Arrangement of a vehicle tailgate window assembly and rear corner assembly

A rear corner window assembly for connection to a vehicle comprising:

• a window glass mounted in a window frame, the window frame includes a bottom edge, a top edge, a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a rear portion that curves and extends away from the side portion,
• a latch located on an inside surface of the rear portion;
• a handle that rotates about a pivot to unlock the latch from a striker body;
• a shaft connected to and rotated by the handle, and
• a tongue connected to and rotates with the shaft, wherein the tongue engages a striker bolt on the striker body to releasably lock the latch to the striker body, wherein the latch further includes a spring is positioned about the shaft and biases the shaft to rotate the tongue into engagement with the striker bolt, and release the tongue from the striker bolt by moving the handle and the shaft to lift the tongue away from the striker bolt.

An arrangement for a tailgate and rear corner window assembly of a vehicle comprising:

• a door envelope for pivotal attachment to the vehicle;
• a rear window assembly including a window frame and a window glass mounted in said window frame;
• wherein said rear window assembly has a latch that secures a connection with said door envelope;
• at least one rear corner window assembly for connection to the vehicle having a window glass mounted in a window frame, the window frame includes a bottom edge, a top edge, a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a rear portion that curves and extends away from the side portion,
• a latch located on an inside surface of the rear portion of the at least one rear corner window assembly;
• a connection belt connected to the door envelope;
• a latch plate connected to the connection belt,
• a lower skirt of the rear window assembly that contacts the connection belt to hold the rear window assembly onto the door envelope, wherein the latch is connected to the lower skirt and the latch contacts and locks onto the latch plate when the rear window assembly is connected to the door envelope;
• at least one locator wedge located on the connection belt, wherein the at least one locator wedge has at least one groove, and
• at least one groove located on the lower skirt that slide into the at least one groove on the at least one locator wedge for aligning and securing the rear window assembly to the door envelope to form the tailgate.

An arrangement for a tailgate and rear corner window assembly of a vehicle comprising:

• a door envelope for pivotal attachment to a vehicle;
• a rear window assembly including a window frame and a window glass mounted in said window frame;
• wherein said rear window assembly has a latch that secures a connection with said door envelope;
• at least one rear corner window assembly for connection to the vehicle having a window glass mounted in a window frame, the window frame includes a bottom edge, a top edge, a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a rear portion that curves and extends away from the side portion,
• a latch located on an inside surface of the rear portion of the at least one rear corner window assembly;
• a handle that rotates about a pivot to unlock the latch from a striker body;
• a shaft connected to and rotated by the handle;
• a tongue connected to and rotates with the shaft, wherein the tongue engages a striker bolt on the striker body to releasably lock the latch to the striker body, and
• wherein the latch of the at least one rear corner window assembly further includes a spring is positioned about the shaft and biases the shaft to rotate the tongue into engagement with the striker bolt, and release the tongue from the striker bolt by moving the handle and the shaft to lift the tongue away from the striker bolt.