US 12,291,089 B2
Vehicle door assembly
David N. Plentis, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Darren A. Womack, Windsor (CA); and Warren E. Young, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora (CA)
Filed by MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora (CA)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,787.
Application 17/503,787 is a division of application No. 15/746,960, granted, now 11,148,511, previously published as PCT/US2016/043705, filed on Jul. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/195,818, filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032747 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 65/06 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0416 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0405 (2013.01); B60J 5/0411 (2013.01); B60J 5/0429 (2013.01); B62D 65/06 (2013.01); B23P 2700/50 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49904 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a vehicle door for a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
preparing an outer panel and a reinforcement member which includes an outer beltline reinforcement;
fixedly attaching a pair of window channels and a window regulator with a one-piece module;
inserting a window into the window channels and operatively connecting the window regulator with the window; and
fixedly attaching the module with the outer panel and the reinforcement member only after window channels and regulator have been fixedly attached with the module and only after the window has been inserted into the window channels and has been operatively connected with the window regulator.