Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Daniel Morin

Linh Ngoc Doan

Bhavani Thota

Gary D Mullen

Juergen Koehler

Nitesh Jadhav

Amit Chakravarty

Ryan Mowery

A vehicle door includes a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel. A second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel. The first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state. During an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.

Vehicle trim panel interlock for limiting trim panel separation during an impact condition

A vehicle door includes an inner door liner having a substrate receptacle. An armrest substrate has a plurality of posts extending through the inner door liner at the substrate receptacle. The substrate receptacle has a plurality of one-way apertures that receive the plurality of posts. Integral retaining features positioned at an end of each post maintains engagement of each post within each respective one-way aperture.

Vehicle door armrest substrate having integral high retention fastener

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