Automotive door sash construction

• US 6,942,278 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2002
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Kentaro
• Primary Examiner(s): GUTMAN, HILARY L
• Application Number:
  US10/269,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20030071482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 296/146.9, 296/146.2, 494/901, 494/931, 494/751
• US Class Current: 296/146.9
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/70 specially adapted for windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/74 for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/80 specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors for non-fixed roofs B60J10/90
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/04 Door pillars ; windshield pillars

Abstract

An automotive door sash construction has a sash main body attached to a door panel main body, an auxiliary sash provided on the sash main body for holding a corner glass and a reinforcement member disposed along the auxiliary sash. The reinforcement member is disposed either on an passenger compartment side or on a non-passenger compartment side of the auxiliary sash.

Claims

1. An automotive door sash construction comprising:

a sash main body attached to a door panel main body;

an auxiliary sash provided on said sash main body for holding a corner glass; and

a reinforcement member disposed along said auxiliary sash,

wherein said reinforcement member is disposed on either a passenger compartment side or a non-passenger compartment side of said auxiliary sash,

wherein said reinforcement member has a closed cross section, and

wherein said reinforcement member and said auxiliary sash are separate members, and a predetermined gap is provided between said auxiliary sash and said reinforcement member.

2. The automotive door sash construction according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement member is disposed on the passenger compartment side of said auxiliary sash.

3. The automotive door sash construction according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement member is secured to at least one of said sash main body and said door panel main body through welding.

4. The automotive door sash construction according to claim 1, wherein a joint portion between said auxiliary sash and said reinforcement member is covered with a run channel for a door glass provided on said auxiliary sash.

5. The automotive door sash construction according to claim 1, wherein a joint portion between said auxiliary sash and said reinforcement member is covered with a corner glass seal for the corner glass provided on said auxiliary sash.

6. An automotive door sash construction according to claim 1,

wherein said auxiliary sash has a substantially H-shaped cross section defining a front recessed portion in which a corner glass seal is fitted and a rear recessed portion in which a run channel is fitted, and

wherein the width of said auxiliary sash in the longitudinal direction is substantially the same as the width of said reinforcement member.

7. An automotive door sash construction according to claim 6, wherein said reinforcement member has a b-shape cross section.

8. An automotive door sash construction according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary sash defines a first recessed portion holding the corner glass and a second recessed portion for holding a door glass.