Flush-closing window for motor vehicles and method, guide track system and pin assembly therefor

US8091948B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Atwood Mobile Products, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Smith · Venetia, US
• Todd E. Cripe · Goshen, US
• Bruce L. Drudge · Mishawaka, US
• Darren M. Grumm · Cassopolis, US
• Mark David Mackenzie · Elkhart, US
• Eric Wong · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J1/007
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-pane flush closing window assembly for a vehicle that has a body enclosing a passenger compartment is secured in an opening in the vehicle body by a clamp ring fastened to the interior wall of the vehicle body. The improved window assembly includes at least one fixed sub-assembly and at least one sliding sub-assembly supported by a frame. The fixed sub-assembly has a sash, and removable fasteners extend through the peripheral edge of the sash into the interior side of the frame so that the fixed sub-assembly can be independently disassembled from the interior of the vehicle without removing the frame or the clamp ring. The sliding sub-assembly is removably secured to the frame by an improved multi-piece guide track and slide pin assembly that allows removal of the sliding sub-assembly without removing the frame. The slide pins are removably secured to opposite sides of the sliding sub-assembly.