Window assembly for vehicle

A vehicular window assembly, said vehicular window assembly comprising:

• a frame configured to fixedly mount to a vehicle, said frame comprising a pair of opposite side frame members, an upper frame member and a lower frame member;
• a fixed window panel disposed at a lower portion of said side frame members and at said lower frame member;
• a center frame member disposed along an upper edge region of said fixed window panel;
• a movable window panel circumscribed by a movable frame having opposite side frame portions and upper and lower frame portions, wherein said opposite side frame portions of said movable frame are movably disposed at said side frame members, and wherein said movable window panel and said movable frame are movable relative to said fixed window panel and said frame between an opened position and a closed position;
• wherein each of said side frame members includes a lower channel for receiving a respective side perimeter edge region of said fixed window panel and a respective end region of said lower frame member;
• wherein each of said side frame members includes a movable window channel parallel to and adjacent to said lower channel, and wherein each of said side frame portions of said movable frame are received in and are movable along the respective movable window channel;
• an elastomeric seal overmolded along and in said lower channel of each of said side frame members;
• wherein said elastomeric seal comprises a sealing channel that receives and seals against (i) the respective side perimeter edge region of said fixed window panel, (ii) the respective end region of said lower frame member and (iii) the respective end region of said center frame member;
• wherein a lower end portion of said sealing channel of said elastomeric seal that receives the respective end region of said lower frame member has a greater width dimension than the width dimension of the portion of said sealing channel that receives the respective side perimeter edge region of said fixed window panel;
• and
• wherein an upper end portion of said sealing channel of said elastomeric seal that receives the respective end region of said center frame member has a greater width dimension than the width dimension of the portion of said sealing channel that receives the respective side perimeter edge region of said fixed window panel.