Window pane for motor vehicles

• US 4,625,459 A
• Filed: 04/01/1985
• Issued: 12/02/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Warner, Hermann
• Primary Examiner(s): KANNAN, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US06/718,508
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 49/488, 49/489, 52/397, 52/400, 52/716, 52/717
• US Class Current: 49/489.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/235 the parts being joined along their longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/78 adjacent to corner pieces, mirror supports or quarter windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/88 mounted on, or integral with, the glass-run seals

Abstract

A window pane for motor vehicles is fastened to the flange of a window frame by means of a retaining member attached to said window pane through cementing, bonding, or the like. The retaining member is also clamped into a recess provided on the window frame by way of a projecting portion formed on a locking member.

To improve retention of the retaining member on the window frame and to add extra stability and rigidity, the retaining member is provided with a recess for a second projecting portion formed on the locking member, and the second projecting member conforms to the contours of the retaining member on the side facing the retaining member.

Claims

1. In an automotive vehicle comprising vehicle body structure including exterior panel means, a window pane and a window frame means located interiorly of said window pane, and inwardly from its side edges,

said window frame means having a flange extending parallel with the window pane and which defines with other portions of said frame means a recess facing in the same direction as the adjacent side edge of the window pane,

a profiled retaining member for supporting said window pane on said frame means so that the window pane is substantially flush with the adjacent panel means of said vehicle, said retaining member having one end which is fixedly joined to said window pane on its interior side and which extends over said flange and has its other end received within said recess of said frame means, the improvement being that said profiled retaining member has a first recess at its other end defined by a bottom and a pair of side surfaces which diverge from each other toward said bottom and has a second recess with diverging side surfaces between said window pane and said flange on said frame, and that said retaining member is clamped in place on said frame by a profiled elastomeric locking member having first and second spaced projections shaped complementary with said first and second recesses of said retaining member and which are snap fittingly received within said first and second recesses, and wherein said elastomeric locking member has a flexible end portion which extends between said side edge of the window pane and said panel means to provide a seal therebetween.

2. In an automotive vehicle as defined in claim 1 and wherein said first and second recesses in said retaining member and said first and second projections on said locking member respectively extend substantially parallel to each other and to the window pane.

3. In an automotive vehicle as defined in claim 1 and wherein said first and second recesses in the retaining member and said first and second projections on the locking member respectively extend substantially perpendicular to each other.

4. In an automotive vehicle as defined in claim 1 and wherein said retaining member has an end portion extending around an end face of said window pane and wherein said latter end portion and said flexible end portion of the locking member are substantially flush with each other and with the window pane and said exterior panel on said vehicle.

5. In an automotive vehicle as defined in claim 1 and wherein said frame means and window pane are on a door of the automotive vehicle and wherein said flexible end portion of the locking member is substantially flush with said window pane and said exterior panel and serves as a seal between the window pane and frame on the door and said exterior panel of said vehicle.