US 12,377,717 B2
Motor vehicle with a side door
Stephan Wolfrum, Hebertshausen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/709,117
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/080904
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/099118, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 131 706.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001843 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0418 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0413 (2013.01); B60J 5/0415 (2013.01); B62D 25/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a side door which, at a motor vehicle inner side, has an inner door panel and, at a motor vehicle outer side, has an outer door skin, wherein
the inner door panel and the outer door skin are at least partially joined in abutment in an edge region of the side door,
in the edge region, at least partially as a result of tolerances in a Y direction and/or an X direction, a gap is formable between the inner door panel and the outer door skin,
a sealing element is secured to the inner door panel via securing elements, and extends over the edge region and is positioned on the inner door panel and the outer door skin, in each case, in a sealing manner at an outer side,
the sealing element is formed from a hard component which extends along the edge region, and
a soft component is arranged only at the inner door panel side and at the outer door skin side on the hard component, the soft component being positioned in a sealing manner on the inner door panel and the outer door skin, in each case, at the outer side adjacent to the edge region in a secured state of the sealing element,
wherein the hard component has a material weakening along the edge region in the region of a joint of the inner door panel and the outer door skin at a side facing away from the inner door panel, and
wherein the hard component includes slots disposed substantially perpendicularly to the edge region from the outer door skin up to the material weakening with uniform spacings.