Intier Automotive Closures Inc.

Jih Cheng Lin

Dennis John Buening

Radoslav Bokun

Douglas Broadhead

Juliusz Kirejczyk

David James Krysiak

Manfred Fritsch

Luc Roger Regnier

Daniel E Wenglinski

David Legault

A door module assembly for a motor vehicle door has a plate-like carrier holding a plurality of door hardware components in a pre-configured orientation, including one or more window regulator rails. The carrier seals the motor vehicle door and includes a flap that provides at least partial access to the window regulator rails. A first trim panel is pre-fixed to the carrier. A second trim panel articulates with respect to the first trim panel between an initial position generally parallel to the first trim panel and an installed position generally in-line with the first trim panel. With the carrier storing substantially all of the hardware required for the door and the trim panels covering substantially the entire surface area of the door, handling and assembly operations are minimized.

Trim door hardware carrier and methods of assembling vehicle door

A handle assembly selectively releases a door latch () of a door. The handle assembly has a housing () and an actuator such as a key cylinder () secured to the housing. The key cylinder () has a bell crank () rotatable relative to the housing between a neutral position to a locking position upon rotation in a locking sense and between a neutral position and an unlocking position upon rotation in an unlocking sense, opposite the locking sense. A handle () is pivotally mounted to the housing. A pull lever () is pivotally mounted to the housing and connects to the door latch (). A link () has one end () pivotally connected to the pull lever () and an opposite end () slidingly connected to the bell crank (). The pull lever () slidingly engages the handle () between a lock position wherein the pull lever () slides relative to the handle () and an unlocked position wherein the pull lever () is coupled to the handle () and handle movement is translated to the pull lever.

Outside release handle

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Jih Cheng Lin