Door Includes Window Detail Patents (Class 296/146.2)
  • Patent number: 8151521
    Abstract: Vehicle door structure includes: a door body openably and closably mounted to a vehicle body; a door sash provided on the door body and including a vertical sash section extending in a vertical direction of the door body, and an upper sash section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the vertical sash section and bent relative to the vertical sash section; and a garnish provided on the door sash and including a base section covering the vertical sash section and fixed to the vertical sash section, an extension section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the base section, bent relative to the base section and covering the upper sash section, and an engaging section provided on the extension section and engaging with the upper sash section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 8151520
    Abstract: A center-channel protector for a vehicle sash door is arranged between a main sash and a center channel. A body of the protector has an H-shaped upper-end surface which is compatible to cover the upper end of the center channel. The body integrally includes a pair of branch covering portions corresponding to a pair of branch portions constituting the center channel and a middle covering portion disposed between the branch covering portions so as to connect the both branch covering portions therewith. An engaging portion is provided with the body and is mechanically engaged, in a direction intersecting a vertical direction, with an engaged portion which is provided with a center channel side. In collaboration with the engaged portion, the engaging portion constitutes a fastening mechanism by which the protector is fastened on the center channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikara Yamashita, Akihiro Terai, Hiromichi Torihata, Tsuyoshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8136866
    Abstract: A door assembly is provided that includes integral impact regions that obviate the need for a separate impact beam. The door assembly includes an outer panel and an inner panel, operably connected to the outer panel so that a compartment is formed therebetween. At least one hardware-mounting surface is integrally formed from the inner panel and extends towards the outer panel. Each of the hardware mounting surfaces is operable to mount a hardware component between the inner and outer panels. At least one integrally-formed impact region is provided on the inner panel that is operable to strengthen the door assembly and increase its intrusion resistance of the vehicle door during a collision. The inner panel has substantially no large access openings that would be deleterious to impact resistance and substantially seals the vehicle passenger compartment from the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas G. Broadhead
  • Patent number: 8109559
    Abstract: A door structure of a vehicle, having an effective space within a vehicle compartment increased, is provided. The door structure has a carrier plate (4) fixed to an inner panel (3) for closing an opening portion (3a) formed in the inner panel (3); and a plurality of trim members (7, 8, 9) for covering an inside of the carrier plate (4) within a vehicle compartment, the plurality of trim members (7, 8, 9) including a belt line trim (7) disposed along a belt line in an upper end portion of the inner panel (3), a pocket trim (8) disposed in the vicinity of a lower portion of the inner panel (3), and an arm rest trim (9) disposed between the belt line trim (7) and the pocket trim (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Nakamori, Yutaka Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8104823
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes one or more swinging doors which may be immobilized in a number of positions, so as to allow the doors to be used to assist passengers upon entering and leaving the vehicle. The motion of the door may be damped, or stopped entirely, either at the discretion of a vehicle occupant, or automatically, in the event that the door is driven by external forces to swing at a high rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventor: Kelly M. Kohlstrand
  • Patent number: 8042859
    Abstract: A car door is constituted by a main body which includes an outer panel and an inner panel combined together, a door lower half, and a rising part extending upward from the door lower half and facing with a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof; and a bracket-shaped sash assembly constituted by a front vertical sash whose bottom edge is joined to a front upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending from an upper part of the front longitudinal sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Kimoto
  • Patent number: 8006437
    Abstract: A glass run channel assembly is provided. In the glass run channel assembly, after being mounted, an elastic force is generated in a vertical side portion which contacts a vertical frame of a door frame, and an elastic force is generated in an upper side portion which contacts an upper frame of the door frame. Here, the cross-sectional shapes of the upper side portion and the vertical side portion are adjusted such that the frictional force per unit length obtained by multiplying a coefficient of static friction of the upper side portion with the upper frame by the elastic force is larger than a frictional force per unit length obtained by multiplying the coefficient of static friction of the vertical side portion with the vertical frame by the elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Tatsuya Tamura
  • Patent number: 8001728
    Abstract: A glass run includes a main body portion including a base bottom portion, a vehicle exterior side wall portion and a vehicle interior side wall portion attached along an inner periphery of a door frame and seal lips extended to an inner side of the main body portion and an entire region in a longitudinal direction thereof is formed by extrusion. The base bottom portion and the vehicle exterior side wall portion and the base bottom portion and the vehicle interior side wall portion are respectively connected by deformed connecting portions. The deformed connecting portion is thin-walled more than the base bottom portion and the two side wall portions and constitutes substantially a J-like shape in a section thereof to provide a predetermined length in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Shibata, Hideaki Minoura, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110187150
    Abstract: A vehicle door having a window glass and a support element extending the window glass, the support element includes a door fastener or fastener means for fastening the door to a body-in-white of the vehicle and window glass fastener means for fastening the window glass to the support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventor: Bertrand Hache
  • Patent number: 7914065
    Abstract: An opening and closing device opens and closes a shielding body that partitions space by the operation of an operating unit in a range between a fully opened position and a fully closed position. The opening and closing device includes a limit setting unit, a control unit, and an operating element. The limit setting unit can perform an operation for setting an operational limit position of the shielding body. The control unit sets a range, where the shielding body can be opened and closed by the operation of the operating unit, as a predetermined range between the set operational limit position and a fully closed position or between the set operational limit position and a fully opened position. The operating element operates the control unit so that the range where the shielding body is opened and closed is set to the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20110068609
    Abstract: This invention is to provide the affixing structure and the window regulator using the affixing structure, that has simple structure and that can smoothly fix the window glass to the carrier plate. The affixing structure 17 comprises a carrier plate 18 and a glass holder 16. The carrier plate 18 has a base portion 22a for placing the glass holder 16, a guide portion 22b which protrudes from the on side edge of the base portion 22a and which has a inclined surface 22e slanted downwardly heading the placement face, and a fixing portion 22c which projects downwardly from other side edge of the base portion 22a. The glass holder 16 has a bottom part 16 a to be placed on the base portion 22a, and a fixing part 16b which projects downwardly from the from the side edge and which contacts with a periphery of the fixing portion of the carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Naohiro Saito, Takashi Saito, Hodaka Matsuura, Kyouhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 7900993
    Abstract: A vehicle door sash structure 100 is configured to include a door sash 110 that extends along an edge of a vehicle door window glass 4 and has a closed cross-section portion 111 and a projecting surface portion 112 that projects from the closed cross-section portion 111 toward the outside in the vehicle width direction, a molding 120 that extends substantially along the door sash 110 and is arranged as exposed to the outside of the vehicle, a clip 130 that is made of an elastic material, is fixed to the inner surface of the molding 120 and nips the projecting surface portion 112 of the door sash 110, a convex portion that is formed so as to project from either one of the clip 130 and the door sash 110 to the other one, and a concave portion 113 that is formed at the other one and with which the convex portion is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuji Suzuki, Takaaki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Nunome
  • Patent number: 7891724
    Abstract: In combination, a foldable door assembly and sliding window assembly for vehicles is disclosed. The combination allows the driver of the vehicle to see through the window assembly, open it, and adjust a rearview mirror allowing operation of the vehicle with the foldable door to be in the closed position. The door assembly has a first section and a second section hingeably connected to one another. The second section rotates and folds against the first section. The first section has a rear edge hingeably connected to a truck body so that the first section of the door assembly rotates to an open position onto the truck body from a closed position. The first section defines an opening for placement of a frame having a track which holds a sliding window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Auto Glass Plus
    Inventor: Joseph Skierkiewicz
  • Patent number: 7866727
    Abstract: A sealing strip for side windows on motor vehicles, which is arranged between a retractable, frameless, front side window and a retractable, frameless, rear side window. The sealing strip reaches from the door line as far as a roof frame of the motor vehicle. A movable locking member is fitted to the sealing strip and, in a closed state, engages with a locking counterpart arranged on the roof frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Michael Fuetterer
  • Patent number: 7832791
    Abstract: The technology described herein provides a molded trim assembly located externally at the top of a liftgate structure to provide an aerodynamic and stylish overhang above the liftgate glass. Furthermore, the technology also provides a liftgate exterior module including a plug-in module containing a motorized window wiper arm assembly, a central high mounted stop light, and a washer fluid spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Frank A. Wojcik, Costantino Ranucci, Robert J. Faubert, Richard Manning, Kenneth J. Ladzinski, Raja Hazime, William G. Yadon
  • Patent number: 7828373
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing panel assembly has a polycarbonate panel supported by a vehicle body, and has a plurality of peripheral regions. A reinforcement member is mounted to the polycarbonate panel proximate at least one of the plurality of peripheral regions to stiffen the polycarbonate panel. A method of manufacturing a vehicle glazing panel assembly thermoforms a polycarbonate panel. A reinforcement member is injection molded. The reinforcement member is joined to the polycarbonate panel to stiffen the polycarbonate panel. A vehicle glazing panel assembly is manufactured by a method of thermoforming. A reinforcement member is formed and joined to the polycarbonate panel to stiffen the polycarbonate panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kedzie Davis Fernholz, Richard Howard Wykoff
  • Publication number: 20100270827
    Abstract: A mounting frame member is provided for framing and sealing a frameless window pane of an after-market motor vehicle tailgate intended to replace a tailgate having a different structure. The mounting frame member includes a mounting frame body mounted to the motor vehicle, the mounting frame body including an integrally formed sealing weatherstrip at an inner peripheral region thereof. A supplemental sealing weatherstrip may be provided adjacent the sealing weatherstrip of the mounting frame body and over the frameless window pane. Accordingly, a single, unitary BIW structure may be utilized when effectuating after-market structural changes or replacements to an existing tailgate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Gerhard Krachler, Jürgen Hammer
  • Patent number: 7806462
    Abstract: A device for guiding a drop window on a guide rail is provided that is inclined relative to the vertical line and a horizontal shaft rail. The device includes, but is not limited to a deflector that is fixed on the guide rail and includes, but is not limited to a vertical edge. The vertical edge extends up to the shaft rail. The deflector prevents the admission of dirt and noises between the shaft rail and the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Horneck
  • Patent number: 7806461
    Abstract: A first substantially transparent window, a tinted window, and a tinted window moving device may be provided in an automobile. The tinted window moving device can be controlled to place the tinted window in a first state or a second state. In the first state the tinted window is substantially aligned with the first substantially transparent window so that in order to see out of the first substantially transparent window, an individual must look through the tinted window also. In the second state the tinted window is not substantially aligned with the first substantially transparent window, so that an individual can see out of the first substantially transparent window without looking through the tinted window also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventor: Christopher Patterson
  • Patent number: 7775580
    Abstract: A door glass guiding structure is provided which can be constituted by using a glass guide member made from a low-priced material such as rolled sheet, and is capable of satisfactorily maintaining required functions. The door glass guiding structure 3 comprises the glass guide member 10 which is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door 2) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses, the core bracket 21 which is constituted of a member different from the glass guide member 10 and is mounted on top end of the glass guide member 10 so as to extend the length thereof upward, and the guide upper end seal member 13 attached to cover the external surface of the core bracket 21 so as to provide water-tight sealing on the top ends of the two door glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation, Ishizaki Honten Co., Ltd., Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Miyamoto, Norifumi Inoue, Yukihiro Moriyama, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Tooru Waki, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Akio Okayama
  • Patent number: 7762614
    Abstract: A glass run includes a main body portion and a pair of seal lips. Further, the glass run is constituted by a vehicle exterior side molded member and a vehicle interior side molded member divided at a bottom portion of the main body portion. Further, the vehicle exterior side molded member and the vehicle interior side molded member include engaging portions for engaging to be integrated with each other. By integrating the vehicle exterior side molded member and the vehicle interior side molded member by the engaging portions, the vehicle exterior side molded member is restricted from being shifted to move relative to the vehicle interior side molded member in a vehicle width direction and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle interior side molded member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubo, Atsushi Sumida, Tatsuhiko Nagata, Soichiro Yamamoto, Tamotsu Watanabe, Masatoshi Hotta
  • Patent number: 7758104
    Abstract: A construction vehicle door assembly includes a frame member having an inside surface and an outside surface, a window pane is positioned proximate one of the inside surface and outside surface, and a first resilient member substantially vibrationally isolates the frame member and the window pane. A fastener extends through the frame member, window pane and first resilient member to couple the window pane to the frame member. A second resilient member substantially vibrationally isolates the window pane and the fastener. A pair of hinges are coupled to the frame member, a pair of hinge pins are selectively extended into the respective one of the pair of hinges, and a lever is coupled to the pair of hinge pins for moving the pair of hinge pins relative to the pair on hinges upon movement of the lever, to detach the door assembly from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: John Liebl, Jeff Percival, Mike Vought, Amardeep Chauhan, Anthony Miller
  • Patent number: 7748166
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass blocker assembly including a blocking bracket securable to a vehicle door frame panel, and a blocking edge integrally formed with the blocking bracket, being substantially normal to a vertical edge of a vehicle window, and being capable of at least partially shattering the vehicle window when the window impacts the blocking edge during a vehicle crash event. A blocking protrusion may be coupled to the blocking bracket, be longitudinally disposable between the vehicle window and a vehicle door latch mechanism, and be capable of at least partially preventing transverse displacement of the vehicle window. A support bracket may be secured to the blocking bracket, and a glass run extrusion may be secured to the support bracket, be adapted to accept a vertical edge of the vehicle window, and be capable of reducing vibrations in the vehicle window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald P. Iacovoni, Paul L. Heirtzler, Jason D. Scott, Martin A. Trenkle, Thiag Subbian, Echung Su, Don K. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20100117401
    Abstract: A glass run 5 fit on a door sash 2 of an automobile has: a cross-section roughly U-shape comprising an outer-cabin side wall 6, an inner-cabin side wall 7 and a connecting wall 18 which connects the outer-cabin side wall 6 and the inner-cabin side wall 7 for guiding a door glass 3 lifting or lowering into a ditch part 4; and an outer lip 9 and an inner lip 10 respectively formed on inner surfaces of both of the side walls 6, 7, which extend toward a connecting wall 18 side and are slidably brought into contact with the door glass 3, wherein: the connecting wall 18 has a part thereof swelled and curved toward an inner surface side thereof, which faces a position on the connecting wall 18 where the door glass 3 collides; the connecting wall 18 swelled and curved has two projections 21, 22 formed on an outer surface thereof, which come into contact with the door sash 2 and of which an interval 50 therebetween is not more than thickness 60 of the door glass 3; and a position surrounded by the two projections 21,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobumasa Sato, Kotaro Kishi, Hiroaki Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20100084887
    Abstract: A unit support for a motor vehicle door includes at least one longitudinally extended guide rail of a motor vehicle window lifter arranged on the unit support, which extends between a first and a second end portion and on which a drive element serving to receive a window pane to be adjusted along an adjusting path of the guide rail defined by guide surfaces is movably guided. A hollow body is integrally formed on the unit support in the region of at least one end portion of the guide rail. The hollow body extends the guide surfaces of the guide rail serving to guide the drive element, defining the adjusting path and/or a deflection element is provided on the hollow body for deflecting a flexible traction means of the window lifter, in order to increase the length of travel of the motor vehicle window lifter in the direction of extension of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: ORIENT BIO., INC
    Inventors: Harald Krüger, Olaf Kriese, Martin Schlechtriemen
  • Publication number: 20100026042
    Abstract: An integrated reveal molding is provided for a motor vehicle door frame having a header section defining a window opening. The integrated reveal molding includes an upper reveal adapted to be mounted to the header section. The upper reveal includes a reveal surface disposed outboard of the header section. A reveal is secured along the reveal surface. The integrated reveal molding also includes a glass run co-extruded with the upper reveal. The glass run includes a window receiving channel for engagement with a window pane. The integrated reveal molding is formed as an extruded member from thermoplastic vulcanisate (TPV) of different durometer values to meet varying flexibility and durability requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Ellis, Haruhisa Kawase, Toan Ho, Malcolm Ward, Avi Zohar
  • Patent number: 7648188
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a glass run which corresponds to an outer peripheral configuration of a door glass. The glass run includes a body portion which is provided with a bottom wall portion and an interior side wall portion and an exterior side wall portion which extend from both edges of the bottom wall portion, respectively, and a pair or seal lips which establish seals between the door glass and themselves. Furthermore, with respect to a direction towards an inside or outside of a door frame, a foot portion of the exterior seal lip is positioned further on the outer peripheral side than an inner-peripheral edge portion of a molding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yatsuda, Yoshio Hashimoto, Masanori Aritake, Satoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20100001550
    Abstract: A cross-piece (16) for dividing the window frame carried by a vehicle door (8) into a small part for receiving a fixed pane of window glass (54) and a large part for receiving a vertically slidable pane of window glass (56) defines two oppositely facing channels (52, 53). Channel (53) receives the slidable pane of window glass (56) and is formed by an extruded sealing profile (58). The extruded sealing profile (58) is mounted in rigid division bar (74) which extends between the channels (52,54). The assembled sealing profile (58) and division bar (74) are then placed in a mould with a fixed pane of window glass (54) during which the division pillar (92) is formed by a moulding operation. This moulding operation moulds the division pillar (92) to the fixed pane of window glass (54), the division bar (74), and also to the extruded sealing profile (58) at regions (98,100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: GDX NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Karl-detlef Janisch
  • Patent number: 7631925
    Abstract: A vehicular door includes an inner door panel provided on an inner surface-side of an outer panel; a side impact beam provided between the outer panel and the inner panel; and a support member which is provided between the inner panel and the side impact beam, and which is connected to at least one of the inner panel and the side impact beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Takayuki Tsuruta, Naoya Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20090278379
    Abstract: A glass run channel assembly is provided. In the glass run channel assembly, after being mounted, an elastic force is generated in a vertical side portion which contacts a vertical frame of a door frame, and an elastic force is generated in an upper side portion which contacts an upper frame of the door frame. Here, the cross-sectional shapes of the upper side portion and the vertical side portion are adjusted such that the frictional force per unit length obtained by multiplying a coefficient of static friction of the upper side portion with the upper frame by the elastic force is larger than a frictional force per unit length obtained by multiplying the coefficient of static friction of the vertical side portion with the vertical frame by the elastic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20090243332
    Abstract: In combination, a foldable door assembly and sliding window assembly for vehicles is disclosed. The combination allows the driver of the vehicle to see through the window assembly, open it, and adjust a rearview mirror allowing operation of the vehicle with the foldable door to be in the closed position. The door assembly has a first section and a second section hingeably connected to one another. The second section rotates and folds against the first section. The first section has a rear edge hingeably connected to a truck body so that the first section of the door assembly rotates to an open position onto the truck body from a closed position. The first section defines an opening for placement of a frame having a track which holds a sliding window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph Skierkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20090195013
    Abstract: A vehicle door sash structure 100 is configured to include a door sash 110 that extends along an edge of a vehicle door window glass 4 and has a closed cross-section portion 111 and a projecting surface portion 112 that projects from the closed cross-section portion 111 toward the outside in the vehicle width direction, a molding 120 that extends substantially along the door sash 110 and is arranged as exposed to the outside of the vehicle, a clip 130 that is made of an elastic material, is fixed to the inner surface of the molding 120 and nips the projecting surface portion 112 of the door sash 110, a convex portion that is formed so as to project from either one of the clip 130 and the door sash 110 to the other one, and a concave portion 113 that is formed at the other one and with which the convex portion is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuji SUZUKI, Takaaki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Nunome
  • Publication number: 20090108625
    Abstract: An automobile door is provided with a glass run that seals a peripheral part of a door glass which moves up and down. A garnish is mounted along a door frame on a vehicle-interior side thereof. The glass run includes an extension wall portion formed to extend from an end of a vehicle-interior side wall portion in a molded part of a corner portion thereof, and a catching portion that is formed in the vicinity of an inner peripheral side end part of the extension wall portion to extend to protrude into a vehicle-interior and that is caught on a folded portion of the garnish. The extension wall portion includes a deforming portion configured to be thinner than a general part of the extension wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukimura Minami, Kazuo Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090051192
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an automotive vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle body with a first pillar, a second pillar, a roof member and a floor member defining a door opening therebetween. A lateral side entry door is pivotally connected to the vehicle body for enclosing the door opening. The side entry door moves along an operating path having a closed position and an open position. The vehicle has a motor and a lead screw mounted in the side entry door and connected to the motor to be driven by the motor. The vehicle has a link connected to the lead screw and connected to the vehicle body adjacent to the door opening. The motor drives the lead screw to translate the link to open and close the side entry door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kip Alan Ewing, Donald G. Mikolai, Kelly Michael Kohlstrand, Jason Falenski, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20090051193
    Abstract: A window regulator system for a vehicle door module includes at least one guide rib integrally formed with the vehicle door module. A slider is at least partially received on the guide rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Everardo A. Hernandez, Santhosh Kumar Karumuri, M. Guillaume Cuzor, Stephane Hemond
  • Publication number: 20090044457
    Abstract: A rear door assembly for a motor vehicle includes an outer door panel and an inner panel. The inner panel is fixedly secured to the inner surface of the outer door panel. The inner panel has a main frame having a generally transversely extending opening and a frame member fixedly secured to the main frame. The frame member extends between opposite sides of the opening in the main frame and extends along a bottom edge of the window opening. The frame member has a transversely extending upper flange and a lower flange spaced apart from the upper flange. The frame member has a main wall extending between the upper and lower flanges and forming a generally U-shaped cross section therewith. The flanges are directly fixedly secured to the inner surface of the outer panel and forming a transversely extending support beam therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Company, Japan
    Inventors: Bernard P. Brown, Kenji Chiba, Hiroshi Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20090039672
    Abstract: A glass run includes a main body portion attached to a channel portion DC provided along an inner periphery of a door frame and having an approximately U-shape in section, formed of a base bottom portion and an exterior sidewall portion and an interior sidewall portion extending from the base bottom portion and an exterior seal lip and an interior seal lip extending from almost front ends of the exterior sidewall portion and the interior sidewall portion to an inside of the main body portion. Moreover, for the glass run, by molding, integrally formed is an entire longitudinal area having a sectional shape having the main body portion and the interior and exterior seal lips and provided with an upper side portion corresponding to an upper edge portion of a door glass and a front vertical side portion and a rear vertical side portion corresponding to a front edge portion and a rear edge portion of the door glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubo, Atsushi Sumida, Tatsuhiko Nagata, Soichiro Yamamoto, Tamotsu Watanabe, Masatoshi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20090021044
    Abstract: A sealing or guiding assembly for sealing or guiding a corner of a closure member such as a window (109) for an opening is disclosed. The sealing or guiding assembly is attached to a frame (8) comprising panels (22,24). Strips (91) of flexible material extend towards and meet at the apex of the corner and are shaped to receive the closure member (109) at the corner and are adapted to be supported by a corner support which forms part of the frame (8). A flap (170) of flexible material is joined to the strips (91) in the region of the corner and bridges across the corner between the strips (91). The strips include inner lip (102) and outer lip (103). The joins (160) and (162) between the moulded flap (170) and the (preferably extruded) material of the strips (91) is obscured from view by the lips (102) and (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: GDX North America Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Peter Maab, Norbert Heller
  • Publication number: 20090021045
    Abstract: A door module of a vehicle includes: a panel of door glass including an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge; a lift plate coupled to the lower peripheral edge of the door glass such that a regulator may move the door glass between a full-up position and a full-down position within the door module via the lift plate; and a position block movable within the door module to: (i) a first position below the lift plate such that the lift plate rests on the position block and the door glass is at a position above the full-down position when the door glass is inserted into the lift plate during manufacture, and (ii) after such insertion, a second position that permits the lift plate to move further downward such that the door glass is at the full-down position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Michael Twork, James S. Coleman, Shawn Filipowicz
  • Publication number: 20090019775
    Abstract: A window pane for a motor vehicle including plastic for closing a pane opening of a motor vehicle and which is moveable with a window lifter out of the pane opening includes a pane element enclosed by an outer edge and a device provided on the pane element for coupling the window pane to an adjusting mechanism of the window lifter. For coupling the window pane to the adjusting mechanism of the window lifter, a guide region is formed on a surface of the pane element via which the window pane is engageable with a guide device of the adjusting mechanism, displaceable in a direction of adjustment. The guide region forms at least one stop, which counteracts a pivoting of the window pane about an axis extending perpendicular to a plane of the window pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Harald Kruger, Olaf Kriese, Markus Schultz
  • Patent number: 7478863
    Abstract: A sealing profile (10a, 10b) for sealing a powered window pane (11a, 11b) in a door (12a, 12b) of a motor vehicle. The sealing profile (10a, 10b) includes a base body (18) made of an elastomeric material on which at least one sealing portion (19a, 19b) and at least one fastening portion (20) for attaching the sealing profile (10a, 10b) to a door flange (21) are provided. The sealing profile (10a, 10b) also includes at least one trim strip (22) that has a finishing portion (23) and a fastener (24), which protrudes therefrom and which can be fixed to the base body (18) in a positive manner. The trim strip (22) is curved in the longitudinal direction thereof. The fastener (24) is provided in the form of an elongated insertion limb, which is oriented essentially perpendicular to the finishing portion (23). The fastener (24) is additionally provided with at least one appendage (25a, 25b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Fritz Krause
  • Publication number: 20090015035
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door has an outer module and an inner module. The outer module contains an outer panel and an inner frame part to which an impact support and hinges can be fixed. For the motor vehicle door to have a simplified configuration and a low weight while having a high degree of rigidity, the inner frame part of the outer module is formed by a single-piece diecast part made of a metal alloy. The inner module contains an upper encircling window frame and a lower assembly support sheet. The upper window frame is configured as a single-piece diecast part made of a metal alloy. A lower frame part of the upper window frame is connected to the upper border region of the assembly support sheet with a longitudinally running hollow support being formed, and the upper window frame is connected locally to the inner frame part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rainer Baumgart, Richard Kafer, Reimund Schlachter
  • Publication number: 20080289256
    Abstract: The invention concerns a window lift arrangement with a driver for a window pane, an inner door panel, positioning instruments for positioning the driver relative to the inner door panel in an installation position for installation of the window pane, wherein the positioning instruments can assume a first and a second position, wherein the positioning instruments in the first position define the installation position and wherein the positioning instruments in the second position release a movement of the driver for opening and closing the installed window pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Claus Mangold, Carsten Huege, Frank Boecker, Marko Hermann, Enrico Schliwa
  • Publication number: 20080276538
    Abstract: A rear integrated channel/regulator for use below a beltline in a vehicle door is disclosed. The channel/regulator may be part of a latch/window regulator module and may comprise a window regulator guide rail and a below belt glass run channel fixed to the guide rail. The glass run channel may have an upper channel portion extending downward from a top end, a lower channel portion extending upward from a bottom end, and an intermediate channel portion extending between the upper channel portion and the lower channel portion, with the upper channel portion having a first constant width, the lower channel portion having a second constant width that is smaller than the first constant width and the intermediate channel portion tapering from the first constant width to the second constant width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Terrence P. Costigan
  • Patent number: 7448670
    Abstract: A reinforcement member for reinforcing an outer panel of a vehicle door includes an upper wall, an outer wall, a leg and a reinforcement beam. The leg extends between a lower end of the upper wall and an upper end of the outer wall. The reinforcement beam is formed at a lower end of the outer wall for reinforcing the outer panel of the vehicle door. A generally S-shaped flange is formed between the lower end of the upper wall and the leg. A portion of the S-shaped flange is substantially parallel with the upper wall so as to define a recess adjacent the S-shaped flange that provides enhanced retention of a door seal thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Noble Advanced Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Baker, Michael David Lund, Garry Kasaczun
  • Publication number: 20080271379
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door with a side window includes a window winder associated with the side window to lower the side window in the door body. The side window is of split design and a separate window winder is associated with each window part that is configured to completely lower the window part in the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Dalibor Rietdijk, Reinhard Peis
  • Publication number: 20080265614
    Abstract: A vehicle door module comprises a drive shaft for displacing a displacement device, particularly a window lifter. The vehicle door module and the displacement device can be assembled together in any particular position of rotation of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Interiors GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Schidan, Hans-Helmut Mieglitz, Burkhard Corves, Mathias Husing, Peter Markert, Mohannad Tarsha Kordi, Martin Riedel
  • Publication number: 20080265615
    Abstract: In a glass run attached to a doorframe of a vehicle, comprising a molded part attached to the corner part of the doorframe and a fin formed integrally with the molded part and covering the corner part of the doorframe, a pair of hooks protrude from the back of the fin rim in the middle properly apart from each other and, when the glass run is attached to the corner part of the doorframe, the hooks are each engaged with a cutout formed in the flange of the doorframe so that the flange holds the fin rim, thereby holding the fin rim without opening and no aperture is creased between the garnish and the fin rim regardless of any assembly error with the garnish and glass run assembled to the doorframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Tomofumi Eguchi, Toshifumi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20080252097
    Abstract: A door glass guiding structure is provided which can be constituted by using a glass guide member made from a low-priced material such as rolled sheet, and is capable of satisfactorily maintaining required functions. The door glass guiding structure 3 comprises the glass guide member 10 which is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door 2) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses, the core bracket 21 which is constituted of a member different from the glass guide member 10 and is mounted on top end of the glass guide member 10 so as to extend the length thereof upward, and the guide upper end seal member 13 attached to cover the external surface of the core bracket 21 so as to provide water-tight sealing on the top ends of the two door glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Miyamoto, Norifumi Inoue, Yukihiro Moriyama, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Tooru Waki, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Akio Okayama
  • Publication number: 20080238134
    Abstract: An improved division post is provided that eliminates the need for a metal carrier for support, eliminates the need for roll form tooling and stretch bend tooling which are expensive and time-consuming processes, and may be formed in a glass encapsulation mold and retain the curvature imparted by the mold. The improved division post may guide a window panel moveable along a first axis in a motor vehicle. The division post may comprise a body portion comprising a first material and having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The body portion may include a base and first and second opposing walls defining a channel. The channel may be configured to receive at least an edge of the window panel. The division post may further include a first sealing wing extending from the first wall into the channel and a second sealing wing extending from the second wall into the channel. The first and second sealing wings may comprise a second material that is different than the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Andre Guellec