CN218986319U

CN218986319U - Vehicle and zero face difference door assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: CN218986319U
Application number: CN202222922744.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 龚成章; 张德华; 章六五; 张之好; 于铁丰
Original assignee: Weilai Automobile Technology Anhui Co Ltd
Current assignee: Weilai Automobile Technology Anhui Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-03
Filing date: 2022-11-03
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-03

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to a vehicle and a zero-face difference vehicle door assembly thereof, and aims to solve the problem that the existing zero-face difference vehicle door glass is easy to be blocked in the lifting process. The door assembly of the present utility model includes: a window frame sheet metal; the automobile door outer decorative plate is fixedly connected with the window frame sheet metal; door glass; the sliding block is fixedly connected to the inner side of the door glass and is provided with a sliding block matched with the sliding groove at the end part of the sliding block, wherein the profile of the cross section of the sliding groove is arc-shaped, and at least one part of the profile of the cross section of the sliding block is arc-shaped. The vehicle door assembly provided by the utility model can enable the lifting movement of the vehicle door glass to be smoother, avoid the problem of clamping stagnation of the vehicle door glass in the lifting process, and is beneficial to improving the user experience.

Description

Vehicle and zero face difference door assembly thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of vehicles, and particularly provides a vehicle and a zero-face difference vehicle door assembly thereof.

Background

In the door structure of current car, door glass assembles between door window frame panel beating and door exterior trimming board, consequently door glass's lateral surface can be less than exterior trimming board's surface, causes there is the face difference between door glass and the exterior trimming board, on the one hand can reduce whole car's aesthetic measure, on the other hand, when the car is high-speed when traveling, can form the vortex in the face difference position of door glass and exterior trimming board, and then produces wind noise, still can increase car windage simultaneously, leads to the energy consumption increase.

As an improvement, patent document with publication No. CN216331372U provides a flush door structure provided on a door trim, a door glass, a door sash, including a door glass lifter rail and a door glass lifter slider; the end part of the door trim is opposite to the end part of the door glass, and the door trim is fixedly connected with the door window frame; the door glass lifting guide rail is fixedly connected to the door window frame, is arranged along the lifting direction of the door glass and is positioned between the door trim and the door window frame; the door glass lifting slide block is fixedly connected to the door glass and slides along the door glass lifting guide rail; the upper end and the lower end of the door glass lifting slide block are respectively provided with a limiting part facing the door glass lifting guide rail. It can be seen that this technical scheme has realized making door glass and door plaque parallel and level's effect, but in door glass lifting rail's design, owing to be provided with lifting rail sealing strip on lifting rail's the guide face, although can play certain sealed effect, also can hinder the sliding motion of the lifting slider rather than the adaptation, the problem such as jamming appears easily in the glass-frame lifting in-process, and the lifting smoothness receives the influence, and then has reduced user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve or at least alleviate the technical problems, namely at least solve or alleviate the problem that the existing zero-face difference door glass is easy to be blocked in the lifting process.

In a first aspect, the present utility model provides a zero face differential door assembly comprising: a window frame sheet metal; the automobile door outer decorative plate is fixedly connected with the window frame sheet metal; door glass; a lift guide subassembly comprising a first member provided on an inner side of the door trim, a chute formed on the first member, the chute extending in a lift direction of the door glass, and a second member fixedly connected to the inner side of the door glass, the second member extending and being provided at an end thereof with a slider adaptable to the chute so that the door glass can be kept flush with a surface of the door trim during lifting by means of guiding of the chute, wherein a profile of a cross section of the chute is circular arc-shaped, and at least a part of the profile of the cross section of the slider is circular arc-shaped.

According to the vehicle door assembly, in the process of lifting the vehicle door glass, the outer surface of the vehicle door glass and the outer surface of the vehicle door outer decoration plate can be kept flush, the surface difference of the vehicle door glass and the outer surface of the vehicle door outer decoration plate at the joint is avoided, the wind noise in the driving process is reduced, and the attractiveness of the whole vehicle is improved; in addition, through setting the spout in the lift guide subassembly and the surface of slider to arc, utilize the cooperation of cambered surface and cambered surface to make the lift motion of the relative spout of slider more smooth and easy, avoid door glass to appear the jamming problem in the lift in-process, be favorable to promoting user experience.

In some possible versions of the above zero face differential door assembly, the window frame sheet metal includes a stiffener including a first portion opposite the door outer panel, and a second portion connected to the first portion opposite the door glass, the first portion disposed proximate the door outer panel, at least a portion of the second portion being deflected relative to the first portion in a direction away from the door glass.

Through setting up like this, through the part that corresponds to door glass with the reinforcing plate deflects to the direction of keeping away from door glass, under the circumstances that the shape of door inner panel did not change, the contained angle of wedge clearance between the second part after the deflection and the door inner panel became big, when installing the door outer plaque to the reinforcing plate like this, the wedge clearance that becomes big made the installation space increase of fastener to be favorable to the firm installation of door outer plaque, also conveniently dismantle the fastener simultaneously.

It will be appreciated that the second portion may be deflected integrally with respect to the first portion, or that only the portion of the second portion that is used to attach the fastener may be deflected with respect to the first portion.

In some possible implementations of the above zero-face differential door assembly, the door assembly further includes a first connector having one end fixedly connected to an inner side of the door trim and the other end connected to the deflected portion of the second portion by a fastener.

In some possible versions of the above zero-face differential door assembly, the first member is integrally formed with or connected to the first connector as a unitary structure.

It is understood that the first member and the first connecting member may be connected in a single structure by bonding, clamping, or the like.

In some possible solutions of the above zero-face difference vehicle door assembly, a first flange is formed by bending an edge of the side, close to the door glass, of the door outer trim panel, a first insertion groove is formed on the first member, and the first flange is inserted into the first insertion groove.

By arranging the first flanging at the edge of one side of the door outer decorative plate, which is close to the door glass, a gap between the door outer decorative plate and the door glass can be shielded by the first flanging in the installed state, so that the gap between the door outer decorative plate and the door glass can be further reduced at least visually; in addition, the first flange is inserted into the first insertion groove formed in the first member, so that the first member and the door outer panel can be tightly connected, and the lifting guide subassembly can stably exert a guide function.

In some possible implementations of the above zero-face differential door assembly, a first sealing member is disposed at a gap between the first bead and the door glass.

Through setting up first sealing member, can carry out the shutoff to the gap between door external decoration board and the door glass, avoid rainwater etc. to get into the door inside from the gap.

The first sealing member may be fixedly attached to the first member.

In some possible implementations of the above zero-face differential door assembly, the door assembly further includes a door trim panel and a second connector, the door trim panel being connected to the first connector by the second connector.

By arranging the second connecting piece, an installation foundation can be provided for the installation of the door trim panel, and compared with the traditional installation scheme of directly installing the door trim panel to the lap joint area of the window frame sheet metal, the installation scheme of connecting the door trim panel with the first connecting piece through the second connecting piece can enlarge the deformation space of the door trim panel, so that the installed door trim panel is of a structure similar to a cantilever beam, and the impact resistance of the door trim panel is improved.

In some possible solutions of the above zero-face difference door assembly, the cross section of the portion of the second connecting piece connected to the first connecting piece and the door trim panel is S-shaped, and correspondingly, the second connecting piece is formed with a second insertion groove and a third insertion groove with opposite opening directions.

Thus, a construction mode of the second connecting piece is provided, and by arranging the second connecting piece, the connecting process of the first connecting piece and the vehicle door inner decorative plate is simpler and easier to operate, and the connection of the first connecting piece and the vehicle door inner decorative plate can be more stable.

In some possible solutions of the above zero-face difference vehicle door assembly, a second flange is formed by bending an edge of a portion of the first connecting piece connected with the second portion toward a direction in which the vehicle door glass is located, and the second flange is inserted into the second insertion groove.

In some possible solutions of the above zero-face difference door assembly, a third flange is formed by bending an edge of a portion of the door trim panel, which is close to the door glass, and the third flange is inserted into the third insertion groove.

In some possible versions of the above zero-face differential door assembly, the second connector further has a second sealing member attached thereto, the second sealing member abutting an inner surface of the door glass.

Through setting up the second sealing member, realize sealing connection between first connecting piece, second connecting piece and the door glass, not only can avoid rainwater etc. to get into inside the door, can provide certain buffering when door glass receives horizontal collision moreover to improve door glass's shock resistance.

In some possible implementations of the above zero face differential door assembly, the door outer trim panel includes a front door outer trim panel and a rear door outer trim panel adjacent to each other, and the door assembly further includes a split seal strip disposed at a split of the front door outer trim panel and the rear door outer trim panel.

Through setting up the seam sealing strip, can realize the effective seal of the seam department between front door external trim board and the back door external trim board, not only can reach waterproof effect, can also promote whole car's aesthetic measure.

In a second aspect, the utility model also provides a vehicle comprising a door assembly according to any one of the preceding claims.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, since the vehicle is configured with the door assembly according to any one of the foregoing embodiments, all the technical effects of the foregoing door assembly are achieved, and will not be described in detail herein.

Scheme 1. A zero face differential door assembly, its characterized in that, the door assembly includes:

a window frame sheet metal;

the automobile door outer decorative plate is fixedly connected with the window frame sheet metal;

door glass;

a lift guide subassembly including a first member provided on an inner side of the door trim, a chute formed on the first member, the chute extending in a lift direction of the door glass, and a second member fixedly connected to the inner side of the door glass, the second member extending and being provided at an end thereof with a slider adaptable to the chute so that the door glass can be kept flush with a surface of the door trim during lifting by the guide of the chute,

the profile of the cross section of the sliding groove is arc-shaped, and at least one part of the profile of the cross section of the sliding block is arc-shaped.

The zero face differential door assembly of claim 1, wherein the window frame sheet metal comprises a stiffener plate comprising a first portion opposite the door outer panel and a second portion connected to the first portion opposite the door glass, the first portion disposed proximate the door outer panel, at least a portion of the second portion being deflected relative to the first portion in a direction away from the door glass.

The zero face differential door assembly of claim 2, further comprising a first connector having one end fixedly attached to an inner side of the door trim panel and the other end attached to the deflected portion of the second portion by a fastener.

The zero face differential door assembly of claim 3, wherein the first member is integrally formed or connected with the first connector as a unitary structure.

The zero-face difference vehicle door assembly according to the scheme 5 is characterized in that a first flanging is formed at the edge of one side, close to the vehicle door glass, of the vehicle door outer decoration plate in a bending mode, a first inserting groove is formed in the first component, and the first flanging is inserted into the first inserting groove.

The zero face differential door assembly according to claim 5, wherein a first sealing member is disposed at a gap between the first flange and the door glass.

The zero face differential door assembly of claim 3, further comprising a door trim panel and a second connector, wherein the door trim panel is connected to the first connector via the second connector.

The zero face difference door assembly according to claim 7, wherein the cross section of the portion of the second connecting member connected to the first connecting member and the door trim panel is S-shaped, and correspondingly, the second connecting member is formed with a second insertion groove and a third insertion groove having opposite opening directions.

The zero-face difference vehicle door assembly according to claim 8 is characterized in that a second flanging is formed by bending the edge of the portion, connected with the second portion, of the first connecting piece towards the direction where the vehicle door glass is located, and the second flanging is spliced with the second splicing groove.

The zero-face difference vehicle door assembly according to claim 8 is characterized in that a third flanging is formed by bending the edge of the portion, close to the vehicle door glass, of the vehicle door inner decoration plate, and the third flanging is spliced with the third splicing groove.

The zero face differential door assembly of claim 7, wherein the second connector further has a second sealing member attached thereto, the second sealing member abutting an inner surface of the door glass.

The zero face differential door assembly of any one of claims 1-11, wherein the door outer trim panel comprises a front door outer trim panel and a rear door outer trim panel adjacent to each other, the door assembly further comprising a split seal disposed at a split of the front door outer trim panel and the rear door outer trim panel.

A vehicle comprising the door assembly of any one of claims 1 to 12.

Drawings

The present disclosure will become more readily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings. As will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art: the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model. In addition, like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several views, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a left front door and a left rear door of a vehicle at a location near a side fascia provided in an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a left rear door of a vehicle at a location near a side fascia provided in an embodiment of the utility model;

list of reference numerals:

1. a side wall assembly; 11. a side wall outer plate; 12. a side wall outer decorative plate; 13. a first door body anti-collision sealing strip;

2. a vehicle door assembly;

21. a door glass subassembly; 211. door glass; 212. a second member; 2121. a slide block;

22. a door outer trim panel subassembly; 221. exterior door trim; 2211. a first flanging; 222. a first connector; 2221. a second flanging; 223. a first member; 2231. a chute; 224. a second connector; 2241. a second insertion groove; 2242. a third insertion groove; 225. a first sealing member; 226. a second sealing member; 227. soaking cotton;

23. a window frame sheet metal subassembly; 231. a door inner panel; 2311. bending parts; 232. a reinforcing plate; 2321. a second portion; 233. a door trim panel; 2331. a third flanging; 234. a second door body anti-collision sealing strip; 235. a split sealing strip; 236. a nut; 237. and (5) a screw.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present utility model are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present utility model, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model. The following embodiments are described by taking a left front door and a left rear door of an automobile as examples, but this is not limitative, and the technical solution of the present utility model is equally applicable to a right front door and a right rear door, and the technical solution of the present utility model is applicable to a vehicle type in which a liftable door glass is disposed, such as a fuel vehicle, an electric vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, and the like.

Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better illustration of the utility model. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model may be practiced without some of these specific details.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present utility model, terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", and the like, which indicate directions or positional relationships, are based on directions or positional relationships in actual use, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two spaces. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.

The utility model provides a zero-face difference vehicle door assembly, wherein the outer surface of the vehicle door glass can be always kept flush with the outer surface of the vehicle door outer decorative plate without face difference in the lifting process of the vehicle door glass, so that wind noise in the driving process is effectively reduced, and the attractiveness of the whole vehicle is improved; through improving the structure of lift guide subassembly, make door glass's lift process more smooth, can not appear the jamming problem.

The following describes the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the utility model in detail by combining the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a left front door and a left rear door of a vehicle at a position near a side wall according to an embodiment of the present utility model; fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a left rear door of a vehicle at a position near a side wall according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

As shown in fig. 1, the door assembly 2 in the present embodiment includes a window frame metal subassembly 23, a door outer panel subassembly 22, and a door glass subassembly 21. The door glass subassembly 21 is connected to a glass-lifting mechanism (not shown) provided in the door body so that the door glass subassembly 21 can be lifted and lowered with respect to the door outer panel subassembly 22 and the window frame sheet metal subassembly 23. The door outer trim panel subassembly 22 is fixedly connected with the window frame sheet metal subassembly 23. The sash sheet metal subassembly 23 in this embodiment is primarily referred to as a side wall portion of the vehicle, i.e., a B-pillar portion of the vehicle.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the window frame metal subassembly 23 includes a window frame metal plate and an accessory connected to the window frame metal plate. The window frame panel beating includes door inner panel 231, reinforcing plate 232, and reinforcing plate 232 is located the outside of door inner panel 231, and the outside is towards the outside one side of automobile body promptly. The door inner panel 231 is bent into a specific shape, such as including a bending portion 2311 shown in fig. 2. The edges of the door inner panel 231 and the reinforcement plate 232 are overlapped and welded together, so that a hollow cavity is constructed between the connected door inner panel 231 and reinforcement plate 232 to improve the impact resistance of the door. The accessories include preassembled nuts 236 provided on the reinforcement plate 232, a second door crash seal 234, and the like.

The door outer panel sub-assembly 22 includes a door outer panel 221, a first member 223 fixedly coupled to the door outer panel 221, a first connector 222, foam 227, and the like.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, one end of the first link 222 is fixedly attached to the inner side of the door trim 221, such as by clamping, bonding, or the like. The other end of the first link 222 extends to a position opposite to the door glass 211 and is fixedly connected to the reinforcement plate 232 by a fastener to fixedly connect the door outer panel 221 with the window frame sheet metal.

The first member 223 is integrally formed with or connected to the first connecting member 222, and in this embodiment, the first member and the first connecting member are integrally connected, such as by bonding. The first member 223 is provided inside the door outer panel 221, on which a slide groove 2231 and a first insertion groove are formed, both of which extend in the lifting direction of the door glass 211. In order to enhance the connection stability of the first member 223 and the door trim 221, and simultaneously to further reduce the width of the gap between the door trim 221 and the door glass 211, a first flange 2211 is formed by bending at the edge of the door trim 221 on the side close to the door glass 211, the first flange 2211 can reduce the gap between the door glass 211 and the door trim 221, and the first flange 2211 is inserted into the first insertion groove of the first member 223, so that the first member 223 can be stably connected to the door trim 221.

The door glass subassembly 21 includes a door glass 211, a second member 212 fixedly attached to an inner side surface of the door glass 211, and the second member 212 cooperates with the first member 223 to form a lift guide subassembly for guiding the lift of the door glass 211. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, one end of the second member 212 is fixedly connected to the door glass 211, such as by bonding or the like, and the other end of the second member 212 extends and is provided at its end with a slider 2121 that can be fitted with the chute 2231 so that the door glass 211 can be kept flush with the surface of the door outer panel 221 during lifting by the guide of the chute 2231.

In the embodiment of the present utility model, the profile of the cross section of the sliding groove 2231 is set to be circular arc, at least a part of the profile of the cross section of the sliding block 2121 is set to be circular arc, as shown in fig. 2, the sliding groove 2231 has a smooth circular arc inner surface, as shown in fig. 1, the sliding block 2121 has a circular arc outer surface which is smooth and smooth at least a part of the outer surface which can be matched with the sliding groove 2231, the influence of the acting force exerted by the sliding groove 2231 and the sliding block 2121 along the radial direction thereof during the relative movement is small, and thus the smoothness of the lifting movement of the door glass 211 can be ensured.

Further, in order to provide a sufficient installation space for the fastener during the process of fixedly installing the first connector 222 to the reinforcing plate 232, the structure of the reinforcing plate 232 is also improved in the embodiment of the present utility model. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the reinforcement plate 232 includes a first portion (not shown) opposite to the door outer trim 221, and a second portion 2321 opposite to the door glass 211, which is connected to the first portion, and is disposed close to the door outer trim 221, and the second portion 2321 is deflected away from the door glass 211 relative to the first portion, for example, the second portion 2321 is deflected in a counterclockwise direction relative to the first portion by a certain angle, so that a wedge-shaped gap between the second portion 2321 of the reinforcement plate 232 and the bending portion 2311 of the door inner panel 231 is increased, and thus, when the first connector 222 and the second portion 2321 of the reinforcement plate 232 are connected by the fastener, the installation angle of the screw 237 in the fastener is also deflected together, so that loosening is not easy to occur, and the first connector 222 and the reinforcement plate 232 are stably connected, so that the problem of the connection being out of place is avoided. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a second portion 2321 of the reinforcement plate 232 opposed to the door glass 211 is deflected toward the upper left with respect to a first portion opposed to the door trim 233, the deflected portion is provided with a nut 236, the nut 236 is pre-attached to the reinforcement plate 232 by welding, or the pre-attachment of the nut 236 is achieved by using a blind rivet nut 236. When the automobile door outer trim panel is mounted, the first connecting piece 222 is abutted against the reinforcing plate 232, then the screw 237 is inserted into the automobile door outer trim panel, and the screw 237 is in threaded connection with the nut 236, so that stable connection between the automobile door outer trim panel 221 and the reinforcing plate 232 is achieved.

Further, in order to prevent rainwater or the like from entering the door body from the gap between the door outer panel 221 and the door glass 211, a first seal member 225 is provided at the gap between the first bead 2211 and the door glass 211.

In this embodiment, the door outer panel subassembly 22 is further provided with a second connecting member 224, and the door assembly 2 further includes a door inner panel 233, where the door inner panel 233 is fixedly mounted on the inner side of the door inner panel 231, i.e., the side facing the cabin, for protecting and shielding the door inner panel 231.

As shown in fig. 2, the cross section of the portion of the second link 224 that connects the first link 222 and the door trim 233 is S-shaped, and accordingly, the second link 224 is formed with a second mating groove 2241 and a third mating groove 2242 that are opposite in opening direction. The edge of the portion of the first link 222 connected to the second portion 2321 is bent toward the direction in which the door glass 211 is located to form a second flange 2221, and the second flange 2221 is inserted into the second insertion groove 2241. The edge of the portion of the door trim 233 near the door glass 211 is folded to form a third flange 2331, and the third flange 2331 is inserted into the third insertion groove 2242. A portion of the door inner panel 233 adjacent to the side outer panel 12 is fixedly attached to the door inner panel 231. In this way, one end of the door trim 233 is connected to the door inner panel 231, and the other end is connected to the second flange 2221 of the first connector 222 via the second connector 224, so that the cross section of the door trim 233 after connection presents a cantilever-like structure, and when the door trim 233 is impacted in the transverse direction of the vehicle body, the connecting structure can play a certain role in buffering, thereby being beneficial to improving the impact resistance of the door trim 233.

Further, the second connector 224 is further connected with a second sealing member 226, the second sealing member 226 is fixedly connected to the second connector 224 and abuts against the inner surface of the door glass 211, the second sealing member 226 and the first sealing member 225 form a double-layer sealing structure, and a certain buffer can be provided by means of the second sealing member 226 when the door glass 211 is impacted laterally, so that the shock resistance of the door glass 211 is improved.

In this embodiment, in order to further enhance the waterproof performance of the vehicle, a slit sealing strip 235 is further provided at the slit between the front door outer trim and the rear door outer trim. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a slit sealing strip 235 is attached to a door outer panel 221 of a rear door and a window frame sheet metal of the rear door, and one lip of the slit sealing strip 235 extends to the inside of the door outer panel 221 of the front door.

In the embodiment of the present utility model, the first sealing member 225 and the second sealing member 226 are both sealing strip structures, and the cross-sectional structures of the sealing strips need to consider the installation convenience and sealing performance of the sealing strips at the same time.

The door assembly 2 in the above embodiment is a portion corresponding to the side body assembly 1, as shown in fig. 1, the side body assembly 1 includes a side body inner panel (not labeled), a side body outer panel 11, a side body outer trim panel 12, and the like, the side body inner panel is welded to the side body outer panel 11, the side body outer trim panel 12 is connected to the side body inner panel, the side body outer panel 11 through a first door body weather strip 13, and in a door closing state, the first door body weather strip 13 abuts against the door inner trim panel 233 for cushioning a collision of the door against the side body. In order to further avoid the direct collision between the door and the side wall assembly 1, a second door body anti-collision sealing strip 234 is further disposed at the connection position between the door inner panel 231 and the door inner trim 233, and the second door body anti-collision sealing strip 234 is respectively connected with the door inner panel 231 and the door inner trim 233 through a buckle. As shown in fig. 1, the first door body impact seal strip 13 and the second door body impact seal strip 234 have hollow cavities with closed cross sections, can effectively buffer the collision of the vehicle door, and can also play a role in preventing water intrusion.

Thus far, the technical solution of the present utility model has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of protection of the present utility model is not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent modifications and substitutions for related technical features may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present utility model, and such modifications and substitutions will be within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A zero-face differential door assembly, the door assembly comprising:

a window frame sheet metal;

door glass;

2. The zero face differential door assembly of claim 1, wherein the window frame sheet metal comprises a stiffener including a first portion opposite the door outer panel and a second portion connected to the first portion opposite the door glass, the first portion disposed proximate the door outer panel, at least a portion of the second portion being deflected relative to the first portion in a direction away from the door glass.

3. The zero-face differential door assembly of claim 2, further comprising a first connector having one end fixedly attached to an inner side of the door trim panel and another end attached to a deflected portion of the second portion by a fastener.

4. A zero-face differential door assembly as defined in claim 3, wherein the first member is integrally formed with or connected to the first connector as a unitary structure.

5. The zero face differential door assembly of claim 3, wherein a first flange is formed by bending an edge of the door trim panel on a side adjacent to the door glass, the first member having a first mating groove formed thereon, the first flange being mated to the first mating groove.

6. The zero face differential door assembly of claim 5, wherein a first sealing member is disposed at a gap between the first flange and the door glass.

7. The zero-face differential door assembly of claim 3, further comprising a door trim panel and a second connector, the door trim panel being connected to the first connector by the second connector.

8. The zero face differential door assembly as defined in claim 7, wherein a portion of the second connector connecting the first connector and the door trim panel is S-shaped in cross section, and correspondingly, the second connector is formed with a second mating groove and a third mating groove having opposite opening directions.

9. The zero-face differential door assembly according to claim 8, wherein an edge of a portion of the first connecting member connected to the second portion is bent toward a direction in which the door glass is located to form a second flange, and the second flange is inserted into the second insertion groove.

10. The zero face differential door assembly of claim 8, wherein an edge of a portion of the door trim panel proximate the door glass is bent to form a third flange that interfaces with the third mating groove.

11. The zero-face differential door assembly of claim 7, wherein the second connector further has a second sealing member attached thereto that abuts an inner surface of the door glass.

12. The zero face differential door assembly of any one of claims 1-11, wherein the door outer trim panel comprises a front door outer trim panel and a rear door outer trim panel adjacent to each other, the door assembly further comprising a split seal disposed at a split of the front door outer trim panel and the rear door outer trim panel.

13. A vehicle comprising a door assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12.