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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Gerritt B. Meyers, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tiffany Beech, Pinckney, MI (US);
Jeff Pehler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerritt B. Meyers, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tiffany Beech, Pinckney, MI (US);
Jeff Pehler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
The vehicle door construction includes a bezel carrying a door release lever and linkage connected by a pair of first attachments to a door trim panel and by a second attachment to a door inner panel. The pair of first attachments includes a collar with an aperture for receiving a fastener to attach the bezel via the collar to the door trim panel. A small tab integrally connects the collar to a main portion of the bezel and defines a rupturable area when force is exerted on the door causing the door trim panel to separate from the door inner panel. The tabs rupture to allow the door trim panel to separate from the door inner panel while maintaining the bezel and the door release lever and linkage fixedly attached to the door inner panel.
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