Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.

Masatoshi Mori

Kenichi Kitayama

Ryo Suesada

Robert H Bator

Benjamin Huttsell

Toshifumi Matsuura

Hajime Kajiwara

Kimio Okamoto

Christopher J Mampe

Masanori Watanabe

Kozo Kusumoto

Kenneth M Hartlaub

Charles Griever, Jr

Stephen Russell

Takao Toyoshima

Nobuyuki Inami

Jason Wendling

The automobile door sash structure includes a mall assembly body including a mall and a run channel which are assembled into a single unit. The run channel includes: an inner wall part which forms the inner wall of a rail part in collaboration with a window frame main body; and a bottom part which forms a bottom portion of the rail part in collaboration with the window frame main body. A total dimension of a dimension of the inner wall part in a frame inside-outside direction and a dimension of the bottom part in a vehicle inside-outside direction is set longer than a dimension of the window frame main body in the frame inside-outside direction.

Automobile door sash structure

A vehicle door sash structure includes a holding unit. The holding unit includes a guide locking portion arranged in a region of a run channel opposed in a vehicle inner-outer direction to a tip end rim of an inner beam portion in a state of temporary attachment after completion of attachment of a molding to an outer beam portion. The guide locking portion is inclined in a direction to guide the run channel to a position of completion of attachment while coming into contact with the tip end rim of the inner beam portion by an input of an attachment force in a direction to attach the molding to the run channel in the state of temporary attachment.

Vehicle door sash structure

A hinge mechanism has: a structure side hinge member including a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion, wherein the structure side hinge member is attached to a structural body via the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion; an opening and closing side hinge member attached to an opening and closing body; and a pivot structure that pivotably supports the structure side hinge member and the opening and closing side hinge member so that the structure side hinge member and the opening and closing side hinge member are allowed to pivot relative to each other. The structure side hinge member is made of a single plate-like member. The pivot structure is located between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion.

Hinge mechanism

A cap assembly for a vehicle includes a base and a cap pivotally mounted to the base. The base can define a recess for receiving a component therein to be captured by the cap. The cap is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The cap includes a locking feature that maintains the cap in the locked position and urges the cap to the locked position when nearly in the locked position. When the cap is in the locked position, the component is locked within the recess. When the cap is in the unlocked position, the component is removable from the recess.

Cap assembly for vehicle

A vehicle door handle device for attaching to a door panel for operating a door latching device and a door locking device comprises an operation handle and a lock knob. The operation handle operates the latching device to unlatch and open the door. The lock knob operates the locking device to lock and unlock the door. An open cable links the operation handle to the latching device. A lock cable links the lock knob to the locking device. An inner handle housing houses the operation handle and the lock knob. The handle housing includes a cable support part defining a first space for receiving an end portion of the open cable, and a second space for receiving an end portion of the lock cable. The cable support part is configured to prevent one of the end portion of the open cable and the end portion of the lock cable from being received in one of the first space and the second space.

Vehicle door inner handle cable connection

A door assembly for a vehicle comprises a vehicle door having an outside door panel, and a handle that is moveably mounted to the vehicle door. A latch actuator is operatively connected to the handle. Movement of the handle moves the latch actuator to an open position to allow opening of the door. An internal door part is connected to the outside door panel. The internal door part includes a contact area internally offset from the outside door panel. A counterbalancing member is cooperatively associated with the handle. During a crash condition causing deformation of the door and intrusion of the handle, the counterbalancing member engages the contact area of the internal door part to prevent the handle from moving the latch actuator to the open position.

Device for prevention of door opening during roll-over

A window opening device for use in an automobile door. The device including a motor having a drive gear comprised of a tooth region and a head region. The diameter of the head region is greater than the diameter of the tooth region. A sector gear engages the tooth region and the head region overlaps the sector gear. A first lever arm has a drive end engaging the sector gear and a window end engaging a window. The motor is secured to a body plate configured for mounting to a door. The body plate includes an opening through which the drive gear passes to facilitate engagement with the sector gear.

Window regulator assembly including a mechanism for securing a lift arm to a drive mechanism

An automotive vehicle comprising a body panel including a flange defining an opening. The opening is shaped to receive a component selected from a door, a trunk or a tailgate. The component includes a main body panel and an interior lining having a substantially coplanar region facing the flange when the component is in a closed position. An elongated resilient sealing member is secured to the coplanar region of the component. The sealing member includes a base engaging the interior lining and a tubular body projecting from said base opposite the lining. An arm extends from an edge of the base and overlaps the interior lining.

Automotive vehicle passage seal

A suspension device in which a knuckle for supporting a wheel is supported by arms and a damper is connected to the knuckle. A suspension device () is configured in such a manner that the intersection () between a line extended from an elastic kingpin axis () of a rear wheel () and a road surface () is located on the rear side, relative to the vehicle, of the ground contact center () of the rear wheel. The elastic kingpin axis is tilted forward relative to the vehicle and is disposed below the rotation center () of the rear wheel in the vertical direction. A lower connection section () of a damper () is provided on a line () drawn in substantially the vertical direction from the rotation center of the rear wheel. A damper axis () is tilted inward in the width direction of the vehicle and tilted forward relative to the vehicle.

Suspension device

An automobile vehicle including a vehicle body having a passage receiving a door. A plurality of sealing elements are located between the door and the vehicle body. A first sealing element having a resilient surface portion and a relatively more rigid body portion shaped to engage a body flange is provided to seal an upper region of the passage. A second sealing element comprising a resilient section and a mating section adapted to mate with a door panel is provided and cooperates with the vehicle body to seal the lower region of the passage.

Automotive vehicle door seal

A door structure of a vehicle, in which between the outer surfaces of a first garnish at a first door and a second garnish at a second door, a garnish gap, which joins a door gap between the door, is provided; the first door has a first garnish attachment part, and at an end of this part, the end facing the second door, an expanded part is provided, which protrudes toward the second door; the second door has a second garnish attachment part, and at an end of this part, the end facing the first door, a recessed part is provided, which is recessed in a direction away from the first door; and with respect to the garnish gap, a door joint between the first garnish attachment part and the second garnish attachment part is offset toward the second door in a direction in which the doors are arranged.

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Columbus, OH, United States of America

Masatoshi Mori