Window assembly for automotive vehicles

US4417419A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Egbert Rossie · Ingolstadt, DE
• Michael Hahn · San Francisco, US
• Lutz Schemperg · Kipfenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 1980
• Grant date: Nov 29, 1983
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J10/84
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A window-guiding and sealing assembly for use particularly in a door of a passenger-type automotive vehicle having a window frame comprises a guide member directly attached to the window along a substantially vertical edge thereof and projecting into the interior of the vehicle, this guide member being slidably mounted in a vertical guide rail on the vehicle body. A hollow substantially oval sealing strip is integrally formed with a holder having a resilient clip for forming a snap-lock engagement with a flange and a recess along the members of the window frame, the holder having a guide surface on a horizontal portion for facilitating the engagement of an upper part of the window pane and a horizontal section of the sealing strip upon a closing of the window assembly. The holder is further provided along its entire length with an inwardly facing shoulder for engaging another hollow sealing strip attached to the door frame. The sealing strip on the window frame has a lip along its top or horizontal section for bridging the gap between the upper member of the window frame and the door frame.