US4606148A
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Door for vehicles having a box structure, and a process for the manufacture thereof
Assignee: Renault Italia SpA
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Filing: 1984-05-31
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Granted: 1986-08-19
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Expires: 2004-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A door for vehicles, mainly comprising a box structure with a downwards open cavity. An assembly formed by the glass and the relevant guides and lifting mechanisms is assembled separately and is then inserted from the bottom into the cavity of the box structure of the door, and fixed therein. The box structure of the door, which may advantageously be made of plastics, is further provided with a recess into which a lock assembly, separately assembled as well, can be inserted. The lock actuating structure can be housed within a recess particularly provided to this end in a protrusion forming an arm rest. With these arrangements, the expensive operations which have to be performed on the door installed on the vehicle are minimized, thus reducing the assembly costs and time.
Inventors
- 👤 Marcello Gandini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:53
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J5/00; B60J5/04; B60J5/0401; B60J5/0406; B60J5/0463; B60J5/048; B60J5/0481
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
A door for vehicles, comprising a box structure having an inner side, an outer side, an inner cavity and a lower opening, and a glass assembly, including a glass, guide means for said glass and lifting mechanisms, said glass assembly being separately assembled and being slip inserted into said inner cavity of the box structure, extending from said lower opening.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
A door for vehicles, comprising a box structure having an inner side, an outer side, an inner cavity and a lower opening, and a glass assembly, including a glass, guide means for said glass and lifting mechanisms, said glass assembly being separately assembled and being slip inserted into said inner cavity of the box structure, extending from said lower opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 1, wherein said box structure has at least one opening traversing said inner side, and said glass lifting mechanisms have control means traversing said opening.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 1, wherein said box structure has a door opeining side, and includes a recess at said door opening side adapted to receive a lock.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 1, where in said box structure of the door has, on said inner side, a protrusion in the shape of an arm rest, and a recess provided in said protrusion for passage of a lock actuating means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 1, wherein said box structure of the door is made, at least to a main part thereof, of plastics.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 5, wherein said box structure mainly made of plastics is substantially integral in its construction and contains said inner cavity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 5, wherein said box structure mainly made of plastics comprises at least two shells separately manufactured and assembled together, which define between them said inner cavity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 1, wherein said glass assembly comprises a base plate having a general shape corresponding to that of said lower opening of the box structure, and said glass assembly is inserted into said inner cavity of the door structure with the base plate thereof occluding at least partially said lower opening.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
A door for vehicles as set forth in claim 8, wherein said base plate of the glass assembly is applied to said box structure of the door without sealing towards the exterior, whereby any water seeping into the cavity of the box structure is allowed to flow out therefrom.
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