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US 5,309,677 AGranted
Electrically operated vehicle window
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Vitrage International
InventorsHeinz Kunert, Hans Ohlenforst
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Abstract
An electric motor driven vehicle window assembly wherein an electric motor is mounted in an aperture formed in a portion of a transparent window pane. The electric motor operates in conjunction with a simple transmission element such as a threaded rod or a toothed rack and when energized, causes the window to be raised or lowered. The invention provides a motor driven window which is more compact than conventional motor driven vehicle windows.
Claims13
A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane having an outer periphery mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- an aperture in said transparent pane at a location spaced from the outer periphery thereof;
- electric motor drive means mounted at least partially within said aperture in the transparent pane to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means;
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- transmission means mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is energized.
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A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane, having an outer periphery, mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- a single aperture in said transparent pane at a location spaced from the outer periphery thereof;
- electric motor drive means mounted within said aperture in the transparent pane to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means, said drive means having a drive output means extending out of said aperture on one side of said transparent pane;
- electric means connected to said drive means for energizing said drive means;
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- transmission means mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means and drivingly connected to said drive output means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is erergized, wherein the electric motor drive means comprises a revolving disc type motor having a flat, disc-shaped rotor positioned for rotation within said aperture in the plane of said transparent pane and wherein the drive output means includes gear means mounted for rotation about an axis extending at a right angle to said plane for engaging said transmission means.
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A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane, having an outer periphery, mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- a single aperture in said transparent pane at a location spaced from the outer periphery thereof;
- electric motor drive means comprising a linear motor mounted within said aperture in in the transparent pane to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means, said drive means having a drive output means extending out of said aperture on one side of said transparent pane;
- electric means connected to said drive means for energizing said drive means;
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- transmission means comprising a conductor rail mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means and drivingly connected to said drive output means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is energized.
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A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane, having an outer periphery, mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- a single aperture in said transparent pane at a location spaced from the outer periphery thereof;
- electric motor drive means mounted within said aperture in the transparent pane to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means, said drive means having a drive output means extending out of said aperture on one side of said transparent pane;
- electric means connected to said drive means for energizing said drive means;
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- transmission means mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means and drivingly connected to said drive output means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is erergized.
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A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane, having an outer periphery, mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- an aperture in said transparent pane, said aperture having a predetermined size and shape;
- electric motor drive means mounted within said aperture in the transparent pane to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means, said drive means having an outer size and shape, as measured in the plane of said transparent pane, which is complimentary to said predetermined size and shape and engaging at least a portion of the periphery of said aperture to prevent movement of said drive means in the plane of said transparent pane, said drive means further having a drive output means extending out of said aperture on one side of said transparent pane;
- electric means connected to said drive means for energizing said drive means;
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- transmission means mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means and drivingly connected to said drive output means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is energized.
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A motor driven vehicle window assembly comprising:
- a transparent pane having an outer periphery mounted and adapted for vertical sliding motion in a window frame;
- an electric motor drive means having a predetermined cross-sectional size, as measured through a section thereof;
- an aperture in said transparent pane at a location spaced from the outer periphery thereof, said aperture having a size at least as large as said cross-sectional size of said drive means;
- said electric motor drive means being mounted and positioned at least partially within said aperture in the transparent pane with said section extending across said aperture, to reduce the overall space requirements for the drive means;
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- transmission means mounted within the vehicle wall and operatively associated with the drive means for causing the transparent pane to be raised or lowered in the window frame when the drive means is energized.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.