Side window deflector

A side window deflector for fitting into a channel of a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:

• a body that is elongate in an x direction, where x is horizontal and is substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle, a z direction being at right angles to the x direction and being closer to the vertical than it is to the horizontal, the body having a first end portion with a lower edge and an inner surface;
• a flange for fitting into the channel of the side window of the vehicle, the flange having an inboard surface which substantially conforms to an xz sheet, the xz sheet being in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange being joined to the body, a lower edge of the flange joined to the lower edge of the first end portion of the body at a junction;
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• a camming facet formed on the inner surface of the first end portion of the body to be adjacent the junction, the flange having a first thickness, a region of the first end portion of the body bounding the camming facet having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, a thickness of the camming facet varying from the first thickness to the second thickness, the thickness of the camming facet increasing as a function of a distance from the lower edge of the first end portion, the thickness of the camming facet also increasing as a function of a distance from the flange.

A side window deflector for fitting into a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:

• a body that is elongate in an x direction, where x is horizontal and is substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle, a z direction being at right angles to the x direction and being closer to the vertical than it is to the horizontal, the body having a first end portion with an inner surface and a lower edge;
• a flange for fitting into the channel of the side window of the vehicle, the flange having an inboard surface which substantially conforms to an xz sheet, where the xz sheet is in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange being joined to the body, a lower edge of the flange being joined to the lower edge of the first end portion of the body at a junction;
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• a camming facet formed on the inner surface of the first end portion to be adjacent the junction, the facet formed at an angle to the xz sheet such that an upper edge of a window glass will first contact the first end portion at the camming facet when upwardly advancing toward the channel of the vehicle side window.

A side window deflector for a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:

• a body that is elongate in an x direction, the x direction being substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle;
• the body having a main portion and a first end portion joined to the main portion, the main portion having a lower edge and an upper margin opposed to the lower edge;
• a flange of the side window deflector, an outboard surface of the flange substantially conforming to an xz sheet, where a z direction is at right angles to the x direction and is oriented more to the vertical than it is to the horizontal and the xz sheet is in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange joined to the upper margin of the main portion of the body and extending upwardly therefrom along the xz sheet, the flange having an outboard surface;
• an outboard surface of the main portion upwardly extending from the lower edge of the main portion and having lower and upper segments, the lower segment adjoining the lower edge of the main portion and being concavely curved relative to a center of the vehicle, the upper segment upwardly extending from the lower segment and being convexly recurved relative to the center of the vehicle, a radius of curvature of the upper segment being at least about 1.5 mm, whereby the outboard surface of the main portion makes a continuously curved transition to the outboard surface of the flange.

A side window deflector for a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:

• a body that is elongate in an x direction, the x direction being substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle;
• the body having a main portion and a first end portion joined to the main portion, the main portion having a lower edge and an upper margin opposed to the lower edge;
• a flange of the side window deflector, an outboard surface of the flange substantially conforming to an xz sheet, where a z direction is at right angles to the x direction and is oriented more to the vertical than it is to the horizontal and the xz sheet is in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange joined to the upper margin of the main portion of the body and extending upwardly therefrom along the xz sheet, the flange having an outboard surface;
• an outboard surface of the main portion upwardly extending from the lower edge of the main portion to the outboard surface of the flange, an outer surface of the first end portion of the body extending from the outboard surface of the main portion to the outboard surface of the flange, the outer surface of the first end portion having an inboard segment that extends in an outboard direction from the outboard surface of the flange, and an outboard segment that extends in the outboard direction from the inboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion to the outboard surface of the main portion, the outboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion being concavely curved relative to a center of the main portion, the inboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion being convexly recurved, a radius of curvature of the inboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion being at least about 2 mm, whereby the outer surface of the first end portion makes a continuously curved transition to the outboard surface of the flange.

A side window deflector for a side window of a vehicle, the side window deflector comprising:

• a body that is elongate in an x direction, the x direction being substantially aligned with a fore and aft axis of the vehicle;
• the body having a main portion and a first end portion joined to the main portion, the main portion having a lower edge and an upper margin opposed to the lower edge;
• a flange of the side window deflector, an outboard surface of the flange substantially conforming to an xz sheet, where a z direction is at right angles to the x direction and is oriented more to the vertical than it is to the horizontal and the xz sheet is in alignment with the x and z directions, the flange joined to the upper margin of the main portion of the body and extending upwardly therefrom along the xz sheet, the flange having an outboard surface;
• an outboard surface of the main portion upwardly extending from the lower edge of the main portion to the outboard surface of the flange, the outboard surface of the main portion having lower and upper segments, the lower segment adjoining the lower edge of the main portion and being concavely curved relative to a center of the vehicle, the upper segment upwardly extending from the lower segment and being convexly recurved relative to the center of the vehicle,
• an outer surface of the first end portion of the body extending from the outboard surface of the main portion to the outboard surface of the flange, the outer surface of the first end portion having an inboard segment that extends in an outboard direction from the outboard surface of the flange, and an outboard segment that extends in the outboard direction from the inboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion to the outboard surface of the main portion, the outboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion being concavely curved relative to a center of the main portion, the inboard segment of the outer surface of the first end portion being convexly recurved;
• wherein the outer surface of the first end portion is smoothly continuous with the outboard surface of the main portion.