Window assembly
AssigneeDonnelly Mirrors, Inc.
InventorCleon C. Morgan
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Abstract
A vehicular window assembly formed as a complete unit prior to installation and adapted to be installed as a unit from the exterior of the vehicle body with only final securement of attaching means being necessary from the interior of the vehicle body. The assembly includes a molded plastic casing or gasket, a transparent window covering an aperture in the casing and an attachment member for attaching the casing to the body having a portion molded or embedded within the casing. The attaching portion preferably includes a frame bezel and retaining projections extending into the casing or gasket on one side of the frame. Together with the resilient gasket or casing, the projections accommodate any deviations in contour or curvature between the frame and window. The gasket or casing is preferably injection molded polyvinyl chloride.
Claims24
A vehicular window assembly formed as a complete unit prior to installation and adapted for installation from the exterior of a vehicle body to provide an assembly for closing an opening in a vehicle body, said window assembly comprising a casing constructed of a molded plastic material approximating the shape and size of the opening in said vehicle;
- a transparent window having a peripheral edge with said casing molded around said peripheral edge;
- attachment means for attaching said casing to said vehicle body, said casing being molded around at least a first portion of said attachment means so as to embed said first portion within the casing;
- said casing having an inner surface arranged to face in a direction toward the inside of the vehicle body and an outer surface arranged to face in a direction toward the outside of said vehicle body;
- said attachment means having second portions spaced along the casing, extending in a direction toward the inside of said vehicle body, and constituting affixing means for affixing said composite casing and transparent window over said opening in the vehicle body;
- said casing and attachment means structure providing a finished trim around said window and the periphery of the opening in the vehicle body by which said second, affixing portions of said attachment means are concealed from view outside of the vehicle body.
A vehicular window assembly formed as a complete unit prior to installation and adapted for installation from the exterior of a vehicle body to provide an assembly for closing an opening in a vehicle body, said window assembly comprising a finished window frame bezel having interior and exterior surfaces and a window aperture therein;
- a transparent window positioned adjacent said window aperture of said frame bezel and having a peripheral edge;
- projection means on the interior surface of said frame bezel adjacent said peripheral edge of said window;
- resilient, flexible, gasket means molded around the peripheral edge of said window and around the said projection means for securing said window to said frame bezel to form an integral composite finished assembly for attachment to a vehicle body;
- said composite assembly having a finished exterior surface requiring no finishing or modification after said assembly is attached to a vehicle body;
- said frame bezel, when said projection means is molded within said gasket means, having portions of sufficient size, shape and position for attachment of said frame bezel to said vehicle;
- and means for attaching said portions to said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.