IP Library Granted Patent US 8,656,646
Granted Patent B2
US 8,656,646 · App. 12/305,355 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Vehicle door

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Patent No.
US 8,656,646
App. No.
12/305,355
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle door includes a vehicle bodywork and a door lining. The vehicle door has a sealing region between the vehicle bodywork and the door lining. The door lining is mounted on the vehicle bodywork by means of attachment elements which can be moved in a mounting direction in order to bring about attachment. In the sealing region, a sealing profile is provided which is provided in a seal-forming fashion via a contact pressure force after the sealing profile has been brought to bear either against the vehicle bodywork or against the door lining. The sealing profile is provided in such a way that the contact pressure force is provided rising monotonously over a contact pressure distance which runs parallel to the mounting direction and with a positive gradient of less than approximately 5 Newton per millimeter contact pressure distance and a length of extension of the sealing profile per centimeter.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle door comprising:

a body;

a door lining fastened to the body by fastening elements configured to move in a mounting direction for fastening; and

a sealing region provided between the body and the door lining;

wherein a sealing profile is provided in the sealing region which is sealingly provided by a substantially balanced contact pressure force after the sealing profile has been brought to bear either against the body or against the door lining, the sealing profile being provided such that the contact pressure force is provided rising monotonously over a contact pressure distance extending parallel to the mounting direction and with a gradient of less than approximately 1 newton per millimeter of the contact pressure distance and per centimeter of the sealing profile longitudinal extension;

wherein the sealing profile is a two-component solid profile; and

wherein the door lining is provided fastened to the body substantially along the sealing region by means of the fastening elements, the fastening elements exerting the contact pressure force.

2. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing profile is provided such that the contact pressure force is provided over the contact pressure distance with a gradient of less than approximately 0.8 newtons per millimeter of the contact pressure distance and per centimeter of the sealing profile longitudinal extension.

3. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sealing profile is provided such that the contact pressure force is provided over the contact pressure distance with a gradient of less than approximately 0.6 newtons per millimeter of the contact pressure distance and per centimeter of the sealing profile longitudinal extension.

4. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the sealing profile is provided such that the contact pressure force is provided over the contact pressure distance with a gradient of less than approximately 0.4 newtons per millimeter of the contact pressure distance and per centimeter of the sealing profile longitudinal extension.

5. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contact pressure force constitutes a maximum of approximately 60% of the holding force of the fastening elements.

6. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the contact pressure force constitutes a maximum of approximately 40% of the holding force of the fastening elements.

7. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the contact pressure force constitutes a maximum of approximately 35% of the holding force of the fastening elements.

8. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contact pressure distance is approximately 2 millimeters to approximately 30 millimeters, preferably approximately 4 millimeters to approximately 30 millimeters.

9. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the contact pressure distance is approximately 4 millimeters to approximately 30 millimeters.

10. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the contact pressure distance is approximately 6 millimeters to approximately 30 millimeters.

11. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the contact pressure distance is approximately 8 millimeters to approximately 30 millimeters.

12. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing profile has at least one sealing lip.

13. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing region is provided substantially in an outer region of the door lining, substantially entirely peripherally.

14. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the door lining has a separating element and the separating element divides an internal space of the vehicle door into a wet space facing the body and a dry space facing the door lining.

15. The vehicle door as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the separating element is clamped between the body and the door lining inside the sealing region.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2020
From: YANFENG LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS LEASING S.A.R.L.
To: YANFENG CZECHIA AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS S.R.O.
Reel/Frame 052003/0425 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT (PROPERTIES) AND COVERSHEET (EXECUTION DATE AND ASSIGNEE ADDRESS) PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 043084 FRAME 0391. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT AND COVERSHEET. Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERIORS GMBH & CO. KG
To: YANFENG LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS IP HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 051923/0796 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2019
From: YANFENG LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS IP HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: YANFENG LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS LEASING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 049110/0064 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 042514 FRAME: 0501. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 3, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERIORS GMBH & CO. KG
To: YANFENG LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR SYSTEMS IP HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 043084/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERIORS GMBH & CO. KG
To: SHANGHAI YANFENG JINQIAO AUTOMOTIVE TRIM SYSTEMS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 042514/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2009
From: MIEGLITZ, HANS-JOACHIM; MEYER, THORSTEN; SCHIDAN, ALEXANDER
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERIORS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 022647/0285 →