PROFILE STRIP FOR THE MOUNTING SUPPORT OF FIXEDLY INSTALLED PANES

• US 3,815,303 A
• Filed: 04/21/1972
• Issued: 06/11/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hermann Ziegler
• Original Assignee: Hermann Ziegler
• Inventors: Ziegler, Hermann
• Primary Examiner(s): Perham, Alfred C.
• Application Number:
  US05/246,180
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 52/397-400,393,99
• US Class Current: 52/99
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/18 provided with reinforcements or inserts
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/20 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/70 specially adapted for windows or windscreens

Abstract

A profile strip serving for the mounting support of fixedly installed panes, especially of windshield panes in motor vehicles, which is provided with two mutually oppositely directed, mutually offset grooves for accommodating the edge of the pane and the edge flange of the frame for the pane; inherently rigid clamp-like mounting brackets are thereby embedded in an elastic profile body which overlap the grooves and which interengage hook-like in a joint-point to permit bending of the profile body about this joint-point during the installation.

Claims

1. A profile strip serving for the mounting support of fixedly installed panes, especially of windshield panes in motor vehicles, which is provided with two mutually oppositely directed and mutually offset grooves for mounting a pane edge and an edge flange of a frame means for the pane, characterized in that mounting bracket means are embedded in an elastic profile body means, said mounting bracket means overlapping the grooves and interengaging hook-like in a joint-point, characterized in that the profile body means are bendable about said joint-point for the installation of the pane, characterized in that the mounting bracket means are inherently rigid, characterized in that a first of said mounting bracket means is formed for the overlap of the mounting groove for the edge of the pane and a second of said mounting bracket means is formed for the overlap of the mounting groove for the edge flange of the frame means and, characterized in that one leg portion of each mounting bracket means is constructed as Hook for the interengagement in said joint-point, the inner sides of said hooks being approximately parallel in the installed position of the profile strip and being at such an angle to the surface of the pane that in the loaded condition of the pane a sliding of the hooks, one into the other, is effected.

2. A profile strip according to claim 1, characterized in that a second leg portion of the first mounting bracket means overlaps relatively far the mounting groove for the pane and is bent off in its end section toward the pane.

3. A profile strip according to claim 2, characterized in that a second leg portion of the second mounting bracket means overlaps relatively far the mounting groove for the edge flange of the frame means and is bent off toward the same.

4. A profile strip according to claim 3, characterized in that the joint-point constituted by the hook-like interengagement of the mounting bracket means is arranged outside of the effective lines of force transmitted in the loaded condition from the pane to the profile strip.

5. A profile strip according to claim 4, characterized in that the profile body means is provided with aperture means between the mounting grooves.

6. A profile strip according to claim 5, characterized in that the aperture means is a hollow space.

7. A profile strip according to claim 5, characterized in that the aperture means is a recess.

8. A profile strip for fixedly supporting a windshield pane at an edge flange of a windshield frame;

said profile strip comprising;

an elastic profile body means, a first groove means formed in said profile body means for clampingly engaging an edge portion of a windshield pane, a second groove means formed in said profile body means for clampingly engaging an edge flange of a windshield frame, a first relatively rigid reinforcing mounting bracket embedded in said profile body means in overlapping reinforcing relationship with respect to said first groove means, and a second relatively rigid reinforcing mounting bracket embedded in said profile body means in overlapping reinforcing relationship with respect to said second groove means, said first bracket including a first hook portion, said second bracket including a second hook portion, said first and second brackets being positioned in said profile body means with a surface of said first hook portion in facing relationship to a surface of said second hook portion such that forces on one of said brackets are transferred to the other of said brackets by way of said hook portions, said profile body means being substantially more flexible than either of said first and second bracket at least in the area of a joint-point adjacent said hook portions for accommodating bending of said profile body means about said joint-point with said brackets in their respective embedded positions during installation and removal of a windshield, characterized in that one leg portion of each bracket is constructed as said hook portion for the interengagement in said joint-point, the facing surfaces of said hook portions being approximately parallel in the installed position of the profile strip and being at such an angle to the surface of the pane that in the loaded condition of the pane a sliding of the hook portions, one into the other, is effected.

9. A profile strip serving for the mounting support of fixedly installed panes, especially of window panes in motor vehicles, which is provided with two mutually oppositely directed and mutually offset grooves for mounting a pane edge and an edge flange of a frame means for the pane, characterized in that mounting bracket means are imbedded in an elastic profile body means, said mounting bracket means overlapping the grooves and interengaging hook-like in a joint-point, and the profile body means being bendable about said joint-point for the installation of the pane, characterized in that the mounting bracket means are made in one piece with a connection at the hooks adApted to be broken in case of bending thereof.

10. A profile strip for fixedly supporting a windshield pane at an edge flange of a windshield frame;

said profile strip comprising;

an elastic profile body means, a first groove means formed in said profile body means for clampingly engaging an edge portion of a windshield pane, a second groove means formed in said profile body means for clampingly engaging an edge flange of a windshield frame, a first relatively rigid reinforcing mounting bracket embedded in said profile body means in overlapping reinforcing relationship with respect to said first groove means, and a second relatively rigid reinforcing mounting bracket embedded in said profile body means in overlapping reinforcing relationship with respect to said second groove means, said first bracket including a first hook portion, said second bracket including a second hook portion, said first and second brackets being positioned in said profile body means with a hook surface of said first hook portion in facing relationship to a hook surface of said second hook portion, said hook surfaces being at such an angle with respect to one another and to said first groove means that forces acting on a windshield pane supported by said first groove means are transmitted between said first and second brackets by way of said hook surfaces on said first and second hook portions, wherein portions of said profile body means are interposed between the respective hook surfaces of said hook portions for accommodating bending of said profile means about a bending joint-point located between said facing surfaces with said brackets in their respective embedded positions during installation and removal of a windshield pane from said profile strip.

11. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that a leg portion of the first bracket overlaps relatively far the first groove means and is bent off in its end section toward the pane.

12. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that a leg portion of the second bracket overlaps relatively far the second groove means for the edge flange of the frame means and is bent off toward the same.

13. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that the joint-point constituted by the hook-like interengagement of the mounting bracket means is arranged outside of the effective lines of force transmitted in the loaded condition from the pane to the profile strip.

14. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that the profile body means is provided with aperture means between the groove means for facilitating bending of the profile body means and insertion of the pane and edge flange in the groove means.

15. A profile strip according to claim 14, characterized in that the aperture means is a hollow space.

16. A profile strip according to claim 14, characterized in that the aperture means is a recess.

17. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that the brackets are constructed as continuous bars extending at least over a portion of the circumference of the pane.

18. A profile strip according to claim 17, characterized in that the brackets are constructed as continuous bars extending over the entire circumference of the pane.

19. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that the brackets are embedded in the profile body means as relatively short bracket sections at mutual spacings.

20. A profile strip according to claim 10, characterized in that apertures are provided in leg portions of the brackets which are arranged mutually offset in the longitudinal direction and which extend up to a relatively narrow back web.

21. A profile strip according to claim 10, wherein said first and second groove means are oppositely facing and are mutually offset from one another.

22. A profile strip according to claim 21, wherein said joint-point is located outwardly of the bottom of said first groove means.

23. A profiLe strip according to claim 21, wherein said first bracket includes a leg portion extending adjacent one side of said first groove means, said hook portion of said first bracket being on the other side of said first groove means in facing relationship to said leg portion, and wherein said second bracket includes a leg portion extending adjacent one side of said edge flange, said hook portion of said second bracket being on the other side of said second groove means in facing relationship to said leg portion of said second bracket.

24. A profile strip according to claim 10, wherein said edge flange is a fixed part of an automotive vehicle windshield frame, and wherein said profile strip supports a windshield pane in said vehicle windshield frame.

25. A profile strip according to claim 10, wherein each of said brackets are spaced from said groove means and from exterior surfaces of said profile body means such that both said windshield pane and said edge flange are abuttingly engaged by portions of said profile body means.

26. A profile strip according to claim 25, characterized in that the brackets are constructed as continuous bars extending at least over a portion of the circumference of the pane.

27. A profile strip according to claim 26, characterized in that the brackets are constructed as continuous bars extending over the entire circumference of the pane.

28. A profile strip according to claim 26, characterized in that apertures are provided in leg portions of the brackets which are arranged mutually offset in the longitudinal direction and which extend up to a relatively narrow back web.

29. A profile strip according to claim 25, characterized in that the brackets are embedded in the profile body means as relatively short bracket sections at mutual spacings.

30. A profile strip according to claim 29, characterized in that apertures are provided in leg portions of the brackets which are arranged mutually offset in the longitudinal direction and which extend up to a relatively narrow back web.

31. A profile strip according to claim 30, characterized in that the brackets are made in one piece with a weakened connection at the hook portion adapted to be broken in case of bending thereof.

32. A profile strip according to claim 28, characterized in that the brackets are made in one piece with a weakened connection at the hooks portions adapted to be broken in case of bending thereof.

33. A profile strip according to claim 25, wherein said first and second groove means are oppositely facing and are mutually offset from one another.

34. A profile strip according to claim 33, wherein said joint-point is located outwardly of the bottom of said first groove means.