GB239428A - Improvements in and relating to the mounting of doors of vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

239,428. Budd Manufacturing Co., E. G., (Assignees of Deisley, E. J.). Dec. 11, 1924, [Convention date]. Doors for passenger vehicles.-A pressed-metal door mounting for a motor-vehicle body comprises a post 15 with a mounting face, a door having a metal mounting rail 13 of web section with a glass run 20 located on its inner face, and a hinge 14 connecting the post and mounting rail and having the wing 21 connected with the mounting rail secured upon the exterior face of the web section 17 of the rail. The rail is of Z- section and with a thin web 17, a flange 18 adapted to close the crack between the rail and post, and a flange 19 for receiving the lock plate and upholstery. One wing 21 of the hinge is secured against the outer face of the web of the rail, and the other wing 23 is secured within the body of the door post, as shown. The post 15 is of channel or other hollow construction, and its mounting face is off-set, against the inner face of which the wing 21 of the hinge is secured. A bridging member 26 secured to this wing by screws 27 or by welding, is attached also to the inner walls of the post. Door check straps 29, 30 are provided, as shown. The flap or wing 21 of the hinge is secured to the rail of the door by rivets or by welding, and it is buttressed at 32 by metal stampings of angle-section, which are spot welded against the outer face of the web 17. The web 21 also intersects the overlapping flange 18 of the mounting rail, and this flange is deflected laterally at 33, at the sides of which are assembled projections 35 of the stampings 32. The parts 33, 35 are welded together to the panel of the door but not to the hinge wing 21. The projection 37 serves as a stop between the hinge flaps and also closes the gap between them.