TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present subject matter described herein, relates to a mounting assembly of a vehicle. More particularly, the present subject matter described herein relates to a mounting assembly to mount a trim quarter upper on body panel along with roof lining of the vehicle. The mounting assembly ensures complete elimination of part deflection problem during mounting and after mounting the trim part. Further, the mounting assembly completely eradicate the sink mark problem which occurs due to injection molding principle.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] In interior of the vehicle, trim quarter upper is mounted on the inner body panel to cover metal or structural sheet. During mounting, emphasis is given to control the gap between the trim quarter upper and the roof lining. This gap may originate due to faulty mounting structure and produce visual defects. A doghouse mounting is provided in the trim quarter upper to facilitate the mounting on the inner body panel. Further, the doghouse mounting also controls the matching between roof lining and the trim quarter upper and minimizes the gap between the trim quarter upper and the roof lining of the vehicle.
[0004] It is easier to mount trim quarter upper on the inner body panel and simultaneously control the matching between roof lining and the trim quarter upper when the body panel has linear contour. But recently this is hardly the case, as with the advancement in designs of automobiles, the design of body panel has

changed significantly and the contour of the body panel is linear at some places while curved at the other.
[0005] The technical problem: when trim quarter upper is arranged on a curved contour, doghouse mountings are required. Also, curved contour in roof lining matching area has tendency to deflect during mounting and as well as after mounting. This hamper proper fitment of trim quarter upper with the body panel. To overcome this problem, several solutions have been provided.
[0006] Referring to figure 1 and figure 2 showing existing arrangement of doghouse mounting to mount trim quarter upper on the body panel. The plurality of doghouses 101, 102 is placed at suitable intervals to mount the trim quarter upper 103 over the body panel. As the trim quarter upper 103 has both linear contour and curved contour, some of the doghouse mountings are placed over linear contour whilst the other are placed over curved contour. The doghouse mounting 101 mounted on the linear contour are similar to the existing doghouses. The doghouse mounting 102 arranged on the curved contour in the trim quarter upper 103 with roof lining matching area has an extended one leg 104. As a result, the contact length of the leg 104 with the trim quarter upper 103 at the connecting point becomes more than half of the thickness of the trim quarter upper 103. This result in the sink marks on the trim quarter upper 103 as per plastic trim design standard and quality defects on the trim quarter upper 103 appears. As an alternative solution, the thickness of the trim quarter upper 103 can be increased to avoid sink marks. But, this adds up more weight to the vehicle and results in higher cost which is not desirable.
[0007] Further, there is no provision provided between the adjacent doghouse mountings to hold the mounted trim quarter upper over the body panel, which creates the gap between the trim quarter upper and the roof lining and makes the mounting assembly weak at some places.
[0008] Hence, there is a need for a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper on the inner body panel along with roof lining without any sink marks and

without increasing the weight of the vehicle and without the danger of improper fitment of trim quarter upper with body panel along with the roof lining.
OBJECTS OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0009] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfy, are listed herein below.
[0010] The principal object of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper with body panel.
[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly which provide proper fitment of trim quarter upper on the body panel with the roof lining.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper which eliminates introduction of sink marks on trim quarter upper.
[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper which eliminates quality defects on the trim quarter upper.
[0014] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper which is less in weight and cost.
[0015] These and other objects and advantages will become more apparent when reference is made to the following description and accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY
[0016] This summary is provided to introduce concepts related to a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper with inner body panel along roof lining. The concepts are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.

[0017] In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper on body panel along roof lining of a vehicle. The mounting assembly includes a plurality of doghouse mountings provided on linear contour and curved contour of the trim quarter upper respectively, wherein the doghouse mounting provided on the curved contour has one of the legs molded with an extending wall.
[0018] In an aspect, the extending wall is perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper.
[0019] In an aspect, the plurality of doghouse mountings provided on both the linear contour and the curved contour of the trim quarter upper are connected to each other through a bridge.
[0020] In an aspect, the curvature of the bridge is in conformity with the curvature of the trim quarter upper.
[0021] In an aspect, ribs are provided in the proximity of the plurality of doghouse mountings to enhance the strength of the mounting assembly.
[0022] In an aspect, the ribs provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting provided on the linear contour of the trim quarter upper are parallel to the legs of the doghouse mounting.
[0023] In an aspect, the ribs provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting provided on the curved contour of the trim quarter upper are parallel to the extending wall of the doghouse mounting.
[0024] In an aspect, the ribs provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting provided on the curved contour of the trim quarter upper are perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper.
[0025] In an aspect, the thickness of the ribs are maintained less than half of the thickness of the trim quarter upper as per the injection molding rule to avoid any quality defects in manufacturing process.

[0026] Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] The illustrated embodiments of the subject matter will be best understood by reference to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals throughout. The following description is intended only by way of example, and simply illustrates certain selected embodiments of devices, systems, and methods that are consistent with the subject matter as claimed herein, wherein:
[0028] Fig. 1 illustrates the existing mounting assembly to mount a trim quarter upper on the body panel along roof lining of a vehicle;
[0029] Fig. 2 illustrates the sectional view of the existing mounting assembly at curved contour of the trim quarter upper;
[0030] Fig. 3 illustrates the doghouse mountings in the mounting assembly to mount a trim quarter upper on the body panel along with roof lining of a vehicle according to one of the embodiments of the present subject matter;
[0031] Fig. 4 illustrates the sectional view of the mounting assembly at curved contour of the trim quarter upper according to one of the embodiments of the present subject matter;
[0032] Fig. 5 illustrates the mounting assembly to mount the trim quarter upper on the body panel along with roof lining of a vehicle according to one of the embodiments of the present subject matter;
[0033] The figures depict embodiments of the present subject matter for the purposes of illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and

methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0034] The detailed description of various exemplary embodiments of the disclosure is described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments are described herein in such details as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of details provided herein is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0035] It is also to be understood that various arrangements may be devised that, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, all statements herein reciting principles, aspects, and embodiments of the present disclosure, as well as specific examples, are intended to encompass equivalents thereof.
[0036] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
[0037] It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions/acts noted may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two figures shown in succession may, in fact, be executed concurrently or may

sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.
[0038] In addition, the descriptions of "first", "second", and the like in the present invention are used for the purpose of description only, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include at least one of the features, either explicitly or implicitly.
[0039] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
[0040] These and other advantages of the present subject matter would be described in greater detail with reference to the following figures. It should be noted that the description merely illustrates the principles of the present subject matter. It will thus be appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise various arrangements that, although not explicitly described herein, embody the principles of the present subject matter and are included within its scope.
[0041] The main objective of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper on the inner body panel along with roof lining.
[0042] The mounting assembly for a trim quarter upper 103 on the body panel along with roof lining includes a plurality of doghouse mountings 101, 301. The doghouse mountings 101, 301 are arranged on the trim quarter upper 103 at suitable intervals. The trim quarter upper 103 covers the body panel, in a way, that the contour of trim quarter upper 103 follows the contour of the body panel. The

contour of the trim quarter upper 103 has linear contour on some places, while, has curved contour on other places.
[0043] Figs. 3 illustrates isometric view of the doghouse mountings 101, 301 of the mounting assembly to mount a trim quarter upper 103 on the body panel along with roof lining of a vehicle according to one of the embodiments of the present subject matter. The plurality of doghouse mountings 101, 301 is placed at suitable intervals to mount the trim quarter upper 103 over the body panel. As the trim quarter upper 103 has both linear contour and curved contour, the doghouse mounting 101 is placed over linear contour whilst the other doghouse mountings
301 is placed over curved contour.
[0044] Figure 3 illustrates a doghouse mounting 101 mounted on linear contour and a doghouse mounting 301 mounted on curved contour. The doghouse mounting 101 mounted on the linear contour is similar to the existing doghouse mounting. The doghouse mounting 301 mounted on the curved contour are advanced doghouse mounting which are different from the existing ones. Figure 4 illustrates sectional view of the doghouse mounting 301 according to one of the embodiments of the present subject matter. The doghouse mounting 301 has its one of the legs 401, 402 molded with an extending wall 302. The extending wall
302 is molded with the doghouse mounting 301such that the extending wall is
perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper 103.
[0045] Referring to Fig. 5 illustrating mounting assembly to mount the trim quarter upper 103 on the body panel along with roof lining of the vehicle, according to one of the embodiment of present subject matter. The doghouse mountings 101, 301 mounted on linear contour and curved contour respectively are connected to each other through a bridge 501. The curvature of the bridge 501 is in conformity with the curvature of the trim quarter upper 103. To enhance the strength of the mounting assembly and to ensure stronghold of the trim quarter upper 103 over the body panel and roof lining, ribs 502, 503 are provided on the bridge 501 in proximity to the doghouse mountings 101, 301.

[0046] The ribs 502 provided in the proximity of the doghouse mountings 101 placed on the linear contour of the trim quarter upper 103 are parallel to the legs 504 and perpendicular to the linear contour. The ribs 503 provided in the proximity of doghouse mounting 301 placed on the curved contour of the trim quarter upper 103 are parallel to the extended wall 302 and perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper 103. The thickness of ribs 502, 503 is maintained less than half of the thickness of the trim quarter upper 103 as per the injection molding rule to avoid any quality defects in manufacturing process.
[0047] The bridge 501 provided between the plurality of doghouse mountings 101, 301 in the mounting assembly as per the present subject matter ensures to eliminate part deflection problem during mounting as well as after assembly. Further, it also eliminates gap between the roof lining and the trim quarter upper 103. This enhances the aesthetics of the vehicle. The strength of the trim quarter upper 103 along the curved surfaces is also increased.
[0048] Furthermore, the provision of extending wall 302 molded together with one of the legs 401, 402 of the doghouse mounting 301 mounted on curved contour of the trim quarter upper 103 eliminates sink marks or quality defects on the trim quarter upper 103.
[0049] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as "open" terms (e.g., the term "including" should be interpreted as "including but not limited to," the term "having" should be interpreted as "having at least," the term "includes" should be interpreted as "includes but is not limited to," etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases "at least one" and "one or more" to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation

by the indefinite articles "a" or "an" limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases "one or more" or "at least one" and indefinite articles such as "a" or "an" (e.g., "a" and/or "an" should typically be interpreted to mean "at least one" or "one or more"); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of "two recitations," without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B, and C, etc." is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B, and C" would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances, where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B, or C, etc." is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B, or C" would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase "A or B" will be understood to include the possibilities of "A" or "B" or "A and B."
[0050] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments,

versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

We claim:
1.A mounting assembly to mount a trim quarter upper (103) on body panel
of a vehicle, the mounting assembly comprises:
a plurality of doghouse mountings (101, 301) provided on linear contour and curved contour of the trim quarter upper (103) respectively, the doghouse mountings (301) provided on the curved contour has one of the legs (401, 402) molded with an extending wall (302), wherein the extending wall (302) is perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper (103).
2.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of doghouse mountings (101, 301) is connected to each other through a bridge (501).
3.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the curvature of the bridge (501) is in conformity with the curvature of the trim quarter upper (103).
4.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein ribs (502, 503) are provided on the bridge (501), in the proximity of the plurality of doghouse mountings (101, 301) to enhance the strength of the mounting assembly.
5.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ribs (502) provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting (101) are parallel to legs (504) of the doghouse mountings (101).
6.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ribs (502) provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting (101) are perpendicular to the linear contour of the trim quarter upper (103).
7.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ribs (503) provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting (301) are parallel to the extending wall (302) of the doghouse mountings (301).
8.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ribs (503) provided in the proximity of the doghouse mounting (301) are perpendicular to the curved contour of the trim quarter upper (103).

9.The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the thickness of the ribs (502, 503) are maintained less than half of the thickness of the trim quarter upper (103).