Screwed fixing of a retaining or fixing member to a laminated glazing
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Vitrage International c/o Saint-Gobain Recherche
InventorsHeinz Schilde, Friendrich Triebs, Franz Kramling
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Abstract
A metal retaining or fixing member (6) is fixed to a laminated glazing (1) with the aid of a screwed assembly. The two glass sheets (2,3) forming the laminated glazing (1) are provided with holes (15,16) before being assembled with the thermoplastic interlayer (4), in such a way that following the manufacture of the laminated glazing, they are eccentric with respect to one another. Prior to the screwing down of the assembly, the empty space separating the parts (9,18) of said assembly located within the holes 15,16) and the walls thereof is filled with curable adhesive (20).
Claims6
A process for fixing a member to a laminated glazing, comprising the steps of:
- forming a laminated glazing by assembling glass sheets having holes therein such that the holes are eccentric to one another in the formed laminated glazing;
- inserting a threaded part of the member into said holes while leaving an empty space between said threaded part and walls of at least one of said holes;
- filling the empty space with a curable plastic adhesive;
- and
- threadably mating a screw with said threaded part to mechanically fix said member to said glazing.
A sliding vehicular glazing assembly comprising:
- a laminated glazing having eccentric holes;
- a guide pin having a threaded part inserted in said eccentric holes such that an empty space remains between said threaded part and walls of at least one of said holes;
- a curable plastic adhesive filling the empty space;
- and
- a screw threadably mated with said threaded part and mechanically fixing said guide pin to said glazing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.