IP Library Granted Patent US 10,112,467
Granted Patent B2
US 10,112,467 · App. 15/022,915 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Sealing arrangement for a vehicle window

Inventor: Alwin Timmermann (Cologne, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B60J10/70B60J10/34B60J10/45E06B7/23
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Patent No.
US 10,112,467
App. No.
15/022,915
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement includes at least a retaining rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel includes a guide rail and a spring leg, and the retaining rail is fastened to a window; and a covering with a latching rail, wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel, and wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other. The covering includes a covering edge that makes contact with a glass edge of the window. The guide rail includes a spring element, and the spring element is arranged and tensioned on a contact surface on the lower side of the covering, bears against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the covering edge, fixes and centers the covering in the latching channel.

Claims (41)

1. A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window pane, comprising:

a retaining rail configured with a guide rail and a spring leg,

wherein the guide rail and the spring leg form a latching channel, and

wherein the retaining rail is fastened to a window pane; and

a cover configured with a latching rail,

wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel,

wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other,

wherein the cover makes contact, by means of a cover edge, with a glass edge of the window pane,

wherein the guide rail is configured with a spring element, the spring element being arranged and tensioned against a contact surface on the bottom of the cover, and

wherein the guide rail rests against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the cover edge, fixes and centers the cover in the latching channel, and

wherein the spring leg has a latching hook with a rounded surface.

2. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the latching rail has a bulge aligned with the rounded surface of the latching hook.

3. A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window pane, comprising:

a retaining rail configured with a guide rail and a spring leg,

wherein the guide rail and the spring leg form a latching channel, and

wherein the retaining rail is fastened to a window pane; and

a cover configured with a latching rail,

wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel,

wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other,

wherein the cover makes contact, by means of a cover edge, with a glass edge of the window pane,

wherein the guide rail is configured with a spring element, the spring element being arranged and tensioned against a contact surface on the bottom of the cover,

wherein the guide rail rests against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the cover edge, fixes and centers the cover in the latching channel, and

wherein the latching rail has recesses or bulges.

4. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element is formed, in cross-section, as a single lip.

5. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element has a Shore hardness of Shore A 40 to Shore A 90.

6. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cover edge has an elastic seal in the form of an edge.

7. The sealing arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the elastic seal has a Shore hardness of Shore A 40 to Shore A 75.

8. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining rail includes a reinforcing insert.

9. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail includes a reinforcing insert.

10. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining rail is bonded to the window pane via an adhesive bond.

11. The sealing arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the adhesive bond comprises a double-sided adhesive tape.

12. The sealing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the spring leg has a latching hook.

13. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the spring element is formed, in cross-section, as a single lip.

14. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the spring element has a Shore hardness of Shore A 40 to Shore A 90.

15. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the cover edge has an elastic seal in the form of an edge.

16. The sealing arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the elastic seal has a Shore hardness of Shore A 40 to Shore A 75.

17. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the retaining rail includes a reinforcing insert.

18. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the guide rail includes a reinforcing insert.

19. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the retaining rail is bonded to the window pane via an adhesive bond.

20. The sealing arrangement according to claim 19 , wherein the adhesive bond comprises a double-sided adhesive tape.

21. The sealing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the spring leg has a latching hook.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2016
From: TIMMERMANN, ALWIN
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 038626/0046 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 13185754 · Sep 24, 2013 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160229278A1 · Aug 11, 2016