Abstract:
A door module assembly for a motor vehicle door has a plate-like carrier holding a plurality of door hardware components in a pre-configured orientation, including one or more window regulator rails. The carrier seals the motor vehicle door and includes a flap that provides at least partial access to the window regulator rails. A first trim panel is pre-fixed to the carrier. A second trim panel articulates with respect to the first trim panel between an initial position generally parallel to the first trim panel and an installed position generally in-line with the first trim panel. With the carrier storing substantially all of the hardware required for the door and the trim panels covering substantially the entire surface area of the door, handling and assembly operations are minimized.
Abstract:
A handle assembly selectively releases a door latch (28) of a door. The handle assembly has a housing (22) and an actuator such as a key cylinder (24) secured to the housing. The key cylinder (24) has a bell crank (124) rotatable relative to the housing between a neutral position to a locking position upon rotation in a locking sense and between a neutral position and an unlocking position upon rotation in an unlocking sense, opposite the locking sense. A handle (30) is pivotally mounted to the housing. A pull lever (46) is pivotally mounted to the housing and connects to the door latch (28). A link (42) has one end (44) pivotally connected to the pull lever (46) and an opposite end (40) slidingly connected to the bell crank (124). The pull lever (46) slidingly engages the handle (30) between a lock position wherein the pull lever (46) slides relative to the handle (30) and an unlocked position wherein the pull lever (46) is coupled to the handle (30) and handle movement is translated to the pull lever.
Abstract:
A door module assembly for a motor vehicle door has a plate-like carrier holding a plurality of door hardware components in a pre-configured orientation, including one or more window regulator rails. The carrier seals the motor vehicle door and includes a flap that provides at least partial access to the window regulator rails. A first trim panel is pre-fixed to the carrier. A second trim panel articulates with respect to the first trim panel between an initial position generally parallel to the first trim panel and an installed position generally in-line with the first trim panel. With the carrier storing substantially all of the hardware required for the door and the trim panels covering substantially the entire surface area of the door, handling and assembly operations are minimized.
Abstract:
A door module assembly for a motor vehicle door has a plate-like carrier holding a plurality of door hardware components in a pre-configured orientation, including one or more window regulator rails. The carrier seals the motor vehicle door and includes a flap that provides at least partial access to the window regulator rails. A first trim panel is pre-fixed to the carrier. A second trim panel articulates with respect to the first trim panel between an initial position generally parallel to the first trim panel and an installed position generally in-line with the first trim panel. With the carrier storing substantially all of the hardware required for the door and the trim panels covering substantially the entire surface area of the door, handling and assembly operations are minimized.
Abstract:
A window regulator for moving a pair of slidable window panes toward and away from one another utilizes three flexible, inextensible members such as cables to achieve a pull open/pull closed mode of operation of the slidable panes. First and second of the flexible members are attached to respective first and second pane carriers and to a drive drum, and the third flexible member connects the first and second pane carriers. The first and third flexible members are routed around pulleys located at outboard ends of a guide rail along which the pane carriers travel such that rotation of the drive drum in one direction pulls the panes toward an open position, and rotation of the drum in the opposite direction pulls the panes toward a closed position. The first and second pane carriers engage the respective first and second panes by mating engagement between male and female members to achieve a connection which restrains the panes against tipping and binding as they slide along their guide tracks, yet allows relative movement between the pane carriers and the panes along an axis substantially perpendicular to the panes. This type of connection avoids binding or jamming of the panes during sliding movement and simplifies the assembly process.
Abstract:
A sliding window assembly having a guide track and sliding pane geometry which ensures that the sliding pane maintains a vertical, untilted orientation when it is slid along the guide track to a closed position. The sliding pane is retained along its lower edge in the guide track for sliding horizontal sliding movement between open and closed positions. The pane has a projection extending downwardly from its lower edge adjacent its trailing edge when the pane is sliding toward the closed position, and the upper surface of the guide track along which the pane slides is generally horizontal except for an inclined section which slopes upwardly toward the closed position of the pane. The inclined section is located along the length of guide track so that it is immediately beneath the projection of the pane when it is in the closed position. The projection slides upwardly onto the inclined section as the pane reaches the closed position, thereby urging the trailing edge of the pane upwardly to counteract the tendency of the pane to tilt outwardly at its upper ends as it is driven to the closed position. A window assembly having two opposingly slidable panes is also provided, each of the panes having a downwardly extending projection formed adjacent its inboard edge and the lower guide track having an inclined sections to contact each of the panes.