# US 11,440,381 B2 · Motor vehicle side window arrangement

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- Number: US 11,440,381 B2
- Document ID: US11440381B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/761,419
- Filed: 2019-01-17
- Published: 2020-12-17
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-01
- Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Johann Aigner; Florian Wallner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440381B2

## CPC

- B60J 1/17: vertically
- B60J 1/008: {of special shape, e.g. beveled edges, holes for attachment, bent windows, peculiar curvatures such as when being integrally formed with roof, door, etc.}
- B60J 10/74: for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides
- 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 motor vehicle side window arrangement has a side window pane, which has a left edge, a right edge, a top edge connecting the left and right edges in the top region thereof and a bottom edge connecting the left and right edges in the bottom region thereof, which bottom edge is operatively connected to a window lever, and a seal. In the closed state of the side window pane, the seal has a left section adjacent to the left edge, a right section adjacent to the right edge, a top section adjacent to the top edge and a seal base. An improved sealing effect is obtained by the right edge adjacent to the right section of the seal having, in the top region thereof, a smaller distance from the seal base than in the bottom region thereof.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A motor vehicle side window arrangement, comprising:
a side window, which has a left-hand edge, a right-hand edge, an upper edge connecting said left-hand and right-hand edges in an upper region thereof, and a lower edge connecting said left-hand and right-hand edges in a lower region thereof,
wherein the lower edge is operatively connectable to a window lifter; and
a seal, which, in a closed state of the side window, has a left-hand portion adjacent to the left-hand edge, a right-hand portion adjacent to the right-hand edge, an upper portion adjacent to the upper edge, and a seal base, wherein the seal seals off the side window in the closed state of the side window from moisture and noise,
wherein the right-hand edge adjacent to the right-hand portion of the seal is at a smaller distance from the seal base in an upper region than in a lower region,
wherein the right-hand edge of the side window is straight with a linearly decreasing profile of a distance of the right-hand edge to the seal base from the lower region to the upper region.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1, wherein
the left-hand edge is oriented parallel to the left-hand portion and/or the upper edge is oriented parallel to the upper portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 2, wherein
the right-hand edge is not formed parallel to the left-hand edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1, wherein
the right-hand edge is not formed parallel to the left-hand edge.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1, wherein
a distance of the left-hand edge from the seal base of the left-hand portion is greater than the distance of the right-hand edge from the seal base of the right-hand portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 3, wherein
a distance of the left-hand edge from the seal base of the left-hand portion is greater than the distance of the right-hand edge from the seal base of the right-hand portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1, wherein
the side window is connected to the window lifter in an off-center manner.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A motor vehicle, comprising at least one motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The motor vehicle according to claim 8, wherein
the side window is connected to the window lifter in an off-center manner.