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US 12,330,480 · App. 18/083,065 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Quarter glass assembly for a vehicle and a manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong (Seongnam-si, KR); Sang Heon Wang (Bucheon-si, KR); Chan Joo Moon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyung Hwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Pil Gu Jang (Gyeongju-si, KR); Min Hyung Son (Ulsan, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION; SE JIN CO., LTD
B60J1/004B60J1/10B60R13/04
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Patent No.
US 12,330,480
App. No.
18/083,065
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A quarter glass assembly for a vehicle includes a glass window and a plastic glass disposed adjacent to the glass window and forming, with the glass window, a partitioned quarter glass. The assembly includes decorative members integrally provided to cover edges of one side and an opposite side of the plastic glass and provided vertically with respect to the front of the quarter glass, a main trim piece provided to surround a rim of the glass window and upper and lower portions of the plastic glass, and a molding member provided to integrate the glass window and the plastic glass by including the decorative members and the main trim piece.

Claims (16)

1. A quarter glass assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:

a glass window;

a plastic glass disposed adjacent to the glass window and forming, with the glass window, a partitioned quarter glass;

decorative members integrally provided to cover edges of one side and an opposite side of the plastic glass and provided vertically with respect to the front of the quarter glass;

a main trim piece provided to surround a rim of the glass window and upper and lower portions of the plastic glass; and

a molding member provided to integrate the glass window and the plastic glass by including the decorative members and the main trim piece.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the decorative members comprise a front trim piece and a rear trim piece provided to implement two lines.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plastic glass is made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate (PC).

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plastic glass is provided to have a relatively thick thickness compared with the glass window.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plastic glass is provided to have a visible light transmittance of from 5% to 30% or less in black color and is selectively coated on one surface exposed to an exterior side.

6. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the plastic glass is provided such that a shape of the one surface exposed to the exterior side between the front trim piece and the rear trim piece for implementing the two lines is selectively engraved or embossed.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the molding member is provided with a plurality of boss members protruding at a boundary position between the glass window and the plastic glass and disposed to face a panel fixed to an interior side.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the molding member is provided with a fastening member configured to be fastened to an insert bolt in a state in which the insert bolt inserted at a boundary position between the glass window and the plastic glass penetrates a panel fixed to an interior side.

9. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the decorative members are provided to partially cover the edges of the one side and the opposite side of the plastic glass, thereby forming a space for inserting the insert bolt at the boundary position.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a blocking layer selectively applied to an inner surface of the glass window and the plastic glass and provided to shield interior trim including a panel fixed to the interior side from the outside.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: SE JIN CO., LTD
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072220/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: KONG, NAK KYOUNG; WANG, SANG HEON; MOON, CHAN JOO; KIM, KYUNG HWAN; JANG, PIL GU; SON, MIN HYUNG
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION; SE JIN CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 062131/0046 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0089471 · Jul 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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