Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock

Teruo Yamazaki

Edward William Bach

Masahiro Ishikawa

Hirokazu Matsuura

Matthew Weyand Schmitt

Takashi Ogawa

Tadashi Saitou

Katsuya Ashizawa

Aaron Heller

Nathan D Roy

Noriyuki Toshitsuna

A vehicle sashless door sealing assembly, fastening assembly and method include an elongated structural member, a garnish member, and a door seal retainer disposed below the garnish assembly for holding a window pane door seal. The fastening assembly, which secures the garnish member and the door seal retainer to the elongated structural member, includes a collar having a radial flange portion interposed between the door seal retainer and an exterior surface of the garnish member and having an axial neck portion extending from the radial flange portion into a garnish aperture defined in the garnish member. The fastening assembly further includes a fastener received through a fastener aperture defined in the door seal retainer, through a fastener aperture defined in the collar and through a fastener aperture defined in the elongated structural member to thereby secure the garnish member and the door seal retainer to the elongated structural member.

Sashless door sealing assembly, fastening assembly and method

A door checker assembly includes a checker housing secured to the door. An elongated checker arm is dimensioned for and slidingly received through the checker housing so that a first end is received in the door and a second end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle. An elongated cover is received in the door that overlies and extends along substantially an entire length of the checker arm for blocking water from falling thereon. The cover has a mounting portion at one end that is fastened between the checker housing and an inner face of the door with the same fasteners that secure the checker housing. The cover is preferably a stamped metal structure.

Vehicle door checker

In a vehicle door outer handle device, an inwardly recessed housing recess is provided in a base member fixed to a vehicle door; an outer handle having an operation portion is pivotably supported on the base member while being able to pivot to an operated position in accordance with pulling of the operation portion and being spring-biased toward a non-operated position side, at least part of the operation portion being disposed in the housing recess; and a cylinder lock is mounted on the base member so that a key hole is covered at least in a state in which the outer handle is in the non-operated position. In the outer handle device, a cover member is detachably mounted on the base member so as to cover the key hole, the cover member being formed as a separate body from the outer handle so as to form part of the housing recess while forming a design surface of the base member. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle door outer handle device that makes it difficult for the position of a cylinder lock to be identified.

Vehicle door outer handle device

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Teruo Yamazaki