Multimatic Patents

Structural Door Module

Inventor: Larry Holt, Sandford, Canada Date of Patent: Mar. 23, 1995 Patent Number: 5,417,470 United States Patent

A structural module (hardware cassette) is provided suitable for use in the assembly of a vehicle door. The module includes a latch mounting member, a pair of door hinge assembly components (a lower door hinge component and an upper door hinge component) vertically spaced from one another when mounted in a vehicle, and tubes connecting the hinge components to the latch mounting member, one tube connecting the upper hinge to the latch mounting member and extending substantially from the upper hinge component to the latch mounting member when mounted in the vehicle and a pair of laterally spaced tubes connecting the lower hinge component and the latch mounting member.