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US 5,475,956 AGranted
Panel assembly
AssigneeDonnelly Corporation
InventorsRaj K. Agrawal, Niall R. Lynam
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Abstract
A vehicle panel assembly includes a window panel having at least one surface, at least one attachment member having a flange attached to the panel surface, an adhesive placed between the flange and the panel surface, and a sealing member molded onto the panel surface of the window panel and encapsulating the flange of the attachment member at a temperature sufficient to at least partially cure the adhesive and bond the attachement to the window panel.
Claims45
A vehicle window panel assembly, comprising:
- a window panel having a first and a second opposing surface terminating in a peripheral edge;
- at least one attachment member having a flange attached to said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge;
- an adhesive between said flange of said attachment member and said first surface, said adhesive including at least one of a thermoplastic adhesive and a thermoset adhesive;
- and
- a sealing member molded onto at least a portion of said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge and encapsulating at least said flange of said attachment member at a temperature sufficient to at least partially cure said adhesive and bond said attachment member to said window panel.
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A vehicle window panel assembly, comprising:
- a window panel having first and second opposing surfaces terminating in a peripheral edge:
- at least one attachment member having a flange attached to said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge, said attachment member made from at least one of metal, plastic, ceramic, and combinations and composites thereof, and is selected from the group of mounting studs, clips, channels, strips, and spacers;
- a sealing member, including a gasket, molded into a molding step onto at least a portion of said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge and encapsulating at least said flange of said attachment member therein, said sealing member includes a polymeric material, selected from the group of thermoset and thermoplastics, deposited upon at least one surface of said sheet-like panel and at least partially surrounding said attachment member;
- an adhesive adhering said flange of said attachment member to said first surface, said adhesive at least partially cured during said molding step of said sealing member onto said first surface to bond said attachment member to said window panel, said adhesive being one of a thermoplastic adhesive and a thermoset adhesive;
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- wherein said gasket includes a first and a second flange extending from said first face of said sheet-like panel and spaced from each other to define at least one opening therein exposing said first face of said panel.
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A window panel assembly for use in a vehicle opening, comprising:
- a window panel having a first and a second opposing surface terminating in a peripheral edge and having a geometry adapted to fit within the vehicle opening;
- at least one attachment member having a flange attached to said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge;
- a gasket molded in a molding step onto at least a portion of said first surface of said window panel and at least partially surrounding said flange of said attachment member;
- an adhesive between said flange of said attachment member and said first surface, and at least partially cured by the molding of said gasket onto said panel to bond said attachment member to said first surface of said window panel;
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- wherein said gasket includes at least one window defined therein exposing said first surface of said sheet-like panel.
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A window panel assembly for use in a vehicle opening, comprising:
- a window panel having a first and a second opposing surface terminating in a peripheral edge and having a geometry adapted to fit within the vehicle opening;
- at least one attachment member having a flange attached to said first surface of said window panel proximate said peripheral edge;
- an adhesive between said flange of said attachment member and said first surface;
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- a gasket on at least a portion of said first surface of said window panel and at least partially surrounding said flange of said attachment member, said gasket formed on said window panel by at least one of molding and extruding step at a temperature sufficient to partially cure said adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.