Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090205187 | Encapsulated window assembly with integral seal and method of installing game - A encapsulated window assembly may be fixed or movable upon installation into an opening in a vehicle body, particularly a vehicle roof. In order to keep air, water and/or dirt from entering the passenger compartment of the vehicle, an integral seal is molded onto a dielectric substrate material. The seal, upon installation of the assembly into the vehicle body opening, effectively closes the gap between the edge of the window assembly and the sheet metal surrounding the body opening, without the need for a post-applied seal, for example, a preformed bulb seal. | 08-20-2009 |
20090241426 | VERTICAL DROP VEHICLE SLIDER ASSEMBLY - A partial and a full drop vertical vehicle slider assembly are provided that do not require a horizontal beltline support member. For the partial drop assembly, two fixed panels each with a division member, an upper header member, and a horizontal vehicle body opening edge abut to form the slider panel opening. For the full drop assembly, an upper header member, two upper slider assembly side members, and a horizontal vehicle body opening edge abut one another to form a slider panel opening. In both cases, the horizontal vehicle body opening edges have seals attached, through which a slider panel vertically slides up and spans the vertical extent of the slider panel opening to close the slider assembly, and slides down into the vehicle body to open the slider panel opening. In the case of the full drop assembly, unimpaired backlite viewing is provided. | 10-01-2009 |
20100071270 | VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A flush-flush horizontal vehicle window assembly is provided that includes a sliding panel with guide pins, formed with a load-bearing shoulder, on sliding panel corners, and a frame defining a window opening. The frame is attached to two fixed panels. Upper/lower tracks are attached above/below the window opening. Each track has a leading and a trailing guide path formed through a surface of the respective tracks, where the pins partially project into the guide paths and where load-bearing shoulder surfaces smoothly and reliably slide on the track surfaces. Each leading guide path is āSā shaped and each trailing guide path is shaped in a perpendicular manner at one end, which causes the sliding panel to smoothly enter and seal the window opening in a flush manner. An aesthetically pleasing flush-flush slider results when the sliding panel is in the plane of the window opening and further in the plane of the outer vehicle body panel. | 03-25-2010 |
20110042848 | METHOD OF MAKING A MOLDED TRIM ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a method of making a molded trim assembly for a vehicle, which trim assembly has a molded polymeric frame with a bright trim piece integrally molded therein, which integral assembly is molded onto a vehicle window and can thereafter be installed in an opening in the vehicle body. | 02-24-2011 |
20110117370 | ITEM OF HARDWARE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND BONDING SAME - The present application describes and claims an item of hardware suitable for bonding to a substrate such as a vehicle glazing. The item of hardware of the invention helps to ensure that the adhesive applied is effectively contained and utilized for its intended purpose. A preferred type of adhesive is also described and claimed. | 05-19-2011 |
20120205940 | ENCAPSULATED VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH INTERLOCKING SEAL AND METHOD OF BONDING SAME IN VEHICLE BODY OPENING - An encapsulated vehicle window assembly has, as a component thereof, a polymeric seal member surrounding at least a peripheral portion of a transparent glass substrate, the polymeric seal having interlocking portions. A method of installing the encapsulated vehicle window assembly in a vehicle body opening is also an aspect of the invention. | 08-16-2012 |
20130224391 | METHOD OF CONDITIONING AN APPLICATOR TIP AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of conditioning an applicator tip for subsequent use in uniformly applying an adhesion-promoting primer material to a glass vehicle window, and the device for accomplishing such conditioning of the applicator tip are aspects of the invention. | 08-29-2013 |
20140183181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY USING INDUCTION SOLDERING - Induction soldering via an assembly fixture is utilized to bond one or more items of hardware to a vehicle window to form a vehicle window assembly. A method of operating the assembly fixture to bond the one or more items of hardware to a vehicle window by induction soldering is also an aspect of the invention. | 07-03-2014 |