Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
  • B60J10/70—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for windows or windscreens
  • B60J10/74—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for windows or windscreens for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides
  • B60J10/79—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for windows or windscreens for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
  • B60J10/80—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors
  • B60J10/86—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors arranged on the opening panel
  • B60J10/88—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors arranged on the opening panel mounted on, or integral with, the glass-run seals

Definitions

• the field of the invention is that of motor vehicles.
• the invention relates to vehicle doors, and in particular the equipment of bays formed in such doors.
• the invention relates to vehicle doors equipped with at least one glazing panel movable substantially vertically, in particular to move from a closed position to an open position in which it penetrates fully or partially into a lower body box (the movable panel can, of course, generally take a plurality of intermediate positions).
• Such a vehicle door can in particular be a side door, but the invention can also be applied, for example, to the swinging doors and / or sliding of a vehicle, including the rear doors, tailgates ...
• a frame is provided, on the side facing the interior of the vehicle, carrying one or more (conventionally two) rails, cooperating with pads integral with the movable glass panel, and fixed on the face of the latter oriented towards inside the vehicle.
• the frame can, if necessary, be truncated and be limited to amounts carrying the rails.
• This technique is interesting because it allows to design original designs, because of the removal of the conventional door frame, while maintaining effective guidance and maintenance of the movable panel.
• Patent document F 2 872 094 discloses a technique for making motor vehicle doors on which the glass surface is flush (that is to say in which no frame appears from the outside) and consisting of separately fabricating a door structure and a glazed assembly that are superimposed to form a vehicle door.
• the present invention aims to solve the weaknesses of this prior art.
• the invention aims to provide such a vehicle door having a flush appearance in itself and with the bodies, and has a good quality of structure and sealing.
• an object of the invention is to provide a glazed device for producing a vehicle door, which is simple to implement and assemble, for example, on an assembly line.
• Another objective is to provide a method of manufacturing a door for a motor vehicle, which is simple and quick to implement.
• Another object of the invention is to provide such a glazed device, which can be easily maintained or replaced, for example, following an accident.
• a glazed device intended to be assembled to a door box to form a motor vehicle door, comprising at least one movable glass panel and sliding guide rails of said movable glazing panel between a closed position and at least one open position, said movable glazing panel carrying, on its side facing towards the inside of the vehicle, at least one slidably mounted guide shoe relative to one of said guide rails, said guide rails being connected in their upper part by an upper cross member, said upper cross member carrying first sealing means intended to come into contact with the vehicle body when the door is closed, and in that said top rail and said guide rails carry second distinct sealing means intended to come into contact with the movable glazing panel.
• the first sealing means and the second sealing means are manufactured in one piece.
• a glazed device is produced in a simple manner and is intended to be positioned on a door structure by providing two levels of sealing:
• the glazed mobile panel and the frame of the glazed device being formed by the guide rails of the glazed movable panel and a cross member connecting the upper ends of the rails, and
• the first sealing means and the second sealing means are welded to said upper cross member.
• the first sealing means and the second sealing means are overmolded on said upper cross member.
• the second sealing means are in the form of a continuous seal.
• the first sealing means and the second sealing means are secured by clipping on said upper cross member, and on said guide rails for the second sealing means.
• the first sealing means are disposed on the upper face of said upper cross member and in that the second sealing means are arranged on the underside of said upper cross member.
• said upper cross member comprises a slot in which is intended to be housed an edge of the body box.
• said slot is located between the upper face and the lower face of said upper cross member.
• the glazed device comprises a lower crossbar connecting the two guide rails in their lower part and intended to be fixed on the body box.
• the invention also relates to motor vehicle doors, comprising a glazed device according to the characteristics described above, as well as motor vehicles comprising at least one such glazed device.
• the invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a motor vehicle door comprising the following steps:
• a glazed device comprising at least one movable glass panel and sliding guide rails of said movable glass panel between a closed position and at least one open position, said movable glazing panel carrying, on its face oriented towards inside the vehicle, at least one guide shoe slidably mounted relative to one of said guide rails, said guide rails being connected in their upper part by a top rail,
• the step of manufacturing the glazed device comprises a step of manufacturing in one piece first sealing means and second sealing means, and a step of laying first sealing means on said cross member. upper intended to come into contact with the vehicle body when the door is closed, and a step of laying on said upper crossbar and said guide rails of second separate sealing means intended to come into contact with the movable glazing panel.
• This method of manufacturing a door for a motor vehicle is simple and quick to implement.
• the invention also relates to a sealing device for a glazed device according to the characteristics described above, the sealing device comprising first sealing means carried by said upper cross member and intended to come into contact with the vehicle bodywork. when the door is closed, and second sealing means carried by said upper cross member and said guide rails and intended to come into contact with the movable glazing panel.
• the first sealing means and the second sealing means are manufactured in one piece.
• Figure 1 is an exploded view of the assembly forming the structure of a vehicle door according to the invention
• Figure 2 is an exploded view of the glazed assembly of Figure 1;
• Figure 3 is a sectional view of the upper part of a vehicle door according to the invention;
• Figure 4 is a sectional view of the rear side portion of a vehicle door according to the invention.
• Figure 5 schematically illustrates the steps of an exemplary implementation of the method of manufacturing a motor vehicle door according to the invention.
• the invention therefore relates to a new technique for producing a door (side door, rear door, tailgate, cabin door ”) of a motor vehicle whose window, or movable panel, is perfectly aligned and flush with the body.
• This motor vehicle door and in particular its glazed portion, is flush ("flush" in English), that is to say that no frame or frame member protrudes outwardly of the vehicle, compared to the plane of this glazed part.
• This door 1 conventionally comprises a box, or frame, door 10, forming the structure of this door.
• the casing 10 comprises an upper frame 103, which defines an opening 102, and which is connected to a lower part 101.
• the outer element of the bodywork is omitted, to reveal the interior of the lower part 101 of the box 10, which comprises in particular elements for receiving and holding the glass part 11.
• This glazed portion 11 is made independently, as illustrated in Figure 2, and then assembled to the box 10, to form the door 1.
• the glazed portion 11 comprises a frame having an upper cross member 111, connecting two uprights each formed by a sliding guide rail 112 A , 112 B of a movable glazing panel 110 and a central cross member 113.
• the glazed panel, or window, mobile 110 can be moved in a substantially vertical direction between:
• the rails 112 A , 112 B constitute structuring elements of the glass part 11.
• the upper cross member 111 has a curvature corresponding to that of the upper frame 103 of the box 10.
• the upper cross member 111 is plastic, in this example.
• the two rails 112 A , 112 B which are made of plastic or aluminum, are mounted by screwing or riveting on the top rail 111.
• the glass part 11 is assembled independently of the door casing 10 and then mounted on the latter by fixing the upper rail 111 and rails 112 A , 112 B on the casing 10.
• the upper rail 111 and the rails 112 A , 112 B carry a peripheral glass seal 115 (called a slide) which comes into contact with the contour of the movable glass panel 110.
• This window gasket 115 is in the form of a web continuous and comprises an upper portion 115 c whose curvature corresponds to that of the upper cross member 111 and the upper frame 103 of the box 10.
• the window gasket 115 further comprises two straight branches 115 A , 115 B extend parallel from this upper part 115 c .
• One or more sealing lips 115d of door are disposed on the top (that is to say on the upper surface 111 B ) of the upper cross member 111 so as to be compressed between the upper cross member 111 and the body of the vehicle (referenced "C” in Figure 3) when the door 1 is closed, which ensures a good seal.
• the sealing lip or lips 115d and the window gasket 115 are made in one piece.
• the glass seal 115 is fixed to the underside (that is to say, on the lower surface lll c) of the upper cross member 111 and on the rails 112 A , 112 B , so as to be concealed beneath the movable glazing panel 110 when the latter is closed.
• the window gasket 115 is then compressed between the upper frame 103 of the box 10 and the movable glass panel 110, which ensures a good seal.
• the upper portion 115 c of the glass seal 115 has four sealing lips, in the example illustrated in Figure 3, intended to come into contact with the upper edge 110 c mobile glass panel 110, which is closed.
• This upper portion 115 c is secured by clipping (and possibly bonding), or any other joining technique (welding or overmolding in particular) to the upper cross member 111 and the upper frame 103 of the box 10.
• the sealing lip or lips 115d are secured to the upper cross member 111 by welding, overmoulding or any other technique (clipping or bonding in particular).
• the top rail 111 has an inner groove 111 A U-shaped, disposed between the upper surface 111 B and the lower surface lll c , in which is housed an edge of the upper frame 103 of the box 10 during assembly of the glass portion 11 on the box 10.
• the upper portion 115 c of the glass seal 115 is finally noted that comprises a U-shaped end that overlaps another edge of the upper frame 103.
• the movable glazing panel 110 is driven in displacement by drive means (not shown), for example a rack mechanism, itself powered by an electric motor.
• drive means for example a rack mechanism, itself powered by an electric motor.
• Other drive means including manual drive means, can of course be implemented.
• Guiding shoes are fixed on the face of the movable glass panel 110 facing the inside of the vehicle. These guide shoes are intended to cooperate with the rails 112 A, 112 B and guiding the trailing edges 110 A and 110 B before the moving glazing panel 110 in the rails 112 A, 112 B. In practice, these pads are generally not visible from the outside (the corresponding area being screen printed). In this embodiment, two pads 116 and 117 are provided to cooperate with the rail 112 A rear-facing, and a single bearing 118 is provided to cooperate with the rail 112 B facing forward.
• the guide rails 112 A, 112 B provide the double function of guiding in translation and sway. This swaying, which is not imperative in all embodiments, makes it possible to slightly shift the movable glass panel 110 outwards, before it is displaced in translation, so as to disengage it from the seal of window 115, to facilitate movement and limit the deterioration of the latter.
• Branch 115 A glass seal 115 has a first lip engaging the rear edge 110 A of the moving glazing panel 110, which is closed, and a second lip that cover part of the box 10.
• leg 115 B glass seal 115 located on the rail 112 B has a lip engaging the front edge 110B of the movable glazed panel 110.
• the frame of the glass part 11 also bears:
• the frame of the glass portion 11 also carries, in this example, a trim member 121 extending in the plane of the movable glass panel 110 when in the closed position (or shutter), and a base 122 of side mirror.
• the door can carry a blind.
• the glass unit may also include one or more fixed glazed panel (s), or quarter (s).
• the movable glazing panel carries, on its side facing the interior of the vehicle, two guide pads each mounted sliding relative to a guide rail.
• the movable glass panel carries a single guide shoe cooperating with one of the two guide rails in which slides the movable glass panel.
• Figure 5 schematically illustrates the steps of an exemplary implementation of the method of manufacturing a motor vehicle door according to the invention.
• the method comprises the following steps:
• step El manufacture of a door box 10
• step E2 of a glazed device 11 comprising at least one movable glass panel 110 and guide rails 112 A , 112 B sliding said movable glass panel (110) between a closed position and at least one position opening, said movable glazing panel 110 carrying, on its side facing the inside of the vehicle, at least one guide pad 116, 117, 118 slidably mounted relative to one of said guide rails 112 A , 112 B , said guide rails 112 A , 112 B being connected in their upper part by an upper cross member 111, - assembly (step E3) of said door box 10 and said glazed device 11.
• the manufacturing step (E2) of the glazed device 11 comprises a manufacturing step E20, in one piece, of the sealing lips 115d and the window seals 115, a laying step E21 of the lips sealing 115d on the upper cross member 111 intended to come into contact with the vehicle body when the door 1 is closed, and a laying step (E22) on the upper cross member 111 and the guide rails 112 A , 112 B , window seals 115 intended to come into contact with the movable glazing panel 110.
• sealing lips 115d and window seals 115 are manufactured in one piece which is positioned on the top rail 111 and the guide rails 112 A, 112 B.

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