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Granted Patent B2
US 12,508,887 · App. 17/885,341 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Edge profile of a vehicle glass pane

Inventor: Andreas Josef Zunzer (Stockdorf, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
B60J10/76B60J1/007B60J10/15B60J10/34B60J10/82
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Patent No.
US 12,508,887
App. No.
17/885,341
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An edge profile of a glass pane of vehicle glazing, wherein the edge profile may have a plurality of distance pieces, which are arranged at a distance from one another along the edge profile, and that the edge profile attached to a pane edge defines with the distance pieces an installation position of the glass pane relative to a vehicle frame carrying the glass pane.

Claims (22)

1 . An edge profile of a glass pane of vehicle glazing,

wherein the edge profile has a plurality of distance pieces, which are arranged at a distance from one another along the edge profile, and

the edge profile attached to a pane edge defines with the distance pieces an installation position of the glass pane relative to a vehicle frame carrying the glass pane, and

wherein each of the distance pieces are extruded or coextruded on the edge profile produced as an extruded plastics part.

2 . The edge profile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each distance piece projects from the edge profile in a direction away from a pane inner side or pane underside of the glass pane.

3 . The edge profile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each distance piece has a bearing surface, which is arranged on the vehicle frame in the installation position of the glass pane.

4 . The edge profile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edge profile has a base leg, which is provided on its inner side facing the glass pane, for arrangement or fastening on a pane inner side or pane underside, and has the distance pieces on its outer side, which is opposite its inner side.

5 . The edge profile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edge profile is produced as an extruded plastics part from a thermoplastic material from one of ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate), ASA plus a soft component ASA (2K), EPDM and EPDM plus a soft component EPDM (2K).

6 . The edge profile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edge profile is an edge protection profile.

7 . A glass pane of vehicle glazing having an edge profile as claimed in claim 1 .

8 . A vehicle having vehicle glazing which has a glass pane as claimed in claim 7 .

9 . A method for producing an edge profile, which can be attached to a pane edge of a glass pane of vehicle glazing,

wherein the edge profile has a plurality of distance pieces, which are arranged at a distance from one another along the edge profile, and

the edge profile attached to a pane edge defines with the distance pieces an installation position of the glass pane relative to a vehicle frame carrying the glass pane,

by extruding a plastics compound, wherein the edge profile is extruded with at least one additional spacing web, and web material is removed from the spacing web in order to form web cutouts, with the result that a distance piece is formed in each case between two web cutouts.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the web material is removed by horizontal cutting or by horizontal punching or parallel to a base leg of the edge profile, which leg can be attached to the pane inner side or pane underside, or by vertical cutting or by vertical punching or perpendicularly to a base leg of the edge profile, which leg can be attached to the pane inner side or pane underside.

11 . A method for producing an edge profile, which can be attached to a pane edge of a glass pane of vehicle glazing,

wherein the edge profile has a plurality of distance pieces, which are arranged at a distance from one another along the edge profile, and

the edge profile attached to a pane edge defines with the distance pieces an installation position of the glass pane relative to a vehicle frame carrying the glass pane, and

wherein each of the distance pieces are extruded or coextruded on the edge profile produced as an extruded plastics part,

by extruding a plastics compound, wherein, during the extrusion or after the extrusion of the edge profile, distance pieces are integrally formed on or attached to the edge,

wherein the distance pieces are integrally formed on the edge profile by coextrusion during extrusion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: ZUNZER, ANDREAS JOSEF
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 060844/0482 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 121 376.2 · Aug 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230067519A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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