Structure of side sill garnish for closure stopper
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitomo Ihashi, Wesley A. Johnson
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Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body frame, a closure connected to the vehicle body frame, a garnish connected to the vehicle body frame, and a closure stopper seat body disposed between the garnish and the vehicle body frame. The closure is movable between an open position and a closed position. The stopper seat body is configured to absorb an impact from the movable closure when the movable closure moves toward the closed position. The closure stopper seat body can be used with a number of different closures including a door, a tailgate, a trunk lid, and the like.
Claims21
A vehicle assembly comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- a closure connected to the vehicle body frame and movable between an open position and a closed position;
- a garnish connected to the vehicle body frame and terminating above a stopper seating surface;
- a stopper connected with the closure, the stopper contacts the garnish at the stopper seating surface when the closure is in the closed position;
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- a closure stopper seat body disposed between the garnish and the vehicle body frame and aligned with the stopper seating surface, the stopper seat body being configured to absorb an impact from the movable closure when the movable closure moves toward the closed position, wherein the stopper seat body is generally cube shaped and is configured to be disposed in a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation being where the stopper seat body is rotated at least about 90 degrees with respect to the first orientation.
A closure sill garnish and closure stopper seat assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a garnish configured to attach to a vehicle body frame of an associated vehicle and having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface being configured to face the vehicle body frame when the garnish is attached to the vehicle body frame and the exterior surface being configured to face away from the vehicle body frame when the garnish is attached to the vehicle body frame;
- at least one projection extending inwardly from the interior surface of the garnish;
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- a generally cube-shaped closure stopper seat body connected with the garnish adjacent the interior surface of the garnish so as to be positioned between the garnish and the vehicle body frame when the garnish is attached to the vehicle body frame, the at least one projection engages the stopper seat body to connect the stopper seat body with the garnish, wherein the stopper seat body is configured to be connected with the garnish in at least two orientations, a first orientation being where the stopper is rotated about 90 degrees with respect to a second orientation, the orientation of the stopper seat body being contingent upon the shape and orientation of the projection.
A method for assembling a closure sill garnish and closure stopper body assembly for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- attaching a closure sill garnish to a vehicle body frame of a vehicle, wherein the garnish terminates above a location where a closure stopper or a closure contacts the garnish when in a closed position;
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- attaching a generally cube shaped closure stopper seat body to at least one of the garnish and the vehicle body frame, the closure stopper seat body being disposed between the garnish and the vehicle body frame in a void between the garnish and the side sill aligned with the location where the closure stopper or the closure contacts the garnish when in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.