Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Patent
1998-05-06
2000-06-27
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
296901, 2961466, B62D 2504
Patent
active
060797665
ABSTRACT:
Doors for recreational vehicles, such as compartment doors and entry doors, involving a door construction having an exposed panel and an inner panel which have large surface areas of thermal contact between the two panels, where the exposed panel is made of a material such as plastic having a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as the inner panel. Accordingly, the exposed panel and the inner panel expand and contract at similar rate, when exposed to temperature variations, thereby minimizing any possible distortion between the two panels. Additionally, structural members such as stiffeners may be interposed between the exposed panel and the inner panel to preclude the bowing and/or distortion on the door. Furthermore, the outer surface of the exposed panel may have a layer of ultra-violet protection material to guard the door against the harmful effects of ultra-violet sunlight. The door assembly may then be bonded by beads of adhesives strategically placed between the exposed panel, the inner panel, and the stiffeners, to permit the assembled door to expand and contract more freely with minimal bowing and/or distortion.
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Butler Michael Robert
Perez Francisco P.
National RV, Inc.
Pape Joseph D.
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