Device for fastening a motor vehicle window, especially a windshield or a rear window

• US 4,659,138 A
• Filed: 09/16/1985
• Issued: 04/21/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Inventors: Winhart, Nikolaus, Gosse, August-Wilhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pedder, Dennis H.
• Application Number:
  US06/776,767
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 296/84 R, 296/84 A, 296/201, 52/208, 52/DIG. 1, 52/766-768, 411/529, 24/701, 74/104, 74/577 SF
• US Class Current: 296/201
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/005 using positioning means during mounting
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/02 arranged at the vehicle front , e.g. structure of the glazing, mounting of the glazing on windscreen mounted antenna wire H01Q1/1271
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18936 Slidable connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/2138 Flexible single tooth

Abstract

A device for fastening a motor vehicle window is detachably connected to the body frame of a motor vehicle. The device is composed of a holding plate attached to the body frame, and a supporting element connected to the holding plate. The lower edge of the window always rests on the supporting element with a relatively large contact area, thereby preventing stress induced breakage. Also included is a control element which adjusts the position of the supporting element relative to the holding plate, thereby allowing the window to be properly positioned along the window plane before fixing it to the body frame by an adhesive.

Claims

1. A device for the fastening of a motor vehicle window to a body frame of a motor vehicle, comprising:

holding plate means firmly connected to said body frame,

supporting means for supporting a lower edge of said window, said supporting means having a width transverse to the vehicle, and

control means interposed between said supported means and said holding plate means for adjusting said supporting means in relation to said holding plate means thereby positioning said window relative to said frame substantially in a direction along a surface plane of the window,

wherein said supporting means is movably adjustable with respect to said holding plate means to provide support to said window over a substantial portion of said width in all adjusted positions of said supporting means.

2. A device according to claim 1, including securing means for detachably fastening at said body frame said holding plate means.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein said holding plate means includes two bearing shafts equipped with heads and said body frame includes openings for passage by said bearing shafts and wherein said securing means is plate-shaped and interposed between said heads and the interior side of said body frame.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said securing means is an insertable spring clip means, said spring clip means having an angular bend leading away from said body frame and used as a handle means.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein said spring clip means includes passage openings for said bearing shafts of said holding plate means, and oblong slots connected to said passage openings, said oblong slots being narrower than said passage openings.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said supporting means, include groove-shaped guideways for receiving said holding plate means.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the ends of said holding plate means project into said guideways and are rounded off in an arc-shaped manner.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein said control means is an eccentric cam, and is disposed between said supporting means and said holding plate means.

9. A device according to claim 1 wherein said supporting means receives a cylindrical head of said control means, and wherein said holding plate means includes a slot-shaped recess for receiving an eccentrically arranged control journal mounted at said head of said control means.

10. A device according to claim 9, including a spring means mounted at said supporting means, and a toothing on the outside surface of said head of said control means, wherein said spring means engages said toothing for permitting rotation in one direction only.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein said head includes a collar and, wherein said toothing of said head includes a continuous indentation for allowing insertion of said head into said supporting means.

12. A device according to claim 1, wherein said control means is a screw threadably received at said holding plate means and connected with said supporting means for adjusting said supporting means relative to said holding plate means.

13. A device according to claim 12, wherein said holding plate means includes a concave seat for interacting with an end of said screw means, wherein said end is convex.

14. A device according to claim 1, wherein said holding plate means and said supporting means are plastic.

15. A device according to claim 1, including an adhesive means for fixing said window to said body frame.

16. A device according to claim 1, wherein said supporting means is pivotably connected to the holding plate means.

17. A device according to claim 1, wherein said motor vehicle window is a windshield.

18. A device according to claim 1, wherein said motor vehicle window is a rear window.