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US 2009/0183434 A1Published application
Vehicle glazing
AssigneePilkington Automotive Finland Oy
InventorJussi Pekka Puotunen
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AssigneePilkington Automotive Finland Oy
InventorJussi Pekka Puotunen
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The present invention relates to vehicle glazing, in particular to sliding windows for land vehicles such as buses, trams and trains, in particular slow speed trains. A sliding window for a land vehicle, comprising a fixed glazing panel defining an opening therein, a moving glazing panel, an opening mechanism attached to the moving glazing panel for moving the moving glazing panel between a closed position, at which the moving glazing panel is received in the opening and substantially coplanar with the fixed glazing panel, and an open position, at which the moving glazing panel is laterally spaced inwardly relative to the opening, and a slider assembly, including upper and lower horizontal slider rails disposed along the inside face of the fixed glazing panel, for moving the moving glazing panel horizontally along the fixed glazing panel in spaced relation thereto between the open position and a displaced position, at which the moving glazing panel is longitudinally spaced relative to the opening, wherein the opening mechanism comprises an articulated mechanism connecting the upper edge of the moving glazing panel to the upper slider rail and a sliding mechanism connecting the lower edge of the moving glazing panel to the lower slider rail. Safety devices for openable vehicle windows are also disclosed.
A sliding window for a land vehicle, comprising a fixed glazing panel defining an opening therein, a moving glazing panel, an opening mechanism attached to the moving glazing panel for moving the moving glazing panel between a closed position, at which the moving glazing panel is received in the opening and substantially coplanar with the fixed glazing panel, and an open position, at which the moving glazing panel is laterally spaced inwardly relative to the opening, and a slider assembly, including upper and lower horizontal slider rails disposed along the inside face of the fixed glazing panel, for moving the moving glazing panel horizontally along the fixed glazing panel in spaced relation thereto between the open position and a displaced position, at which the moving glazing panel is longitudinally spaced relative to the opening, wherein the opening mechanism comprises an articulated mechanism connecting the upper edge of the moving glazing panel to the upper slider rail and a sliding mechanism connecting the lower edge of the moving glazing panel to the lower slider rail.
An openable window for a land vehicle, comprising a fixed glazing panel defining an opening therein, a moving glazing panel, a moving mechanism attached to the moving glazing panel, the moving glazing panel being movable by said moving mechanism between a closed position, at which the moving glazing panel is received in the opening and substantially coplanar with the fixed glazing panel, and an open position, and a safety device for supporting the moving glazing panel and the moving mechanism in the event of breakage of the fixed glazing panel, the safety device comprising a first connector fixed to the moving mechanism and a second connector located at a periphery of the fixed glazing panel and adapted to be fixed to a body of the vehicle when the window is fitted into a recess in the body of the vehicle, the first and second connectors being cooperatively interconnected.
A window for a land vehicle, comprising a fixed glazing panel defining an opening therein, a moving glazing panel, a moving mechanism attached to the moving glazing panel, the moving glazing panel being movable by said moving mechanism between a closed position, at which the moving glazing panel is received in the opening and substantially coplanar with the fixed glazing panel, and an open position, and a safety device for supporting the moving glazing panel and the slider assembly in the event of breakage of the fixed glazing panel, the safety device comprising at least one element connected between the moving mechanism and a periphery of the fixed glazing panel and adapted to be fixed to a body of the vehicle when the window is fitted into a recess in the body of the vehicle.
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