| US 7,490,438 B1 | ||
| Motor vehicle door | ||
| Klaus-Peter Maass, Frankfurt (Germany); Uwe Bergmann, Niederdorfelden (Germany); Arnd G. Herwig, Baunach (Germany); Stefan Jutzi, Braunschweig (Germany); Patrice Cardine, Sully-sur-Loire (France); Rainer Grimm, Frankfurt (Germany); Harald Kollner, Altenstadt (Germany); Klaus-Dieter Strauss, Braunschweig (Germany); Georg Wurm, Bad Homburg (Germany); Daniel Drewniok, Frankfurt (Germany); Patrick Hof, Marburg (Germany); Simon Blair Dobson, Folkestone (United Kingdom); Gregory Keyes, Birmingham (United Kingdom); and Kenneth W. Schang, Plymouth, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Meritor Automotive GmbH, Frankfurt (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 28, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/672,393. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 199 46 307 (DE), filed on Sep. 28, 1999; application No. 200 06 773 U (DE), filed on Apr. 12, 2000; and application No. 200 09 435 U (DE), filed on May 29, 2000. | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 49—502 [49/352] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A motor vehicle door comprising:
an interior sheet metal;
an exterior sheeting;
a hollow interior space formed between said exterior sheeting and said interior sheet metal;
an opening in said interior sheet metal;
a carrier module that closes said opening and carries at least one functional part of the motor vehicle door, said carrier
module including a base plate which closes said opening from inside said hollow interior space; and
an access opening formed at a free edge of said interior sheet metal sized large enough to allow entry of said carrier module
into said hollow interior space.
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