Window clip release system
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsScott P. Robison, Scott L. Frederick
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Abstract
A clip release system for a vehicle door includes: a clip including a stem and a clamping portion configured to hold a window; a lock including at least one guide extending from the first axial surface to the second axial surface, the lock being disposed in the stem of the clip; a bolt that rotates between a first position and a second position, is inserted through the hole of the lock in an insertion direction, and biased to move out of the lock in a direction opposite the insertion direction, the bolt including a head at a first end of the bolt, a shaft extending to a second end of the bolt, and at least one locking tab disposed on a surface of the shaft and configured to pass through the at least one guide.
Claims20
A clip release system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a clip including a stem and a clamping portion configured to hold a window;
- a lock including a hole having an inner diameter, a first axial surface, a second axial surface, and at least one guide extending from the first axial surface to the second axial surface, the lock being disposed in the stem of the clip;
- a bolt that rotates between a first position and a second position, is inserted through the hole of the lock in an insertion direction, and biased to move out of the lock in a direction opposite the insertion direction, the bolt including a head at a first end of the bolt, a shaft extending to a second end of the bolt, and at least one locking tab disposed on a surface of the shaft and configured to pass through the at least one guide, wherein
- in the first position, the at least one locking tab is misaligned with the at least one guide and the at least one locking tab engages the second axial surface of the lock to prevent the bolt from disengaging from the lock;
- and
- in the second position, the at least one locking tab is aligned with the at least one guide and allows the bolt to disengage from the lock.
A clip release system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a clip including a stem, a clamping portion configured to hold a window, a through-hole disposed on the stem, and a support structure disposed on the stem proximal to the through-hole;
- a bolt inserted through the through-hole of the stem in an insertion direction and biased to move out of the lock in a direction opposite the insertion direction, the bolt including a head at a first end of the bolt, a shaft extending to a second end of the bolt, and a magnet disposed at a second end of the bolt;
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- an electromagnet disposed in the support structure proximal to and opposite the magnet along the insertion direction and configured to receive a voltage, wherein
- the electromagnet generates a first magnetic field to attract the magnet of the bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.