A vehicle door frame includes a pillar and a bridging member. The bridging member is connected to a lower part of the pillar and extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The pillar and the bridging member are bonded together by a plurality of weld beads. Each of the weld beads is apart from another weld bead and from an extension line of the another weld bead.

A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a side door provided openably and closably in the vehicle body, the side door including at least a first window opening and a second window opening; first window glass provided in a fixed manner in the first window opening of the side door; and second window glass configured to be manually raised and lowered, the second window glass being provided in the second window opening of the side door. The first window opening is placed ahead of the second window opening in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the first window opening has an area larger than an area of the second window opening.

The subject invention includes a fixed window assembly for a vehicle comprising a fixed glass, a trim portion having a polymeric base and a decorative member bonded to the polymeric base. An encapsulation is coupled to the fixed glass and the polymeric base to mount the trim portion in a spaced and adjacent position relative to the fixed glass. A method of manufacturing is also provided using first and second molding apparatuses. Polymeric material is injected into a first mold cavity of the first molding apparatus to form the polymeric base bonded to the decorative member. Polymeric material is injected into a second mold cavity of the second molding apparatus to form the encapsulation coupled to the fixed glass and simultaneously coupled to the polymeric base to mount the trim portion in an adjacent position to the fixed glass.

A device for moving a window glass for a vehicle, may include a glass holder disposed on a door panel for the vehicle and supporting the window glass, and a curved rail guiding vertical movement of the glass holder and curved to form a hinge shaft.

An insert for a run slide for a vehicle window. The insert may be overmoulded to form a connecting wedge between two strands of the run slide. The insert may be formed in one piece and is configured to cooperate with a portion of a vehicle door frame. The insert is further configured to cooperate with a portion of a hubcap to be attached to one of the strands. The insert includes a protruding pin configured to be engaged in a recess of a rabbet of the vehicle door frame to index the insert along an axis X substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the rabbet. The insert is configured to cooperate with the portion of the hubcap to ensure indexing the hubcap along the axis X and along an axis Z perpendicular to X and substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the hubcap.

A vehicle door manufactured at a low cost and providing a flush feeling of a vehicle, wherein a front door includes a door body, a door sash, and door glass, the door sash including a receiving part receiving the door glass, and a molding adjacent to an outside surface of the vehicle body around a door opening, the molding including an outside wall being a wall part at a vehicle outer side of the receiving part, and an inclined wall inclining inward a vehicle as getting closer to a parting line, wherein an outer surface of the outside wall is positioned more outside a vehicle than the parting line, and a distal edge of the inclined wall is positioned more inside a vehicle than the parting line, or included in a tangent plane to the outer surface of the vehicle body near the parting line.

A connecting device for coupling first and second members includes a body having a first leg and a second leg integrally connected to the first leg. The first leg and the second leg are oriented at an angle with respect to each other. A rigid material core extends through both the first leg and the second leg, the core including a first core member integrally connected to a second core member. The first core member is angularly oriented with respect to the second core member such that the core defines a geometric shape. A resilient material sleeve commonly covers the core of both the first leg and the second leg. The first leg is frictionally received in a first member and the second leg is frictionally received in a second member to couple the first member to the second member.

A front door includes: a door body; a door sash configuring a window frame; a window disposed in the window frame; and a pillar having an upper end connected to a front end of an upper sash of the door sash, the upper sash supporting an upper edge of the window, the pillar having a lower portion fixed to the door body. The pillar includes a frame portion extending downward from a connection position between the upper sash and the pillar. A window supporting portion is coupled to the frame portion above the door body so as to extend frontward from the frame portion. The window supporting portion is located more frontward than the frame portion as the window supporting portion is located more downward. A front end of the window is supported by the window supporting portion at a position more frontward than the frame portion.

A method of laser welding a first aluminum workpiece and a second aluminum workpiece arranged to form a lap joint includes forming a laser weld between the first aluminum workpiece and the second aluminum workpiece and forming a lap through weld joint using a weld speed equal to or greater than 10 meters per minute. The laser weld has less than 10% area fraction keyhole voids, for example, less than 5% area fraction keyhole voids and the lap through weld joint can have a flange length of less than 10 mm. The first aluminum workpiece can be an inner workpiece of a halo assembly of a vehicle door, the second aluminum workpiece can be a channel workpiece of the halo assembly and laser welding the inner workpiece to the channel workpiece forms the halo assembly without the use of mechanical fasteners, thereby decreasing weight and costs of the halo assembly.

A frame structure of a vehicle includes: a first member composed of a metal plate, and a second member composed of a metal plate having a thickness thinner than that of the first member, the second member integrally connected to the first member by welding. The connection portion between the first member and the second member has an inclined surface configured to obliquely connect an upper surface of the first member and an upper surface of the second member such that the upper surface of the second member is positioned to be lowered than the upper surface of the first member in a gradual manner.