Door module for a vehicle door, and mounting method
AssigneeJohnson Controls GmbH
InventorsAlexander Schidan, Milan Skultety, Thorsten Meyer, Hans-Helmut Mieglitz, Frank Zagromski
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Abstract
A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door frame and a door lock. A force transmitting mechanism has one end connected to the door lock and another end is premounted on a door module housing. The door module housing is mounted to the door frame and a trim panel secured to the door frame. A method includes the steps of premounting the door module to the door frame, securing the door panel to the door frame and connecting an door opening mechanism to the force transmitting mechanism.
Claims8
A door assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a door frame having a door module housing mounted thereto;
- a door lock;
- a force transmitting mechanism having a first end connected to the door lock and a second end mounted on the door module housing;
- a door trim panel having an opening mechanism housing mounted thereto;
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- an opening mechanism supported by the opening mechanism housing and including a coupling element for latching to the second end of the force transmitting mechanism and an insertion bevel on the coupling element for automatically producing the latching;
- wherein the opening mechanism housing includes a latching lug, wherein the door module housing includes an insertion bevel for receiving the latching lug as a snap closure for mounting the opening mechanism housing onto the door module housing, and wherein a first connecting force between the door module housing and the opening mechanism housing is greater than a second connecting force between the door module housing and the door frame.
A method for mounting a door trim panel on a door frame for a vehicle door assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- premounting a first end of a force transmitting mechanism to a door lock and a second end to a door module housing;
- premounting an opening mechanism housing to the door trim panel;
- securing the opening mechanism housing to the door module housing a snap closure;
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- attaching an opening mechanism supported within the opening mechanism housing to the second end of the force transmitting mechanism,
- wherein a first connecting force between the door module housing and the opening mechanism housing is greater than a second connecting force between the door module housing and the door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.