US 12,269,325 B2
Door assembly with mounting component and assembly method
Michael Thienel, Thurnau (DE); and Dominik Hofmann, Baunach (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/263,647
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/070328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/025525, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 212 692.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309083 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0469 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0468 (2013.01); F16B 5/0621 (2013.01); F16B 5/0664 (2013.01); B60J 5/0416 (2013.01); B60J 5/0463 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door assembly comprising:
a door skin;
a carrier component supported by the door skin; and
an interior panel component wherein the carrier component is mounted on the door skin by at least one mounting element, and wherein the at least one mounting element mounts the interior panel component in that the at least one mounting element protrudes on the carrier component by way of a head portion to which the interior panel component is fixed, and wherein the at least one mounting element includes a shank portion connected in a positively locking and/or non-positively locking manner to the door skin and the shank portion creates an aperture in the carrier component when the carrier component is being mounted on the door skin, and
wherein the head portion includes at least one elastically deformable latching element that fixes the interior panel component to the carrier component.