US 12,246,659 B2
Assembly for fixing and positioning decorative profiles of a vehicle door
Serge Houeix, Rennes (FR); and Gilles Riffaud, Rennes (FR)
Assigned to Cooper-Standard France, (FR)
Filed by Cooper-Standard France, Vitre (FR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,291.
Claims priority of application No. 2111242 (FR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126795 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/04 (2006.01); B60J 10/76 (2016.01)
CPC B60R 13/04 (2013.01) [B60J 10/76 (2016.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for fixing and positioning a decorative side profile and a decorative upper profile on an outside of a front door or a rear door of a motor vehicle,
the front door or the rear door comprising a box extended at an upper portion by a frame that surrounds a pane of the door, the frame comprising a front upright and a rear upright, interconnected at an upper portion of the front upright and an upper portion of the rear upright by a crosspiece,
the decorative upper profile comprising a longitudinal panel with an upper longitudinal rim and a lower longitudinal rim, the upper and the lower longitudinal rims being respectively curved towards each other, the upper longitudinal rim having two ends and the lower longitudinal rim having two ends,
the fixing and positioning assembly comprising a trim profile for the frame of the door, configured to be able to be fixed on this frame and a sealing profile made of deformable material, assembled with the trim profile and configured to be able to be disposed facing the crosspiece of the door frame, the sealing profile comprising an upper longitudinal groove and a lower longitudinal groove for receiving respectively the upper longitudinal rim and the lower longitudinal rim of the decorative upper profile,
wherein the assembly comprises a blocking part made of rigid material,
wherein this blocking part is assembled with the trim profile,
wherein the blocking part comprises a portion for fixing the decorative side profile, a blocking portion for blocking the decorative upper profile along axial and transverse directions of the motor vehicle and a connecting portion between the fixing portion and the blocking portion,
and wherein the blocking portion comprises an axial groove for receiving a length section of one of the longitudinal rims of the decorative upper profile, the axial groove having two ends and being obturated at one of the two ends of the axial groove by an axial stop which cooperates with one of the two ends of the upper longitudinal rim or with one of the two ends of the lower of the longitudinal rims of the decorative upper profile received in said receiving groove, to block an axial displacement of the decorative upper profile towards a front of the rear door or towards a rear of the front door of the motor vehicle when the blocking part is positioned respectively on the rear door or on the front door.