Side window deflector
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorsFrederick W. Masanek, Jr., Ryan Falkman, Larry Melcher
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Abstract
A side window deflector has a body, and a flange joined to the body for fitting into a channel of a vehicle door window. At least one camming facet is formed on an inner surface of a deflector body end portion, adjacent a junction of an end portion lower edge and a flange lower edge. An advancing top edge of a window glass will encounter this camming facet before it encounters any other structure of the body end portion. Some embodiments have two camming facets. The camming facet eases the upward travel of the window glass into its channel. The main and end portions of the body have curved and recurved transitions to the flange, mitigating against bending stress.
Claims17
A side window deflector for fitting into a channel of a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:
- a body that is elongate in an x direction, where x is horizontal and is substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle, a z direction being at right angles to the x direction and being closer to the vertical than it is to the horizontal, the body having a first end portion with a lower edge and an inner surface;
- a flange for fitting into the channel of the side window of the vehicle, the flange having an inboard surface which substantially conforms to an xz sheet, the xz sheet being in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange being joined to the body, the flange having a lower edge that is joined to the lower edge of the first end portion at a junction;
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- a camming facet formed on the inner surface of the first end portion adjacent the junction, the inner surface of the first end portion having a surrounding portion which bounds the camming facet, the camming facet being disposed at an angle to the surrounding portion of the inner surface of the first end portion of the body.
A side window deflector for fitting into a channel of a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:
- a body that is elongate in an x direction, where x is horizontal and is substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle, a z direction being at right angles to the x direction and being closer to the vertical than it is to the horizontal, the body having a first end portion with a lower edge and an inner surface;
- a flange for fitting into the channel of the side window of the vehicle, the flange having an inboard surface which substantially conforms to an xz sheet, the xz sheet being in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange being joined to the body, a lower edge of the flange joined to the lower edge of the first end portion of the body at a junction;
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- a camming facet formed on the inner surface of the first end portion of the body to be adjacent the junction, the flange having a first thickness, a region of the first end portion of the body bounding the camming facet having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, a thickness of the camming facet varying from the first thickness to the second thickness, the thickness of the camming facet increasing as a function of a distance from the lower edge of the first end portion, the thickness of the camming facet also increasing as a function of a distance from the flange.
A side window deflector for fitting into a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:
- a body that is elongate in an x direction, where x is horizontal and is substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle, a z direction being at right angles to the x direction and being closer to the vertical than it is to the horizontal, the body having a first end portion with an inner surface and a lower edge;
- a flange for fitting into the channel of the side window of the vehicle, the flange having an inboard surface which substantially conforms to an xz sheet, where the xz sheet is in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange being joined to the body, a lower edge of the flange being joined to the lower edge of the first end portion of the body at a junction;
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- a camming facet formed on the inner surface of the first end portion to be adjacent the junction, the facet formed at an angle to the xz sheet such that an upper edge of a window glass will first contact the first end portion at the camming facet when upwardly advancing toward the channel of the vehicle side window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.