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US 2026/0184151 A1Published application
Vehicle window assembly with a sealed gap
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGenaro Garduño Ramirez, Abdellah Bedrouni, Artem Poliakov, Claude A. McLean
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Abstract
A vehicle window assembly includes a first window, and a second window adjacent to the first window. A first seal is attached to the first window. The first seal has a hook. A second seal is attached to the second window. The second seal has at least one flange. The hook of first seal and the at least one flange of the second seal interface with each other to seal a gap between the first window and the second window.
Claims19
A vehicle window assembly, comprising:
- a first window;
- a second window adjacent to the first window;
- a first seal attached to the first window, the first seal having a hook;
- and
- a second seal attached to the second window, the second seal having at least one flange;
- the hook of first seal and the at least one flange of the second seal interfacing with each other to seal a gap between the first window and the second window.
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A vehicle window installation method, comprising:
- attaching a first seal to a first window, the first seal having a hook;
- attaching a second seal to a second window, the second seal having at least one flange;
- and
- installing the first window and the second window in a vehicle such that the first window and the second window are adjacent to each other and a gap between the first window and the second window is sealed by contact between the first seal and the second seal,
- when the first window is installed in the vehicle before the second window, a topside of the hook contacts the at least one flange to seal the gap,
- when the first window is installed in the vehicle after the second window, an underside of the hook contacts the at least one flange to seal the gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.