Patent ID: 6640500
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A modular door assembly for coupling to a window and an outer door frame and skin of a vehicle door, the modular door assembly comprising:an interior trim panel molded of a polymeric material and having a perimeter defining an interior portion; and a window lift assembly including a frame having a horizontal member and a pair of members depending from said horizontal member and providing structural support directly to the interior portion of the interior trim panel, wherein each of said depending members is only supported by said horizontal member, wherein at least one of said depending members comprises a guide rail for movably guiding the window as the window moves between open and closed positions and wherein one of said depending members is spaced inwardly from a side edge of said trim panel closest to said one of said depending members a distance at least one fourth the overall length of said trim panel.