Door glass cassette for vehicles

A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicular door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette comprising:

• a frame and seal assembly comprising two laterally spaced side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for raising and lowering the glass pane, a top channel extending between the side channels at the top of each of said side channels, and lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides extending between said side channels, said channels and guide means collectively defining a glass opening in said door glass cassette, each of said channels and said guide means having an interior seal secured thereto and an exterior seal molded integrally thereto, said seals being adapted to cooperatively engage said glass pane adjacent to said glass opening, said side channels being curvilinear-shape channels having said open curvilinear-shape structure facing toward the glass opening, said top channel being an inverted curvilinear channel and having said open curvilinear-shape structure facing downward,
• said curvilinear-shape structures of said side channels and said top channels comprising an inside extension, an intermediate base, and an outside extension, said interior seal being secured to said inside extension and said exterior seal being molded on said outside extension of said channels, and
• said frame and seal assembly including an integral one-piece molded article comprising said side channels, said top channel, said lateral guide means, said exterior seals, and mounting means for a glass regulator assembly.

A door glass cassette adapted to matingly engage a vehicle door structure comprising:

• an integral frame and seal assembly, said frame assembly having a perimeter curvilinear-shape channel comprising two side channels and a top channel therebetween;
• a lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides extending between said side channels below said top channel,
• said seal assembly comprising interior seal means mounted on said perimeter channel and said lateral guide means and exterior seal means molded on said perimeter channel and said lateral guide means for cooperatively engaging a glass pane and effecting a weather seal,
• said frame and seal assembly including an integral one-piece molded article comprising said side perimeter channel, said guide means, said exterior seal means and mounting means for a glass regulator assembly.

A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted in a vehicular door structure comprising:

• a door glass;
• a frame and seal assembly for said door glass, comprising:
• two laterally-spaced curvilinear-shape side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for said door glass;
• a curvilinear-shape top channel extending between and molded to the tops of said side channels;
• transversely-spaced lateral guide means disposed between and molded to said side channels,
• each of said curvilinear side channels and said curvilinear top channel having an inside extension and an outside extension, interior seal means secured to said inside extension and exterior seal means molded to said outside extension, for operatively engaging said door glass,
• said side channels, top channel and lateral guide means collectively defining a door glass opening;
• mounting means for raising and lowering said door glass;
• and integrally molded with said side and top channels, said lateral guide means, and said exterior seals to form a one-piece article, said mounting means connecting said raising and lowering means with said frame and seal assembly to form the door glass cassette as an integral member for fitting in the vehicular door structure.

A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicle door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette comprising:

• a frame and seal assembly including interior and exterior seals secured to and molded integrally with, respectively, said frame of said frame and seal assembly adjacent to a glass opening formed in said door glass cassette, and adapted to engage said glass pane and effect a weather-tight seal;
• means for raising and lowering said glass pane;
• and
• mounting means integrally molded to said frame of said frame and seal assembly together with said exterior seals to form a one-piece article, said mounting means connecting said raising and lowering means with said frame and seal assembly to form the door glass cassette as an integral member for fitting in the vehicle door structure.