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 vehicle includes a vehicle body and a vehicle door connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle door includes an interior trim panel including an upper board and an ornament member that is connected to an interior surface of the upper board. The ornament member has a front edge, a rear edge and side edges that extend from the front edge to the rear edge. The ornament member includes an interference member that extends outwardly from at least one of the front edge, the rear edge and the side edges and extends under the upper board to interface with the upper board during a side impact event.

A door-trim panel for a vehicle includes an armrest and a top roll extending upwardly from the armrest to an upper end. The upper end has an inboard portion and an outboard portion and the upper end is elongated along a longitudinal axis. The top roll includes pairs of ribs spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis. The pairs of ribs include an inboard rib extending from the inboard portion toward the outboard portion to an outboard end. The pairs of ribs include an outboard rib adjacent to and spaced from the inboard rib of that pair. The outboard rib extends from the outboard portion toward the inboard portion to an inboard end of the outboard rib. The inboard ribs and outboard ribs are elongated transverse to the longitudinal axis. The inboard end and the outboard end are spaced from the inboard portion of the top roll.

A method for producing a product including a composite fiber part and a second part, wherein the second part includes a carrier part, wherein the carrier part is a replica of a press tool configured to be heated and to apply a pressure, the method including applying, in a non-cured state, the composite fiber part on the carrier part, arranging the carrier part including the composite fiber part on the press tool, curing the composite fiber part on the carrier part, and removing the product from the press tool, wherein after removal from the press tool the composite fiber part and the carrier part constitutes together at least a part of the finished product. Also disclosed is a composite fiber product including a composite fiber part and a second part.

Provided are electrical harness assemblies and methods of forming such harness assemblies. A harness assembly comprises a conductor trace, comprising a conductor lead with a width-to-thickness ratio of at least 2. This ratio provides for a lower thickness profile and enhances heat transfer from the harness to the environment. In some examples, a conductor trace may be formed from a thin sheet of metal. The same sheet may be used to form other components of the harness. The conductor trace also comprises a connecting end, monolithic with the conductor lead. The width-to-thickness ratio of the connecting end may be less than that of the conductor trace, allowing for the connecting end to be directly mechanically and electrically connected to a connector of the harness assembly. The connecting end may be folded, shaped, slit-rearranged, and the like to reduce its width-to-thickness ratio, which may be close to 1.

A sliding door (12) for a vehicle (1) comprises an outer panel (21) defining an outer side surface of the vehicle, and an inner panel (22) joined to the outer panel along an outer periphery thereof, and having a central part spaced from the outer panel (21) on an inboard side of the outer panel. The inner panel includes a first inner wall portion (41, 51) extending forward from a rear edge of the inner panel and having a major plane facing laterally, and a second inner wall portion (42, 52) extending in an inboard direction from a front end of the first inner wall portion and having a major plane facing in a fore and aft direction, and a light emitter (81) or a reflector (91) is affixed to a rear surface of the second inner wall portion so as to irradiate light rearward.

A vehicle door structure includes an outer door panel made of resin, etc. The outer door panel has an attenuated portion. The attenuated portion is provided along a boundary line that divides the outer door panel into at least a first region that includes the outer door handle and other regions.

A vehicle door (1) has a door frame (2) and a door trim panel (3) connected to the door frame (2). The door trim panel (3) accommodates flexible spacers (4) that make contact with planar portions of the door frame (2). Each spacer (4) has a ribbed structure (11) in the region of contact with the door frame (2). The vehicle door (1) ensures satisfactory contact between the attached door trim panel (3) and the door frame (2), even when there are frame tolerances.

Provided are electrical harness assemblies and methods of forming such harness assemblies. A harness assembly comprises a conductor trace, comprising a conductor lead with a width-to-thickness ratio of at least 2. This ratio provides for a lower thickness profile and enhances heat transfer from the harness to the environment. In some examples, a conductor trace may be formed from a thin sheet of metal. The same sheet may be used to form other components of the harness. The conductor trace also comprises a connecting end, monolithic with the conductor lead. The width-to-thickness ratio of the connecting end may be less than that of the conductor trace, allowing for the connecting end to be directly mechanically and electrically connected to a connector of the harness assembly. The connecting end may be folded, shaped, slit-rearranged, and the like to reduce its width-to-thickness ratio, which may be close to 1.

A door of a vehicle may include a first door module forming a door skeleton; a second door module coupled with the first door module and forming a door window; and a door frame coupled to the first door module and engaged with the second door module; wherein the second door module may include a relatively lightweight material as compared to the first door module, reducing weight and cost of the door for a vehicle.