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US 12,269,325 · App. 17/263,647 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Door assembly with mounting component and assembly method

Inventors: Michael Thienel (Thurnau, DE); Dominik Hofmann (Baunach, DE)
Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
B60J5/0469B60J5/0468F16B5/0621F16B5/0664B60J5/0416B60J5/0463
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Patent No.
US 12,269,325
App. No.
17/263,647
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door assembly and an assembly method for a door assembly with a door skin, a support component and an interior trim component, the support component is fastened to the door skin by at least one mounting component. The at least one mounting component is also used for mounting the interior trim component since a head section of the mounting component projects from the support component and the interior trim component is mounted on the head section.

Claims (16)

1. A door assembly comprising:

a door skin;

a carrier component supported by the door skin; and

an interior panel component wherein the carrier component is mounted on the door skin by at least one mounting element, and wherein the at least one mounting element mounts the interior panel component in that the at least one mounting element protrudes on the carrier component by way of a head portion to which the interior panel component is fixed, and wherein the at least one mounting element includes a shank portion connected in a positively locking and/or non-positively locking manner to the door skin and the shank portion creates an aperture in the carrier component when the carrier component is being mounted on the door skin, and

wherein the head portion includes at least one elastically deformable latching element that fixes the interior panel component to the carrier component.

2. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head portion is connected in a positively locking or non-positively locking manner to the interior panel component.

3. The door assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the interior panel component has a latching portion mechanically latched to the head portion of the at least one mounting element.

4. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head portion is T-shaped in a cross section.

5. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one latching element is formed by a latching hook.

6. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one latching element is formed by a plastic clip which has been molded on.

7. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of mounting elements are arranged on a circumferential edge of the carrier component.

8. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shank portion includes a threaded portion having threads screwed to the door skin.

9. The door assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the threads of the threaded portion are self-tapping threads.

10. The door assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shank portion has a shoulder disposed against the carrier component.

11. The door assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the shoulder includes a disk-shaped enlargement that is larger than the shank portion in cross section.

12. The door assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the interior panel component is disposed against the shoulder.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: THIENEL, MICHAEL; HOFMANN, DOMINIK
To: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
Reel/Frame 056005/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 212 692.5 · Jul 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210309083A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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