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Mounting for an automotive window panel

US4987699A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1989
Grant dateJan 29, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 24, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B3/5454
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved mounting system for attaching an automotive window panel to a window regulating mechanism for raising and lowering the window panel as a mounting bracket for connecting the window panel to the window regulating mechanism. The mounting bracket has a horizontal base member and a pair of leg members extending upwardly from the base member, thereby forming a U-shaped channel for receiving a bottom edge of the window panel. Each of the upwardly extending leg members has at least one opening therein for receiving a curable adhesive applied between the bottom edge of the window panel and the mounting bracket to adhesively hold the window panel in the generally U-shaped channel. The curable adhesive flows into the at least one opening to form a supplemental mechanical interlock between the mounting bracket and the window panel upon curing.

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