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US 6,551,673 B1Granted
Vehicle glass with angled edge
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Yamamoto, Akihiko Kuribayashi, Michael Peterson, Antoine Kmeid
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Abstract
A vehicle glass includes an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. A circumferential edge joins the inner and outer surfaces. The edge has at least, in part, a generally planar portion connected to the outer surface by an outer corner and connected to the inner surface by an inner corner. The planar portion is disposed at an acute angle with respect to the outer surface. Furthermore, the outer corner also has a radius less than one half the thickness of the vehicle glass.
Claims14
A vehicle glass, comprising;
- an outer surface;
- an inner surface opposing said outer surface;
- and
- a circumferential edge joining said inner and outer surfaces, wherein said edge comprises an outer corner connecting said edge to said outer surface, and an inner corner connecting said edge to said inner surface, wherein said outer corner comprises a radius less than one half the thickness of the glass, and an edge portion intermediate the inner corner and the outer corner extends rearwardly, toward the inner surface, and inwardly, toward a center of the glass at;
- an acute angle wherein said acute angle is less than 65 degrees and greater than 40 degrees and
- wherein said edge extends around an entire circumference of the glass.
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In combination:
- a vehicle body and a vehicle glass;
- the vehicle glass being fixed in a frame portion of the vehicle body;
- the vehicle glass comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and a circumferential edge disposed adjacent to the frame portion of the vehicle body;
- and
- the circumferential edge comprising
- an outer corner comprising a first radius less than approximately one-half of a thickness of the vehicle glass and
- a convex portion between the first radius and the inner surface;
- whereby a visible grinding area is reduced at the outer corner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.