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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Brian T. Thurgate, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
William A. Hardy, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Kevin O'Beirne, Northville, MI (US);
Johnny Rose, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Wasim Ukra, Canton, MI (US);
Rajesh Chennagowni, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Herb Meingast, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes an inner panel including an upper portion defining a window aperture, and a lower portion positioned opposite the upper portion in a vertical direction, and a support assembly coupled to the inner panel, the support assembly including a first torsion member extending along the upper portion of the inner panel in a lateral direction that is transverse to the vertical direction, the first torsion member defining holes extending through the first torsion member, a second torsion member extending along the upper portion of the inner panel toward the first torsion member, the second torsion member defining holes that are aligned with the holes of the first torsion member, and at least one fastener positioned in corresponding aligned holes of the first torsion member and the second torsion member, the at least one fastener coupling the first torsion member to the second torsion member.