Window surround for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDecoma International Inc.
InventorsGerald Y. Ruppert, Peter J. Ellis, Steven C. Dubay
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Abstract
A fixed window assembly is adapted to be fixedly secured to a door of a motor vehicle having a retractable window pane. The fixed window assembly includes a fixed window pane having an outer periphery. A division post extends along a portion of the outer periphery of the fixed window pane. A glass run is fixedly secured to the division post opposite of the fixed window pane for receiving the retractable window pane. The glass run is formed from a first moldable material. An encapsulation is molded to the fixed window pane to secure the division post thereto. The encapsulation is formed from a second moldable material that is different from the first moldable material.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a fixed window assembly, having a fixed window pane, a division post, an upper reveal having a fixed window segment, an outer belt having a fixed window segment, and an encapsulation, for a door of a motor vehicle utilizing a mold assembly including an upper mold and a lower mold having a plurality of receiving areas, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the fixed window pane in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold;
- placing a portion of the division post in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold adjacent to a portion of the fixed window pane;
- placing the fixed window segment of the upper reveal in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold adjacent to a portion of the fixed window pane;
- placing the fixed window segment of the outer belt in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold adjacent to a portion of the fixed window pane;
- injecting plastic material into the mold assembly;
- curing the plastic material to form the encapsulation securing the division post, the upper reveal, and the outer belt to the fixed window pane;
- and
- removing the fixed window assembly, including the division post, the upper reveal, and the outer belt secured to the fixed window pane by the encapsulation, from the mold assembly.
A method of manufacturing a fixed window assembly, having a fixed window pane having an outer periphery, an upper reveal having a fixed window segment, a division post, and an encapsulation, for a door of a motor vehicle utilizing a mold assembly including an upper mold and a lower mold having a plurality of receiving areas, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the fixed window pane in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold;
- placing the fixed window segment of the upper reveal in one of the plurality of receiving areas of the lower mold adjacent to a portion of the outer periphery of the fixed window pane;
- injecting plastic material into the mold assembly;
- curing the plastic material to form the encapsulation along the entire outer periphery of the fixed window pane;
- removing the fixed window assembly, including the upper reveal secured to the fixed window pane by the encapsulation, from the mold assembly;
- and
- securing the division post to the encapsulation forward of the fixed window pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.