Patent ID: 9731581
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B60J,E05B

Claim:
1. A vehicle door for providing access to a vehicle interior, the vehicle door comprising: an outer door panel; an inner door panel connected to the outer door panel defining a door cavity there-between, the inner door panel having an aperture for providing access to the door cavity; a door module mounted to the inner door panel about the aperture by one or more module fasteners, the door module including a first carrier portion having mounted thereon a window regulator as a first functional door hardware component coupled to a window for moving the window up and down, a second carrier portion having mounted thereon a second functional door hardware component, the first carrier portion releasably secured directly to the second carrier portion by one or more carrier fasteners, wherein the second carrier portion with the second functional door hardware component mounted thereon is configured as removable from the inner door panel by releasing the one or more carrier fasteners while maintaining the mounting of the first carrier portion with the first functional door hardware component on the inner door panel by the one or more module fasteners and without any removal of the coupling between the window and the first functional door hardware component; and a first seal member between the door module and the inner door panel for sealing the aperture to inhibit communication of moisture from the cavity to the vehicle interior.