US1774020A - Pressed-metal vehicle door - Google Patents

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US1774020A
US1774020A US159829A US15982927A US1774020A US 1774020 A US1774020 A US 1774020A US 159829 A US159829 A US 159829A US 15982927 A US15982927 A US 15982927A US 1774020 A US1774020 A US 1774020A
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Ledwinka Joseph
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J5/00—Doors
    • B60J5/04—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides
    • B60J5/0401—Upper door structure
    • B60J5/0406—Upper door structure window frame formed separately as module
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J5/00—Doors
    • B60J5/04—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides
    • B60J5/0486—Special type
    • B60J5/0488—Special type rectangular of shape, e.g. as found in old fashioned cars and coaches

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  • This invention relates to doors for closed door made out of pressed steelstampings.
  • ' is a further object of my invention toproduce a door which is as light as may be consistent with adequate strength and that is particularly adapted to be reduced to its final form with greater accuracy of dim'ens sion than has heretofore been attained in the I quantity production of metal doors, and, fur- 'thermore, a door which is constructed to cooperate without a special formation on the lock rail of the door to center. itself in the door frame or the body to which it'is applied.
  • Fig. 2 is an inside view of the outside panel stamping or unit.
  • - Fig. 3 is an outside View of, the inside panel stamping or unit.
  • Fig. 4 is an elevation of the glass run channel unit.
  • Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 are,'respectively, detail sectional views on an enlarged scale, the'sections being taken on the corre spondingly numbered section lines of the section lines.
  • the outer panel 20 is substantially flat in contour throughout its main body and isprovided around itsperiphery with an inwardly-extending flange 21; In its upper portion it is formed with the window opening 22 and around this window opening it is formed with an inward-sweepin curve, as at 23, broken near its outer portlon by a shallow depression 24 which, while addingto the appearance of the door, formsalso a side and top of the, door, as will present y be described.
  • the inner portion of the curve 23 extends almost at right angles to the plane of the door and terminates in a lateral flange 25 extending parallel to the plane of the door.
  • the inner panel stamping .26 is a deep drawn stamping, the main body 27 of which is offset inwardly substantially the thickness of the door from its peripheral edge.
  • this peripheral or side rail portion is formed. of substantial Z-section, the web 28 of the Z forming the jamb face of the door, the main bodyof the panel, the inner arm of theZ, and the 'outer arm rlock' side, the corresponding peripheral or side rail portion of the inner panel stamp ing is of double 2 shape, and the webs 29.
  • .and 30 of the Zs extend at, right angles to the plane'of the door and is constituted by the jamb'face thereof.
  • the inner arm of the inner Z constitutes the main body 27 of the panel, and the outer arm 31 of the outer Z constitutes the door overlap; the inter- The various sub-assembly units which go. tomake up the completed door will first be detached 'in Figs. 2, 3
  • the inner or frame 0 panel 26 is, like the outer panel 20, formed with a window opening of correspondingdimensions, and it. is around this window opening that the inner panel is modified to garnish or trim it completely around the opening without the necessity of providing a separate garnish rail or rails for thepurpose.
  • the side rail portions, both onthe hinge and on thelocksides, are
  • the top rail portion 34 of the inner panel stamping is formed like the side rail portion thereof above the belt line, as will be evident from a comparison of Figs. 5 and 6, but the horizontal or web portion of the Z is formed at its middle portion with a slot 35 to permit the insertion and removal of the window glass.
  • the upper edge of the main body 27 of the stamping 26 is likewise formed with the bend 33'andthe laterally-extending edge flange 34, it being thus apparent that this 'bend or bending or integral garnish rail" 33 and the edge flange 34 are continuous around the window opening.
  • the rails are, atthese points, joined-by curves of relatively large radius, the radius of curvature of which varies, being largest adjacent the inner face bf the doonan'd decreasing toward theouter face, thereby providing an inclined curved outer surface, as 35', at the upper corners of the'stamping. Similar inclined surfaces 35 are formed at the'lower ⁇ corners of the door stamping 26.
  • the'inclined rounded corners 35"at the top and bot-tom of the door coact with means arranged in the similarly rounde corners of the .door frame of the body, which means are-more fully described and claimed in my application filed of even 12 0 date herewith and hereinbefore referred to, to center the-door in the frame and to prevent rattling.
  • This obviates the necessity of providing a special dovetail, as usual, on the lock side of the'door.
  • the stamping 26 is formed into a bottom rail of'Z-section, the web of the Z 36 inclining downwardly and outwardly to match up with a corresponding threshold frame on the body on which the door is adapt- "being joined above and below the window ed to be mounted, and the outer arm j37'of the side portions 39 and 40 of this frame, the opposite-side walls of the channels 39 and 40 opening by the pairs of spaced cross members numbered, respectively, 41 and 42.
  • The'members of each pair are formed as separate stampings spaced apart a distance equal substantially t0 the width of the glass run chan-. nels so as to permit free movement of the window glass between them.
  • the pair of cross members 41 above the window opening are carried around the corners of the frame and terminate, as shown in Fig. 112, insubstantially fiat ends 43, 43, which lap over and are welded to the sides of ,the channels 39 and 40.
  • the corners of the frame are, of course,
  • the channels 39 and 40 are provided with the window stop stampings 46 secured thereto'by spot welding.
  • the edges of the continuous frame members surrounding the shoulders 46, 47 and48, and the laterally-extending flanges 49, 50' and 51 are crimped over the edges of these continuous flanges, thebeads or shoulders co-acting with the crimped-over flanges to. form a very secure, 7o locked, crimped-joint for securing the edges of the panels 20 and 26 to the glass run frame I; 38.
  • the glass run channel frame is further secured in the final assemblyto the hinge and lock rail portions of the inner panel stamping bywelding the glass run channels to the said portions.
  • Along the hinge rail I weld the bottom of the channel 39 directly to the vweb 28 of the rail.
  • the lock rail which is of' double Z-section
  • I form the channel 40 by so welding together a generally flat stamping 52 s forming one sideof the channel and a generally Z-shaped stamping 52' forming the other side and the bottom of-the channel, the C welded t ogether portion 53 of two thicknesses 5 of metal projecting outwardly of the channel proper and being secured asby welding to the common arm 32 of the double Z-section rail.
  • Below the window opening the sides of the glass run'channels are formed with an out- .90 ward offset 54 which adds strength to thechannels in this region, just as the beads 46 reinforce the channelsin their upper positions.
  • the sides of the channel are also formed in this region with lateral-reinforcing flanges 55 along their edges, which flanges are connected at thetop by the corresponding flanges 56 on the cross members 42
  • the upper cross members'41 aresecured to thetop'rail 34 respectively on opposite sides'of' the slot 35 by spot welding their upper sides. 57 thereof J to the top rail 34.
  • the shallow depression 24, formed in the outer panel to enhance the appearance of the door, has also a' useful mechanical 'function in that it provides an interior shoulder which coacts along the hinge and top rails of the door with the crimped-over edge of the panel to provide a secure, locked, crimped joint similar to the joint-at the edge of the window opening.
  • the pressed metal door of my invention can be constructed of relatively fewJ- parts, thus saving in die cost and in the number of operations both in forming theparts and in final assembly; that the assembly of the parts is a-relatively simple operation in- Volving, as it does, for the main part, merely clinching operations as distinguished from welding; that, by.
  • a unitary inner panel stamping form-ing e transverse j'amb face of the door extending entirely around said door and having a window opening in its upper portion and formed with a continuous beading or garnish, arched in cross-section, around said window opening providing a finish for'the door around said opening.- 7 2.
  • a side rail structure at said window opening comprising a stamping having a transversely extending web portion forming thefjamb face of the door, a glass run channel secured directly to the inner face of said web portion, and a panel secured along one edgeto the outer edge of saidstamping and along its other edge to the adjacentside of the glass run a window opening therein, an inner panel member comprised of a unitary sheet metal edge of the panel around the window opening being secured to the adjacent side of said glass run channelby crimping the edge of one over the edge of the other.
  • a door rail structure at the side of said opening comprised of .an inner panel, an outer panel, and a glass run channel, the inner panel forming the jamb. face of theidoor and the glass run channel having its base secured directly to'the inside surface of said panel,
  • the inner portion of the inner panel being bent over and secured to the adjacent side of the glass-run channel, and the outer portion forming the door overlap, the outer panel being secured along one edge to said door overlap edge of the inner panel and alongits other edge to the adjacent side of the glass run channel, whereby the door rail structure is, in effect, of a double box section construction.
  • a' door rail structure at a side of said window opening comprising an inner panel member shaped to form the jamb face of the door and the door overlap arranged at substantially a right angle thereto, a frame member secured to the inner surface of the portion of said panel member forming the jamb face of the door and extending laterally therefrom, anouter panel member having one edge thereof crimped over the door overlap portion of the inner panel member and bent to form a contour depression therein which also serves as a clinch-locking shoulder by coacting with the adjacent portion of the jamb face portion of the inner panel and having its other edge secured to said frame member.
  • a stamped metal vehicle door having a window opening thereima door rail structure at-a side of said opening comprising a stamping having a portion'forming the amb face of the door, a glass run channel secured to themner side of the amb face portion,
  • said stamping further having a portion shaped to. form a garnishment at the edge of the window opening and having its inner edge turned to extend substantially parallel to the plane of the door and to lieagainst the adjacent side of theglass run channel and secured thereto by cnimping the edge of the side of the glass runchannel over'said turned edge, and a shoulder formed in the side of the glass run channel co-acting with the crimped edge thereof to lock. said'turned' edge against. movement.
  • Apressed metal door having a window opening therein comprising a ,unitary outer panel stamping, a unitary inner panel stamping and a glass. run'channel frame unit, each of sald elements surroundlng sald window opening and being joined together in final asclosed vehicle doors formed of a unitary sheet metal stamp- 1 ing to provide the laterally-extending peripheral portions formingthe jamb faces of the door and the outer peripheral flanges extending laterally from said jamb face portions, the corner portions joining adjacent jamb face ortions being formed on curves increasing in radius from the outer edgesof the jamb faces to the inner.
  • An inner panel unit for closed vehicle doors formed of. a unitary sheet metal stamp ing and provided around the window openingwith a deep drawn portion arched in cross section providing, in the completed door, a continuous garnish rail forming a finish for the inner portion of the window opening.
  • An outer panel unit for closed vehicle doors formed of a single sheet metal stamping and having anarched section around the window opening formed with a bars depression to provide garnishment for the outside of the completed door, said'depression I providing a shoulder onthe opposite side adapted, in the completed door, to abut a portion of an adjoining unit over'the edge of which the edge of said panel iscrimped in the final assembly.
  • a glass run channel frame 'unit subassembly for pressed metal doors comprising :opposed glass run channels, the sides of the channels being united by pairs of cross memdefining, respectively, the upper and the lower edges of the window opening, the
  • a top rail having a webportion slotted to permit the insertion or' removal of the window glass at the top, and reinforcing frame members of channel form on opposite sides of the slot having a side of the channel secured to-the web portion of the rail and the Y opposite side of the channel flanged and ar ranged to form a clinched joinder with the adjacent edge, respectively, of an outer and inner panel portion.
  • glass run channel frame sub-assem- -bly for pressed metal vehicle doors comprising opposed glass run channels and cross of inner and outer panels, each a; unitary around the window opening stamping extending entirely aroundthe win- 'dow opening and formed aroundsaid opening with a garnish or beading to form a finish entirely around said opening on both sides of the door.
  • a door for vehicle bodies having a window opening in its upper portion, com-- prised of inner and outer panels, each a unitary stamping extending entirely around the window opening and curved inwardly around i the window opening toward the central plane. of the door and terminating in edge portions forming portions of the window glass guiding means on opposite sides of said glass.
  • a door for vehicle bodies having a window opening in its upper portion comprising a unitary inner panel stamping, a
  • unitary outer panel stamping and a glass run channel: frame each extending entirely around said window 0 ening and being joined in the margin of sai opening by a crimped joinderof each panel edge with a correspond- I v 105 ing edge of the glass run channel frame,the inner panel stamping being formed in its peripheral-portion with a transversely extending amb face portion provided in the outer plane of the door with a door overlap flange, the peripheral portion of the, outer panel stamping-making a crimped joinder with said flange.
  • a door rail structure at the side of said opening comprising a stamping having a portion form the ]amb face of the door, a glass run secured to the innenface of said ]amb face portion, said stamping further having a portion arched in section and forming garnishment at the edge of the window opening and'havin its inner edgeportion extending substantia 1y parallel to the plane/of the door and lying againstthe adjacent side of the glass run and secured' thereto by crimping the edge of one over the edge of the other, and a shoulderon one of said members cooperating with said crimped over edge to lock the crimped edges against relative shifting movement.
  • glass run channel frame sub-assemfull length thereof to allow 60 bly for pressed'metal vehicle doors comprising opposed. glass run channels united by cross members extending between at least one of the sides of said channels and forming with extending around a window open1ng,.said continuous flange being further adapted to serve as a final assembly joint formation arranged to'cooperate with complement'al edge formations on an adjacent sub-assembly panel unit in the final assembly-of the door.
  • a pressed metal door having a jamb rail provided .with an offset forming a shoulder. intermediate the outer and inner faces of the door, and a glass run channel comprising two angular strips secured together through adjacent arms of 'the respec-tive strips andto.
  • apressed metal door for Vehicle to permit the insertion or removal of. the win-' dow glass at the top
  • a reinforcing frame member of angular form having one arm secured to the web portion of the rail along one panel having'a window opening therein, inso tegral side and end faces perpendicular to the main surface thereof, and integral flanges erpendicular to the outer surfaces of said aces, the metal of said frame panel at the sides of said wihdow opening being bent inwardly and then perpendicularly to saidxside faces 0 forni an abutment face, and a facing panel or said door having a window czipening therein in matching relation with sai opening in said frame panel provided with inturned marginal edges secured to the flanges on said frame panel, the metal of said facing eing bent inwardly and then parallel to the abutment face on said frame member to proreceiving a window.
  • a vehicle .door comprising an inner panel having a window opening therein, intependicular to the main body thereof, andPintegral flanges perpendicular to said side and end portions, an outer panel for said door ving its marginal edges secured to said flanges of 'the inner panel and inturned edges forming a finish around said window opening in spaced relation to said inner aving a slot formed therein substantial y the assembled to saiddoor in the spacegbetween said inner and out rpanels.
  • a vehicle door comprising an innerpanel having a window opening therein, integral side and end portions substantially per- 35 pendicular to;the main body thereof, and
  • said channel sides a continuous edge flange bodies, a top rail having a web portion slotted vide with said abutment face achannel for end faces, the metal of said panel at the top being bent inwardly and then laterally parallel to the body of said panel to provide a window rail, andan outer panel having a window rail in matching relation to said opening in said'inner panel having its marginal edges clinched over the flanges of said inner panel, the metal of said outer panel at the top of said window opening being bent inwardlywandthe n laterally parallel to the main body of said panel to provide a Window rail parallel to and spaced from said window rail of said inner panel, whereby a window glass may be assembled to said door in the space between said rails.
  • An inner panel unit for closed vehicle doors formed of a'unitary sheet/metal stamping and providedwith a square cornered F edge flan ge portion for joinder to an outer panel, and transversely extending side and end jamb face corners.
  • inner panel unit for closed vehicle doors having a window opening therein and formed of a unitary sheetmetalstamping and portions joined by rounded provided with a square-cornered edge flange portion fof joinder to an outer panel and a transversely extending round-cornered jamb face portion, the jamb face portion being reversely bent at dow opening.
  • a door for vehicle bodies having a win dow opening comprised of inner and outer panels, each a unitary stamping extending entirely around the window opening and the sides and top of the. winturned inwardly around the window opening toward the central plane of the door, at least one of said anels terminating in an edge portion providing portions of the window glass guiding means. anel at the sides of said window opening.

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DEB132193D DE584928C (de) 1927-01-08 1927-07-01 Wagenkastentuer aus gepresstem Metall, insbesondere fuer Kraftfahrzeuge
FR640968D FR640968A (fr) 1927-01-08 1927-09-14 Porte métallique matricée pour voitures
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US3566817A (en) * 1967-03-08 1971-03-02 Renault Methods of manufacturing vehicle doors
US11548355B2 (en) * 2016-03-18 2023-01-10 Gebr. Bode Gmbh & Co. Kg Vehicle door

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US11548355B2 (en) * 2016-03-18 2023-01-10 Gebr. Bode Gmbh & Co. Kg Vehicle door

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