Patent ID: 8622458
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door, forming a tailgate, wherein said vehicle door comprises a window glass and a support element extending said window glass, said support element comprising: means for fastening said vehicle door to a body-in-white of a vehicle, and means for fastening said window glass to said support element, said means for fastening said window glass being situated at a bottom end edge of said support element and co-operating with a top end edge of said window glass; said support element comprising a part that supports said means for fastening said vehicle door to said body-in-white of said vehicle, said part including, at a bottom end edge, said means for fastening said window glass, said part having no other means for fastening said window glass; wherein said support element pivots between open and closed positions when said vehicle door is moved between open and closed positions, respectively; said part providing a frame member that is the only frame member that supports said window glass and that extends only across a substantial width of said top end edge of said window glass.