Flush Mounted Patents (Class 296/146.3)
  • Patent number: 11697334
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass assembly capable of regulating a position of a door glass may include a door frame forming a vehicle door; a garnish joined to a periphery of the door frame to finish an outer side face of the door frame; the door glass installed so as to be raised or lowered within the door frame; a glass run assembled to the door frame to support a periphery of the door glass; and a slider installed in an inner side face of the door glass to guide a raising or lowering movement of the door glass, where the garnish is provided with a restraint device configured to prevent the slider from moving in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyung-Sik Choi, Gyung-Jae Heo, Eui-Chan Cho, Jea-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 11148577
    Abstract: Problem: To enhance the accuracy of the information collected from around a vehicle by always keeping constant the relative positions of a plurality of sensors provided at different parts of a vehicle body. Means to Solve the Problem: In a front module panel 11 provided to the front surface of a vehicle body, a panel body 12 is integrally molded by a synthetic resin material, a front grille portion 13 is provided at the center thereof, a front bumper portion 14 is formed below the grille portion, and a translucent cover portion 16 of a head lamp 15 is two-color molded by a transparent resin material at each of both right ends of the panel body 12. A camera is built in each of the head lamps 15, a millimeter wave radar 21 is mounted to an emblem 17, a LIDAR 22 is built in each fog lamp 18, and ultrasonic sensors 23 are disposed near the lower edge of the front bumper portion 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10081230
    Abstract: A door sash which is formed by roll-forming from a single plate material and in which a weather strip is fitted includes: an overlapping section formed by making the plate materials overlap each other; a tubular section formed to extend from a car-interior-side end portion of the overlapping section; and flange sections and respectively formed to protrude from a car-exterior-side end portion of the overlapping section to both sides, in which a periphery of an end portion of the plate material extending from the tubular section is formed so as to come into contact along a plate material forming the overlapping section on the side on which the weather strip is fitted, and the vicinity of an end portion of the plate material forming the overlapping section, in which deformation has occurred during the roll-forming, protrudes to the inside of the tubular section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sankei Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20120136532
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to index the door window glass of a vehicle to disengage the glass from the window sealing interface prior to opening the door. A door latch including an unlatching lever selectively connectable to the inside and outside door handles is configured such that moving either handle to actuate the latch causes an initial change in the position of the unlatching lever prior to latch release. A sensor in the latch detects the initial change in position of the unlatching lever and signals an indexing mechanism to move the glass to the indexed position prior to latch release, such that the glass does not substantially interfere with the sealing interface when the door is moved from a closed position. The system may be configured such that the door lock mechanism must be unlocked prior to the indexing mechanism moving the window to an indexed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Konchan
  • Publication number: 20110241376
    Abstract: A vehicle window panel mounted in a window opening formed in a vehicle to close the opening includes a panel body obtained by molding a resin material. A light-transmitting window is integrally connected to the panel body, and a protrusion is integrally connected to the panel body to protrude toward at least one of an inside or outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Igura
  • Patent number: 7828365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a window arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a window pane and a trim element arranged on each side of the window pane. In order to improve the conventional window arrangement of the generic type to the effect that mounting can be made easier while the appearance is improved visually and esthetically, the invention provides that the trim elements and the window pane are connected to one another in a materially joined and/or frictionally locking fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Richard Fritz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wassilios Kiriakou, Jochen Haas, Thomas Mett, Claus-Christian Steeg
  • Publication number: 20100156138
    Abstract: A quarter window (20) attached to a door frame (12) of a vehicle rear door (11) is disclosed. The quarter window includes a quarter window panel (21) and a window frame (31). The quarter window panel is made of a synthetic resin material. The window frame includes a division bar (32) and a scaling portion (33). The division bar is configured such that a glass run (15) can be fitted to the division bar, and the sealing portion includes, as a part, the division bar. The sealing portion is integrally coupled to the quarter window panel so as to extend along the periphery of a side of the quarter window panel that faces inside of the vehicle. A part of the sealing portion is capable of being fitted to the door frame. The quarter window panel and the window frame are integrally molded. The window frame is made of a synthetic resin having a high rigidity. A fixing portion (35) for fixing the window frame to the door frame is integrally formed with the window frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Terai, Yukio Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7665794
    Abstract: Drive arrangement for motorized actuation of a functional element in a motor vehicle, having at least one drive, the drive having a drive motor and a spindle-spindle nut gear connected downstream of the drive motor for producing linear drive movements, the spindle-spindle nut gear having a spindle with an outside thread and a spindle nut with an inside thread, the linear drive movements being a motion of the spindle nut parallel to a spindle axis. the spindle-spindle nut gear has at least one telescoping sleeve with an inside thread and an outside thread. The at least one telescoping sleeve, spindle and spindle nut are arranged in a telescoping manner being screwed into one another with each outside thread forming a thread pairing with an respective inside thread. An alternative spindle-spindle nut gear has the outside thread and form a ball groove thread pairing with a variable thread pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Checrallah Kachouh
  • Patent number: 7275782
    Abstract: There is provided a weather strip for a folding top of an open car installed in a divided manner both sides thereof in the proximity of divided rails. Each divided member comprises a hollow seal portion and a seal lip portion comprised for resilient contacts with a door glass. Each divided member comprises a die mold part in a front and a rear end portion. The seal lip portion of each divided member comprises a thick part. The thick part is formed thicker than a thin part. The thick part is provided with a thickness for a front end surface and a rear end surface of adjoining seal lip portions that are located next to each other to make a resilient contact with each other even if the seal lip portion is deformed in the folding top when the folding top is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Morihara
  • Patent number: 6973754
    Abstract: A windowpane is supported in a gasket by a support member so that a space for allowing the windowpane to shift therein is ensured between an end surface of the windowpane and a surface in a channel of the gasket facing the end surface, the gasket having the channel for receiving a peripheral edge of the windowpane, and the support member being removable from the gasket. The windowpane can be easily removed from a body panel by removing the support member and shifting the windowpane into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shigehiko Iguchi, Nobuyuki Tamai, Nobutaka Kojima
  • Patent number: 6203094
    Abstract: A tailgate of a car, the car for being sequentially mounted by a tailgate inner panel and a tailgate out panel to a tailgate thereof, which the tailgate outer panel is hinged to a tailgate which is vertically openable and closeable, wherein the tailgate comprises a glass plate, a first mounting bracket (or a first mounting pivot) coupled to the tailgate outer panel and a second mounting bracket (or a second mounting pivot) coupled to the glass plate, where the first mounting bracket (or the first mounting pivot) and the second mounting bracket (or the second mounting pivot) are hinged together, such that the tailgate is simple in structure thereof, parts involved are reduced and assembly is easy with manufacturing cost decreased and a beautiful exterior look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jin-Lyoul Lee