Patent ID: 7959214

Claim:
A unit carrier for fitting into a door structure of a motor vehicle door, the unit carrier configured to have functional components of the motor vehicle door premounted thereon, so that the unit carrier, together with the functional components, are configured to be fitted as a door module into the door structure, the unit carrier comprising: a first surface of the unit carrier on a door structure side facing the door structure in the fitted state of the unit carrier, and fastening elements protruding from a second surface of the unit carrier opposite the first surface, and engaging in associated fastening points of the door structure when the unit carrier is fitted into the door structure to secure the unit carrier to the door structure, wherein the fastening elements are retained in a mounted position on the unit carrier before fitting the unit carrier into the door structure such that the fastening elements do not protrude from the first surface of the unit carrier on the door structure side, and wherein a through-passage is associated with each of the fastening elements on the unit carrier, wherein each of the fastening elements is movable through the respective through-passage into a fastened position, wherein each of the fastening elements protrudes from the first surface of the unit carrier on the door structure side in the fastened position.