US 11,904,668 B2
Vehicle door assembly with an organosheet door module carrier reinforcing a sill region
Michael Thienel, Thurnau (DE); Andre Carl, Coburg (DE); Dominik Hofmann, Baunach (DE); and Siegfried Ordosch, Bamberg (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
Appl. No. 17/425,370
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051712
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152310, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 200 977.8 (DE), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097498 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0455 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0416 (2013.01); B60J 5/0426 (2013.01); B60J 5/0481 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door assembly comprising:
a first frame component including,
a window frame defining a window opening,
two mutually opposing lateral frame sections collectively defining a frame cutout, and
a sill section connecting the two mutually opposing lateral frame sections to one another and separating the window opening and the frame cutout from one another;
a second frame component configured to reinforce the window frame and fixed to the first frame component, the second frame component includes two mutually opposing flange sections and a window frame reinforcement which is configured to reinforce the window frame and extends above the sill section, wherein the two mutually opposing flange sections are connected to one another only by the window frame reinforcement; and
a door module carrier formed with an organosheet and at least partially closing the frame cutout,
wherein the door module carrier forms a load-bearing structural component and an edge section fixed to the sill section along a longitudinal extension direction of the sill section, and includes at least one stiffening structure injection-molded onto the organosheet and stiffening the edge section,
wherein the edge section reinforces a continuous region of the sill section which extends between the two mutually opposing flange sections of the second frame component and in which no section of the second frame component is provided.