US 12,202,408 B2
Vehicle door assembly
Thomas Cho, Novi, MI (US); James Stepke, Brighton, MI (US); Jonathan Zischke, South Lyon, MI (US); David Snyder, Southfield, MI (US); Ronald B. Morrow, Jr., Novi, MI (US); and Anders Johnson, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,312.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382200 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/06 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0404 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door assembly, comprising:
an inner door panel;
an outer door panel fixed to the inner door panel, the outer door panel having a mounting opening;
an attachment flange extending through the mounting opening; and
a mirror assembly supported to an outer perimeter of the mounting opening of the outer door panel, the mirror assembly having a base bracket and a dampener, the dampener being disposed between the base bracket and at least a portion of the outer perimeter mounting opening of the outer door panel such that the base bracket and the outer door panel are spaced with respect to each other by the dampener and the attachment flange and the outer door panel are also spaced with respect to each other by the dampener.