US 10,703,178 B2 · Windshield wrapped vehicle pillar

Abstract

A vehicle includes a driver side pillar extending between a door and a roof. The pillar forms a face having an outer edge adjacent the driver side door and an inner edge. Similarly, a passenger side pillar extends between a door and the roof and forms a face having an outer edge adjacent the door and inner edge. A windshield supported by a cowl and the roof has a driver side edge that extends beyond the inner edge of the driver side face and substantially covers the driver side pillar and a passenger side edge that extends beyond the inner edge of the passenger side face and substantially covers the passenger side pillar. The vehicle further includes a frit bonded around a periphery of the windshield. The frit substantially covers and is bonded to the driver and passenger side pillars making them appear to be a dark or black color.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A vehicle, comprising:

a door;
a roof;
a pillar;
a windshield supported along a lower edge by a cowl, an upper edge by the roof, and a side edge by the pillar;
and
an end treatment bonded to the side edge of the windshield,
wherein the side edge of the windshield substantially covers and is bonded to a face of the pillar, and wherein a gap is formed between the side edge of the windshield and the face of the pillar, and the end treatment seals the gap.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/344,873Filed 7 Nov 2016

Published

US 2018/0126826 A110 May 2018

Granted

7 Jul 2020

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

B60J 1/008
Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor: of special shape, e.g. beveled edges, holes for attachment, bent windows, peculiar curvatures such as…
B60J 1/006
Mounting of windows: characterised by fixation means such as clips, adhesive, etc.
B60J 1/02
Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor: arranged at the vehicle front , e.g. structure of the glazing, mounting of the glazing
B60J 10/34
Characterised by the fastening means: using adhesives

Windshield wrapped vehicle pillar

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Windshield wrapped vehicle pillar

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Abstract

Claims17