Conventional direct glazing

US5885670A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Saar-Gummiwerk GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Paul Kientz · Wadern, DE
• Andreas Schafer · Hohenahr, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31601
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The Conventional Direct Glazing invention concerns a process for securing fixed panes of inorganic or organic glass to vehicles or parts thereof, in which flexible structural components and or sealing strips are prefitted by a weld strip between them and the pane by thermally activating the weld strip and thus producing a seaming effect on the pane, and pane modules thus produced. A pane module thus produced can subsequently be conventionally fitted to the coachwork on the assembly line using fitting strings without any further auxiliaries and working process. Owing to the material used for the flexible structural component and or sealing strip, the sealing quality corresponds to that of direct glazing. If the residual heat from the manufacture of the pane is used as the activation heat for the sealing strip, considerable economies are achieved in the manufacturing process for the pane module.