Guide for a sliding window
AssigneeAutomobiles Peugeot/Automobiles Citroen
InventorFirmin Rouillard
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Abstract
A guide arrangement for a sliding window of a vehicle includes a generally "U" shaped guide rail secured in a frame of the window opening and a runner slidable in said guide rail and which straddles and is fixed to the an edge of the window. The runner has a thin web disposed between the outer surface of the window and an outer leg of the guide rail in which the runner slides, so that the outside surface of the window is almost flush with the outer surface of the vehicle. A weatherstrip like seal mounted on the frame of the window opening engages the window.
Claims16
A guide arrangement for a sliding window of a vehicle comprising, a generally "U" shaped guide rail secured in a frame of the window opening and a runner slidable in said guide rail and which straddles and is fixed to the window, said runner comprising, a thin web disposed between the outer surface of the window and an outer leg of the guide rail, and a seal mounted on the frame of the window opening for sealing against the window, and wherein, the gide rail is welded between an exterior panel and an interior panel of the vehicle.
A guide arrangement for a sliding window of a vehicle comprising, a generally "U" shaped gide rail secured in a frame of the window opening and a runner slidable in said guide rail and which straddles and is fixed to the window, said runner comprising, a thin web disposed between the outer surface of the window and an outer leg of the guide rail, a seal mounted on the frame of the window opening for sealing against the window, an exterior panel, and wherein, a trim strip extends over the exterior panel, a lip seal is retained between the trim strip and the panel, and the lip seal engages the window.
A guide arrangement for a sliding window of a vehicle comprising, a generally "U" shaped guide rail secured in a frame of the window opening a runner slidable in said guide rail and which straddles and is fixed to the window, said runner comprising, a thin web disposed between the outer surface of the window and an outer leg of the guide rail, a seal mounted on the frame of the window opening for sealing against the window, a projection fixed to the web of said runner and extending into an opening formed in the window from one surface of the window, said projection extending toward the body of the runner disposed on the other surface of the window and means for securing the projection to the body of the runner and comprising, a clip engageable over the projection and secured to the body of the runner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.