Window for a motor vehicle door

• US 4,875,307 A
• Filed: 09/14/1988
• Issued: 10/24/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FIAT Auto SPA Corso Giovanni Agnelli 200 10135 Torino Italy An Italian Joint Stock Company
• Original Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
• Inventors: Barbero, Mario
• Primary Examiner(s): KANNAN, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US07/244,272
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 49/374, 49/375, 49/376, 49/377, 49/440, 49/441, 49/502, 49/488
• US Class Current: 49/374
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/24 having tubular parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/79 for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame

Abstract

The rear edge of the glass of a window for a motor vehicle door is provided with two appendages which are guided for sliding in a channel formed in a weather strip fixed to the window frame. This weather strip has an auxiliary portion which ensures the seal between the door frame and the glass and the seal between the door frame and the body of the motor vehicle. The arrangement is such that the outer surface of the glass is flush with the surfaces of the bodywork adjacent the glass.

Claims

1. A window for a motor vehicle door, comprising a frame (3) defining a window opening and a pane of glass (4) guided vertically in the frame (3) and arranged so that, when it is in the raised position, its outer surface is substantially flush with the adjacent surfaces of the bodywork of the motor vehicle, wherein the rear edge of the glass is provided with two appendages (5) which are guided for sliding in a channel (6) formed in a weather strip (7) fixed to the window frame (3) and having an auxiliary portion (7a) which serves both as the seal between the glass (4) and the door frame (3) and as the seal between the door frame (3) and the body of the motor vehicle.

2. A window according to claim 1, wherein each appendage (5) has a body of plastics material moulded onto the inner surface of the glass (4).

3. A window according to claim 1, wherein each appendage (5) is substantially L-shaped in section, and in that the channel (6) for guiding the appendages (5) has a corresponding section.

4. A window according to claim 1, wherein the part of the weather strip (7) in which the channel (6) is formed is fixed in a seat (8) in the window frame (3), and in that the auxiliary portion (7a) of the weather strip (7) is anchored to a flange (3a) of the frame (3).