Door module for vehicle door
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a door module ( 2 ) for a vehicle door, which is divided in a sealed manner into an outer wet chamber ( 44 ) that faces the door shell ( 1 ) and an inner dry chamber ( 43 ). Said door module is equipped with pre-assembled mechanical and/or electrical functional components that are fixed in the dry chamber and can be mechanically and/or electrically connected to door components that are located in the wet chamber. The seal between the dry chamber and the wet chamber is formed by a separation sheet ( 12 ), which is penetrated by sealed connecting elements of the functional components that are held on the dry side of said separation sheet in the door module. According to the invention, the decorative inner covering ( 3 ) of the door module ( 2 ) and/or a reinforcement element ( 20 ) that is mounted on said covering in the door module comprise contact pressure zones, which preferably extend over the whole periphery and onto which the separation sheet can be pressed in a sealing manner, by contact with the door shell.
1. A door module for a vehicle door having a sealing flange, the door module comprising:
an interior trim having at least one projection;
a separating sheet dividing the vehicle door into a dry chamber and a wet chamber;
one or more clips configured to bias the interior trim toward the sealing flange so that the at least one projection presses the separating sheet against the sealing flange.
2. The door module of claim 1 , wherein the interior trim comprises a reinforcing element and the projection extends from either the interior trim or the reinforcing element.
3. The door module of claim 1 , wherein the at least one projection comprises a pair of ribs.
4. The door module of claim 3 , further comprising a sealant introduced between the ribs and arranged on the separating sheet.
5. The door module of claim 4 , wherein the sealant comprises a bead of sealant covered with a peel-off protective film before the assembly of the module.
6. The door module of claim 1 , wherein the separating sheet comprises at least one layer of a closed-cell foam.
7. The door module claim 1 , wherein the separating sheet comprises a first layer comprising of an open-cell plastic foam and a second layer of a closed-cell foam.
8. The door module claim 1 , further comprising at least one vehicle component at least partially disposed in the dry chamber and extending through the separating sheet.
9. A door module for a vehicle door that is divided in a sealed manner into an outer wet door chamber facing a door shell, and an inner dry door chamber facing an interior trim and including mechanical or electrical functional components that are coupled in a preassembled manner on the door module in the dry door chamber, a seal between the dry door chamber and the wet door chamber being formed by a separating sheet that is penetrated by a clip, wherein the separating sheet is pressed in a sealing manner by at least one projection extending from the interior trim on to the door shell and the clip coupling the interior trim to the door shell.
10. The door module of claim 9 , wherein the functional components are at least partly arranged directly on a flat side of the interior trim of the door module that is facing the dry chamber.
11. The door module of claim 10 , wherein the functional components are at least partly arranged on a reinforcing element that is coupled to the interior trim of the door module.
12. The door module of claim 9 , wherein the door module is engaged in a latching manner with the door shell in a direction perpendicular to the door shell while forming the mechanical or electrical coupling between the functional components and the door components.
13. The door module claim 9 , wherein the separating sheet is preassembled on the door module which is then coupled to the door shell.