Design and Development of a Generic Door Hardware Module Concept

This paper documents the design methodology, part performance, and economic considerations for a generic hardware module applied to a front passenger-car door. Engineering thermoplastics (ETPs), widely used in automotive applications for their excellent mechanical performance, design flexibility, and parts integration, can also help advance the development of modular door-hardware systems. Implementation of these hardware carriers is being driven by pressures to increase manufacturing efficiencies, reduce mass, lower part-count numbers, decrease warranty issues, and cut overall systems costs. In this case, a joint team from GE Plastics, Magna-Atoma International/Dortec, and Excel Automotive Systems assessed the opportunity for using a thermoplastic door hardware module in a current mid-size production vehicle. Finite-element analysis showed that the thermoplastic module under study withstood the inertial load of the door being slammed shut at low, room, and elevated temperatures.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/980999
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Hoff, Todd
  • Madej, John
  • Goral, Tom
  • Ryntz, Chuck
  • Ludvik, Ana
  • Cicala, Bob
  • Hartig, Steve
• Conference:
  • International Congress & Exposition
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1998-2-23 to 1998-2-26
• Publication Date: 1998-1-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Doors (Vehicles); Downsizing; Finite element method; Parts; Plastics; Production; Thermoplastic materials; Vehicle components
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01792234
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 980999
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Dec 9 2021 10:12AM