A structural member for automobiles to be disclosed includes a press formed product. The press formed product includes two vertical wall sections and a top plate section that joins the two vertical wall sections to each other. At least part of the top plate section is provided with a protruding section that is a steel sheet extending from the top plate section and so folded over against itself as to protrude. The protruding section protrudes from the top plate section toward the interior of the press formed product and extends along the longitudinal direction of the press formed product. With the thus configured structural member, a structural member for automobiles that has a good characteristic in a three-point bending test is provided.

The vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel which has a rocker sill area and a beltline area. A reinforcement member, which is made of one or more pieces, is attached with the outer panel along at least a portion of an outer periphery of the outer panel. The door assembly further includes a module which is made as a single integral piece and is fixedly attached with the reinforcement member. The module has an inner beltline reinforcement and supports a pair of window channels and a window regulator for controllably raising and lowering a window between an open position and a closed position.

According to one embodiment, a clip is assembled to an inner member in a state where the clip penetrates through a through-hole of the inner member. The through-hole penetrates between a bottom surface of a recessed part and an inner surface in the inner member, in other words, between front and rear surfaces of the inner member. This configuration enables a part where the inner member holds the clip to be formed relatively thicker. Thus, strength of a connection part of the clip and the inner member can be further enhanced.

A measuring device (1) for measuring a preload of a frameless door windowpane (2) of a vehicle (3) includes: a holding device (4) for affixing the measuring device (1) to a door windowpane (2) to be checked; an acceleration measuring unit (5) for recording spatial acceleration data (6, 7, 8) about the movement of the measuring device (1); and a communications interface (9) for operating the measuring device (1) and for reading acceleration data (6, 7, 8).

A vehicle door includes a belt structure and a rigid handle having a rigid base and a rigid outer grip portion. The rigid outer grip portion includes a portion that is spaced apart from the base to form a gap. The base of the handle is rigidly connected to the belt structure whereby the outer grip portion of the handle does not move relative to the belt structure. The vehicle door may include a powered door opening mechanism that moves a portion of the door away from a vehicle body when actuated.

An embodiment end cover member for an outbelt of a vehicle door includes a cover part configured to cover a portion where an end of the outbelt and an end of a glass run abut each other, an upper body positioned on an upper end of a panel mounted with a window glass, a lower body positioned below the upper body, the lower body including a locking hook locked and fixed to the panel, wherein the upper body and the locking hook vertically grip the panel to be fixed to the panel, and a connection part connecting the upper body to the lower body.

A vehicle sealing assembly includes a vehicle frame defining a frame cavity. A vehicle door has a door trim panel and an inner frame panel that define a door cavity in communication with the frame cavity. An operable window is disposed proximate the door cavity and is operable between open and closed positions. A beltline seal is disposed between the door trim and inner frame panels and in engagement with the operable window in the closed position. A front beltline end piece is integrally formed between a front vertical support of the window and a front end of the beltline seal.

A vehicle door structure includes a mirror retainer having a main body, which is joined to the front end of an outer reinforcement with a part of the main body overlapping with the outer reinforcement. The mirror retainer includes an upper leg, which has a first facing surface facing a lower leg and is joined to the inner panel. The lower leg has a second facing surface facing the upper leg and is joined to the inner panel. A reinforcing member is connected to the first facing surface and at least one of a main body inner surface and the second facing surface so as to reinforce the mirror retainer.

A door inner support panel for a vehicle door assembly includes a header section with a window frame for receiving a windowpane. A shell section is attached to the header section and mounts to a door frame of a body of a vehicle. The shell section has a hardware frame for mounting a hardware module. The hardware frame includes: a mounting interface on the an inboard surface of the shell section for coupling to an outboard surface of the hardware module; a mounting interface on a flanged surface of the shell section for sealingly attaching to a peripheral surface of the hardware module; and a mounting interface on the outboard surface of the shell section for coupling to an inboard surface of the hardware frame. A method of making the door inner support panel is also disclosed.

A curtain device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first shade bar. A first shade roller is disposed within the first shade bar and a hook portion is provided in an upper side of the first shade bar. A first curtain member has a first transmissivity. One end of the first curtain member is rolled into the first shade roller and an opposite end of the first curtain member is exposed to a bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade bar is adjacent the bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade roller is configured to be disposed inside a door body that is formed in a lower portion of the door frame. A second curtain member having a second transmissivity has one end connected to the second shade bar and an opposite end rolled into the second shade roller.