Patent ID: 7559599
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: B60J,B60R,B62D,E05B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door structure for a vehicle having a door frame, the vehicle door structure comprising: a door being sized and shaped to mount in the door frame and having an interior for facing into the vehicle and an edge surface in opposed relationship to the frame when the door is closed, the edge surface including sheet metal; an interior door panel including a substrate mounted on the interior of the door, an edge portion of said substrate being adjacent the sheet metal, and a flexible skin interiorly overlying said substrate to define an interior surface for the door, the skin extending from the door interior, over the edge portion, and onto the sheet metal; and a striker bezel mounted to the sheet metal, the striker bezel having an undersurface overlying the skin and in contact therewith, such that the skin is interposed between the undersurface and the sheet metal.