Hidden framed door for a motor vehicle
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsOlivier Blottiau, Cyril Lajoux
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Abstract
A hidden framed door for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The door comprises a framework comprising a lower box and an upper peripheral frame which includes a vertical post; a movable window, part of the interior face of which completely covers the vertical post and part of the peripheral edge of which extends along this post when the window is in its upper position; a window guide fixed to the interior face of the window and extending along this part of the peripheral edge; and a slide, a part of which is fixed to the vertical post and can cooperate with the window guide to guide the window as it moves.
Claims20
A hidden framed door for a vehicle, the door comprising:
- a framework comprising a lower box and an upper peripheral frame which includes a vertical post;
- a movable window, movable from a lower position in which the movable window is at least partly housed in the lower box, and an upper position in which the frame is hidden by the window, the window comprising an exterior face directed towards an exterior of the door, an interior face directed towards an interior of the door, and a peripheral edge, a part of the interior face completely covering the vertical post and part of the peripheral edge extending along the vertical post when the window is in the upper position;
- a window guide fixed to the interior face of the window and extending along the part of the peripheral edge;
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- a slide, a part of which is fixed to the vertical post and can cooperate with the window guide to guide the window as the window moves,
- wherein the slide is formed in a single piece and comprises sealing lips and a fixing clamp on the vertical post, the clamp having an elongate shape along the vertical post and having a U-shaped cross-section, an opening of the U-shaped cross-section is oriented towards the interior of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.