vehicle body, the access assembly comprising:
- a body panel movably mounted to the vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position and defining an access opening;
- a door assembly provided on the body panel and having a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the access opening is exposed when the cover is in the open position, and the access opening is concealed when the cover is in the closed position;
- a vehicle component disposed in a substantially fixed position with respect to the vehicle body, the vehicle component having a receptacle that is substantially aligned with the access opening when the body panel is in the closed position;
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- the vehicle component having a cowling that is disposed around the receptacle, wherein at least a portion of the cowling is spaced apart from the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.