# US 10,479,173 B2 · Window assembly, and vehicle door and vehicle featuring the window assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,173 B2 - Document ID: US10479173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/773,077 - Filed: 2016-01-18 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-02 - Assignees: Cooper Standard GmbH - Applicants: Cooper Standard GmbH - Inventors: Fritz Krause - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479173B2 ## CPC - B60J 5/0402: {window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs} - B60J 10/76: for window sashes; for glass run channels - B60J 10/77: for sashless windows, i.e. for frameless windows forming a seal directly with the vehicle body - B60J 10/79: for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) ## Abstract A window assembly (190) for a window opening of a motor vehicle, which has a front-rear direction and a vertical direction, comprises a door frame member (21), a movable window pane (140), and a window guiding profile (100). The door frame member (21) includes an outer surface (25). The movable window pane (140) includes a guiding section, and a window section (141). The window section comprises an outer window surface (142) and an inner window surface (143). The window guiding profile (100) is fastened to the door frame member (21), and includes a sealing portion (115, 117, 118). The sealing portion seals and supports the window pane (140). The window guiding profile (100) includes a first guiding portion (110) configured to guide the window pane (140) only at the inner window surface (143). The window guiding profile (100) further includes a second guiding portion being configured to guide the window pane (140) at the window outer surface (142) and at the window inner surface (143). ## Claims ### Claim 1 Window assembly for a window opening of a motor vehicle having a front-rear direction and a vertical direction, comprising: a door frame member having an outer surface, a front pillar, and a rear pillar that is spaced apart from the front pillar along the front-rear direction; a movable window pane having a guiding section, a window section including an outer window surface and an inner window surface, and a front end face facing to a front and being interposed between the outer window surface and the inner window surface; a window guiding profile fastened to the front pillar, and having a sealing portion being configured to seal or support the window pane; wherein the window guiding profile includes a first guiding portion configured to guide the window pane only at the inner window surface, or at the inner window surface and the front end face; wherein the first guiding portion includes a sealing portion being configured to seal or to support the window pane exclusively at the inner window surface, or a the front end face, or simultaneously at the inner window surface and at the front end face; wherein the first guiding portion includes a supporting lip being configured to engage the inner window surface, and wherein the first guiding portion includes an intermediate sealing member being configured to engage the front end face; and wherein the window guiding profile further includes a second guiding portion being configured to guide the window pane at the window outer surface and at the window inner surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a waist line substantially extending in the front-rear direction, wherein the first guiding portion is disposed above the waist line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first guiding portion is disposed above the second guiding portion in the vertical direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first guiding portion comprises an upper base portion and an upper inner leg portion being connected to the upper base portion, wherein the upper inner leg portion substantially extends parallel to the window pane when viewed in a horizontal cross-section, wherein the sealing portion is arranged at a free end of the upper base portion or free end of the upper inner leg portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second guiding portion comprises a lower accommodating opening being configured to accommodate the window pane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second guiding portion comprises a sealing portion being configured to seal or to support the window pane simultaneously at the outer window surface, at the inner window surface, and at the front end face. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a rear window guiding profile having a fastening portion configured to fasten to the door frame member, and having an accommodating opening configured to accommodate the window pane, wherein the rear window guiding profile is facing the window guiding profile and spaced apart from the window guiding profile along the front-rear direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a roof frame member, and a roof sealing profile being fastened to the roof frame member and substantially extending along the front-rear direction, wherein the window pane engages the roof sealing profile, when in a closed position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the door frame member and the window outer surface are arranged so as to be flush. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion are integrally formed as a single unitary member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A vehicle door comprising a window assembly according to claim 10. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) Vehicle door for a motor vehicle comprising a window assembly according to claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) Motor vehicle comprising a window assembly according to claim 1.