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US 2026/0184141 A1Published application
Vehicular sliding window assembly
AssigneeMagna Exteriors Inc.
InventorArnaud Rollin
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Abstract
A sliding closure arrangement for a vehicle that includes a frame. The frame has a guide rail for slidably receiving a closure that is moveable in response to an opening direction force, where the closure moves along the guide rail toward an opened position and a closing direction force, where the closure moves along the guide rail toward a closed position. The closure is movable to one or more intermediate positions between the opened position and the closed position. To facilitate the locking, unlocking, and positioning of the closure along the guide rail there is a handle lock mechanism that controls the locking and unlocking of a blocking mechanism. The blocking mechanism includes a rotatable foot that is engageable with one of a plurality of detents positioned along the guide rail.
Claims20
A sliding closure arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame has at least one side with a guide rail for slidably receiving a closure that is moveable in response to (i) an opening direction force where the closure moves along the guide rail toward an opened position and (ii) a closing direction force where the closure moves along the guide rail toward a closed position;
- wherein the closure is moveable to one or more intermediate positions between the opened position and the closed position;
- a handle lock mechanism connected to a carrier of the closure and having a locking handle and an opening handle, wherein the locking handle comprises at least one lock stop;
- wherein the locking handle is rotatable to move the at least one lock stop between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- wherein the locking handle comprises a bias lock spring for biasing the at least one lock stop toward the locked position;
- wherein the handle lock mechanism comprises an opening handle having an aperture for receiving the at least one lock stop when the locking handle is rotated to the locked position;
- wherein the opening handle comprises a return spring that pushes against the opening handle to bias the opening handle in a direction so that the at least one lock stop moves into the aperture positioning the locking handle in the locked position;
- wherein the opening handle comprises a rack having a plurality of teeth for engaging at least one of a plurality of toothed pins rotatably connected to a rod;
- a blocking mechanism in sliding contact with the guide rail of the frame, wherein the blocking mechanism is connected to the carrier of the closure, and wherein the blocking mechanism is operably connected to the handle lock mechanism through the rod;
- wherein the blocking mechanism includes a blocking spring connected between the carrier and a foot where forces are exerted on the foot;
- a detent formed in the guide rail, wherein the foot of the blocking mechanism slides in the guide rail;
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- wherein the blocking spring biases the foot to rotate to an engaged position where the foot engages the detent to hold the blocking mechanism and the closure at a location on the guide rail until the opening direction force or closing direction force is exerted on the handle locking mechanism to overcome the force of the blocking spring to move the foot to a released position where the foot is released from the detent.
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A vehicular rear slider window assembly, the vehicular rear slider window assembly comprising:
- a fixed window panel;
- a movable window panel;
- an upper rail and a lower rail attached to the fixed window panel;
- wherein the movable window panel is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail between (i) a closed position where the movable window panel is disposed at an opening of the fixed window panel and (ii) an opened position where the movable window panel is disposed at least partially along the fixed window panel;
- wherein at least one of the upper rail and the lower rail comprises a channel having a detent;
- wherein a detent element is disposed within the channel and is movable along the channel according to movement of the movable window panel between the closed position and the opened position;
- wherein the detent element is pivotable within the channel between (i) an engaged position where the detent element engages the detent to limit movement of the movable window panel between the closed position and the opened position and (ii) a disengaged position where the detent element does not engage the detent to allow movement of the movable window panel between the closed position and the opened position;
- a handle attached to the movable window panel, wherein the handle comprises an opening portion and a locking portion;
- wherein the locking portion is adjustable between (i) a locked state where the locking portion engages the opening portion to limit movement of the opening portion relative to the locking portion and (ii) an unlocked state where the locking portion moves out of engagement with the opening portion to allow movement of the opening portion relative to the locking portion;
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- wherein, with the locking portion in the unlocked state, the opening portion is translatable relative to the locking portion, and wherein, as the opening portion translates relative to the locking portion, the opening portion engages a connecting element coupled to the detent element to pivot the detent element from the engaged position toward the disengaged position to allow movement of the movable window panel between the closed position and the opened position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.