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Granted Patent B2
US 10,787,066 · App. 16/213,009 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Vehicle opening part with a projecting trim element

Inventor: Sébastien Bret (Brebotte, FR)
Assignee: Flex-N-Gate France
B60J5/101B60J1/20B60J5/107B60Q1/2619B60Q1/44B60R13/04B62D35/007
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Patent No.
US 10,787,066
App. No.
16/213,009
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle opening part comprise a main body defining an opening closed by a window, attached on at least one upper edge of said opening and being formed on an upper branch of said body, said upper branch further comprising a cavity open toward the outside of the body. The opening part further comprises a first trim element attached on the upper branch and comprising a projecting part projecting from the upper branch, such that a functional space extends between said window and said projecting part. The opening part comprises a second trim element closing said functional space and being attached to the body exclusively by at least one fastening element extending in the functional space between said first trim element and said window.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle opening part, comprising a main body defining an opening closed by a window, attached on at least one upper edge of said opening, said upper edge being formed on an upper branch of said body, said upper branch further comprising a cavity open toward the outside of the body, the opening part further comprising a first trim element attached on the upper branch so as to hermetically close said cavity, the first trim element comprising a projecting part projecting from the upper branch across from the window, such that a functional space extends between said window and said projecting part, wherein the opening part further comprises a second trim element closing said functional space, said second trim element being attached to the body exclusively by at least one fastening element extending in the functional space between said first trim element and said window.

2. The vehicle opening part according to claim 1 , wherein the second trim element is attached to the body via an interface part, attached to the body between the upper edge and the first trim element and extending in the functional space, said interface part comprising at least one orifice for receiving the fastening element of the second trim element.

3. The vehicle opening part according to claim 2 , wherein the interface part comprises a support branch extending across from the projecting part of the first trim element, said projecting part being attached on said support branch.

4. The vehicle opening part according to claim 1 , wherein the second trim element comprises a free end flush with a free end of the projecting part of the first trim element, said free ends forming a pointed edge extending across from the window.

5. The vehicle opening part according to claim 1 , wherein at least one optical element is attached in a housing formed in the second trim element.

6. The vehicle opening part according to claim 5 , wherein an orifice is formed in the bottom of the housing, said orifice being connected sealably to an opening emerging in the cavity of the body, to allow the connection of the optical element to a current source through the cavity of the body.

7. The vehicle opening part according to claim 1 , wherein the first trim element is glued on the upper branch of the body.

8. The vehicle opening part according to claim 1 , wherein the first trim element and the second trim element have a different appearance from one another.

9. A method for assembly a vehicle opening part, the vehicle opening part comprising a main body defining an opening closed by a window, attached on at least one upper edge of said opening, said upper edge being formed on an upper branch of said body, said upper branch further comprising a cavity open toward the outside of the body, the opening part further comprising a first trim element attached on the upper branch so as to hermetically close said cavity, the first trim element comprising a projecting part projecting from the upper branch across from the window, such that a functional space extends between said window and said projecting part, the opening part further comprising a second trim element closing said functional space, said second trim element being attached to the body exclusively by at least one fastening element extending in the functional space between said first trim element and said window,

the method comprising the following successive steps:

attaching the first trim element on the upper branch of the body,

placing the window over the opening and attaching the window on the upper edge of the opening,

closing the functional space between the window and the projecting part of the first trim element using the second trim element, the attachment of said second trim element being done only in said functional space.

10. The assembly method according to claim 9 for an opening element, wherein the second trim element is attached to the body via an interface part, attached to the body between the upper edge and the first trim element and extending in the functional space, said interface part comprising at least one orifice for receiving the fastening element of the second trim element, wherein the interface part is attached on the body before the attachment of the first trim element on the upper branch of the body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2018
From: BRET, SÉBASTIEN
To: FLEX-N-GATE FRANCE
Reel/Frame 047706/0883 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 17 61858 · Dec 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190176593A1 · Jun 13, 2019
Cited By (2)
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