Patent ID: 7793464
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: B60J,E05B,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A multifunctional support for a motor vehicle having a vehicle longitudinal axis, the multifunctional support comprising: a retaining section configured to fasten to an assembly support of a door of the motor vehicle; an elongated window guide connected to the retaining section for guiding a window pane; and fastening points configured for fastening a door lock to the multifunctional support; wherein the retaining section is connected to the window guide along a longitudinally extended subsection of the window guide, the longitudinally extended subsection having two terminal zones and extends generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said window guide between the two terminal zones; wherein the retaining section is connected substantially rigidly to the window guide in one of the terminal zones of the longitudinally extended subsection and the retaining section is connected flexibly to the window guide in the other of the terminal zones of the longitudinally extended subsection; wherein the flexible connection in the other terminal zone of the subsection comprises at least one deformable region, the deformable region being deformable in a direction generally parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis and thus enabling a displacement of the retaining section relative to the window guide along the vehicle longitudinal axis and perpendicular to direction of the subsection between the two terminal zones of the subsection; and wherein the retaining section and the window guide are formed as a unitary continuous one-piece part.