Movable or removable closures – With operator for movably mounted closure – Drive within closure housing
Patent
1987-09-15
1988-08-30
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Movable or removable closures
With operator for movably mounted closure
Drive within closure housing
49348, E05F 1148
Patent
active
047666978
ABSTRACT:
A post-assembly coupling system for interfacing vehicular door components, particularly a window regulator, in a modular door panel assembly that does not require the assembler to see or reach the coupling in order to align or engage the coupling. The coupling assembly includes a dog 40 having a spring loaded pin 50 on one panel (e.g., a modular door interior trim panel 1) and a mating slide/ receiver 70, having a slopping tray or ramp 72 with "V"-shaped guides 74 which converge to a female mounting hole 71, on the other panel (e.g. the door frame exterior panel 2). After snap assembly of the door panels, the dog and slide/receiver are brought into relative close proximity to each other and then brought together with the slide/receiver then automaticall guiding the pin 50 into engagement with the mounting hole, into which it springs, thereby achieving a coupled, driving interface between the components. The pin and mounting hole serve as the power window drive interface between the drive motor mounted on the interior trim panel module and the slide/receiver mounted on the exterior panel door frame module, for driving the door window up and down. In bringing the pin and receiver together, the window can be manually moved and/or the power drive can be actuated until coupling engagement is achieved.
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Brittain James R.
Dorner Kenneth J.
United Technologies Automotive Inc.
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