WO1982003105A1 - Structure de glace de voiture - Google Patents

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WO1982003105A1
WO1982003105A1 PCT/US1982/000286 US8200286W WO8203105A1 WO 1982003105 A1 WO1982003105 A1 WO 1982003105A1 US 8200286 W US8200286 W US 8200286W WO 8203105 A1 WO8203105 A1 WO 8203105A1
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pane
movable
guide
door
window structure
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Res Ltd Partnership Delorean
Colin R Spooner
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Delorean Res Ltd
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    • 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
    • B60J1/00—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor
    • B60J1/08—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor arranged at vehicle sides
    • B60J1/12—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor arranged at vehicle sides adjustable
    • B60J1/16—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor arranged at vehicle sides adjustable slidable
    • B60J1/17—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor arranged at vehicle sides adjustable slidable vertically
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F11/00—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening
    • E05F11/38—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening for sliding windows, e.g. vehicle windows, to be opened or closed by vertical movement
    • E05F11/42—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening for sliding windows, e.g. vehicle windows, to be opened or closed by vertical movement operated by rack bars and toothed wheels or other push-pull mechanisms
    • E05F11/423—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening for sliding windows, e.g. vehicle windows, to be opened or closed by vertical movement operated by rack bars and toothed wheels or other push-pull mechanisms for vehicle windows
    • E05F11/426—Flexible rack-and-pinion arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
    • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
    • E05F15/665—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for vertically-sliding wings
    • E05F15/689—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for vertically-sliding wings specially adapted for vehicle windows
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/55—Windows

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  • This invention relates to the field of automobile window structures and particularly to a structure including a side window having an upper fixed transparent portion and a lower movable portion retractable into the door panel. It is common to provide built-in ventilation systems in modern automobiles, especially those that are highly styled with very rounded or non-planar door panels, and such ventilation systems almost make movable side windows in the doors unnecessary, especially if the automobile includes an adequate air conditioning system. However, there are still occasions when at least a small movable window panel is required, as for example to allow the driver to pay tolls and to communicate with service station operators.
  • a side window in the door of an automobile has an upper portion that is fixed to the remainder of the door and a lower portion that can be retracted into the lower part of the door panel between the outer wall, which is usually of metal, and the inner wall, which is usually upholstered.
  • the fore and aft extent of the window may be substantially less than the total transparent area, so that the forwardmost part of the movable portion of the window may be substantially behind the forwardmost part of the transparent portion of the window, and the rearwardmost part of the movable portion may be well forward of the rearwardmost part of the transparent portion. This allows a maximum transparent area with concomitant good visibility in all directions and yet provides an opening in the lower central part of the side window area in a location that is convenient for extension of the driver's arm to pay tolls and to communicate with those outside the automobile.
  • the movable part of the window slides on tracks that are shaped to conform in general to the curvature of the door so as to accommodate a window having substantial tumble home.
  • a drive motor is mounted in the door at an angle to a transmission member that can transmit force longitudinally around a bend. This allows the drive motor to have an almost horizontal axis so that it can engage the longitudinally movable member along a lower portion of the door between the inner and outer surfaces thereof.
  • the force transmitting means is sufficiently flexible to bend within a constraining elbow, and the upper end of the force transmitting member is attached to the lower part of the window or to a channel in which the window rests so that the window can either be pulled downwardly into the opaque part of the door panel or pushed generally upwardly into a closed position against the fixed, upper part of the window.
  • a waterproof, preferably transparent channel is provided around the opening in the upper, fixed part of the window to receive the uppermost edges of the movable window to provide a waterproof and draft-free engagement when the movable part of the window is fully raised.
  • Fig. 1 shows the left hand door 11 of a car with a substantially vertically movable side window 12 constructed according to the invention.
  • the door 11 is of the gull-wing type with a portion 13 that forms part of the roof of the car and is pivoted by means (not shown) near the center line of the roof 14.
  • the lower part of the door is an opaque panel 16 which may be of metal or a suitable plastic, such as a glass reinforced plastic (GRP) of a type capable of withstanding stresses typically encountered by automobile body panels.
  • GRP glass reinforced plastic
  • the upper part of the door 11 is mostly transparent and includes, in addition to the movable pane 12, a fixed pane 17 that extends around three sides of the movable pane 12.
  • all parts of the door 11 are curved to conform to the central part of the body of the car 17. This curvature is not entirely cylindrical but is almost so. This does not mean that it has a single longitudinal axis, but that all of the horizontal generating lines are fairly straight in the fore and aft direction.
  • the curvature is convex from the outside point of view, and there is considerable tumble home of the movable and fixed window panes 12 and 17 toward the roof portion 13.
  • the longitudinal extent of the movable pane 12 is substantially less than that of the fixed pane 17. That is, the forwardmost portion 19 of the movable pane 12 is substantially rearward of the forwardmost portion 21 of the fixed pane 17. In a similar manner, the rearwardmost portion 22 of the movable pane 12 is substantially ahead of the rearwardmost portion of the fixed pane 17. As a result, it is necessary to provide space within the door panel 16 to accommodate a large movable pane. This has the advantage that the door lock 23 can be placed in a location that would otherwise interfere with any downward retraction of the rear part of the pane 17.
  • the movable pane 12 is still large enough to extend from approximately the location of the steering wheel 24 to the back 26 of the seat. As a result, it provides adequate space for the driver, on the driver's side, or the passenger, on the other side, to reach out and pay tolls or to communicate with persons outside the automobile when the pane 12 on the respective side of the car is retracted.
  • Fig. 1 shows two slanting guides 27 and 28 that guide members 29 and 30, respectively, attached to clamps 31 and 32 that hold the lower edge of the movable pane 12.
  • the clamps 31 and 32 may be constructed as a single channel that runs along the entire lower edge of the pane 12.
  • This regulator structure can include a hand-operated crank, if desired, but it is shown in Fig. 1 with a drive motor 34 connected to a gear box 35.
  • the latter is connected to a flexible actuator 36 in the form of a core wound with wire that provides a helical surface to mesh with an output drive pinion in the gear box 35.
  • the upper end of the core of the actuator is attached to the pane 12 by means of a clamp 35, which could, alternatively, be constructed as part of a channel extending along the entire lower side of the pane 12.
  • the flexible actuator 36 does not rotate but is driven linearly like a rack and is guided between parallel members 38 and 39 so that it can apply force parallel to the guides 27 and 28 to elevate the pane 12 to the position shown in which the uppermost rim 40 of this pane is seated in a weatherproof channel 41.
  • the actuator 36 is sufficiently flexible to bend within a guiding elbow 42 to follow along a horizontal track 43 toward the front edge 44 of the door 11.
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the door 11 with the motor 34 located near the bottom of the door and beneath a longitudinal strengthening beam 45 that has a corrugated cross-section.
  • the part of the door 11 shown in Fig. 2 includes the track 28 which, as shown, is curved so as to be more or less concentric with the outer surface of the door panel 16.
  • the track 28 is pivotally mounted on a support member 46 bolted to the upper surface of the beam 45.
  • a pin 47 serves as a pivot member for the track 28, and a bolt 48 that passes through an elongated slot 49 in the support AS also helps to hold the track 28 in place and allows some pivotal positioning thereof to get the pane 12 precisely aligned in the door 11.
  • a projection 51 that serves as a lower limit to retraction of the pane 12.
  • This projection is approximately the same distance below the upper edge 52 of the panel 16 as the uppermost edge of the pane 12 is above the clamp 32, to allow the pane 12 to move the full distance between complete retraction into the door panel 16 and complete extension into engagement with the fixed pane 17 (Fig. 1).
  • the upper edge of the pane 12 fits into a channel 53 attached to the lower edge of the cutout portion of the fixed pane 17.
  • the channel 53 has an H-shaped cross-section to serve as a substantially weather-tight seal between the paries 12 and 17.

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Abstract

Glace de voiture comprenant un panneau fixe (17) monte dans un panneau et possedant un decoupage sur sa partie inferieure centrale. Une glace mobile (12) s'adapte dans le decoupage et est montee sur des rails (27, 28) lui permettant d'etre retractee dans le panneau au moyen d'un dispositif de reglage (33). Le dispositif de reglage (33) comprend un organe flexible et guide (36) formant un coude (42) autour d'un angle de maniere a permettre de reduire au minimum la hauteur necessaire pour le panneau par rapport a la hauteur de la glace mobile.
PCT/US1982/000286 1981-03-11 1982-03-09 Structure de glace de voiture WO1982003105A1 (fr)

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EP0106149A2 (fr) * 1982-10-16 1984-04-25 Audi Ag Fenêtre latérale pour véhicule automobile
FR2574029A1 (fr) * 1984-11-30 1986-06-06 Peugeot Porte laterale de vehicule automobile
EP0204997A2 (fr) * 1985-06-12 1986-12-17 Hüls Troisdorf Aktiengesellschaft Fenêtre de véhicule automobile
FR2839020A1 (fr) * 2002-04-29 2003-10-31 Hutchinson Ouvrant de porte avant ou arriere de vehicule automobile
WO2005084975A1 (fr) * 2004-03-04 2005-09-15 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Vehicule comportant une vitre laterale superieure et une vitre laterale inferieure
DE102013003243A1 (de) 2013-02-27 2014-08-28 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Fahrzeugtür
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US3681874A (en) * 1969-06-20 1972-08-08 Golde Gmbh H T Window operating mechanism with flexible threaded cable transmission particularly for motor vehicles
US3897654A (en) * 1974-03-04 1975-08-05 Golde Gmbh H T Automobile window operating mechanism
US4034509A (en) * 1976-04-23 1977-07-12 American Motors Corporation Window regulator
US4074463A (en) * 1976-07-27 1978-02-21 Riv - Skf Officine Di Villar Perosa S.P.A. Electrically controlled window regulator
US4241542A (en) * 1978-10-12 1980-12-30 General Motors Corporation Vehicle door window assembly

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EP0106149A2 (fr) * 1982-10-16 1984-04-25 Audi Ag Fenêtre latérale pour véhicule automobile
EP0106149A3 (fr) * 1982-10-16 1985-12-04 Audi Ag Fenêtre latérale pour véhicule automobile
FR2574029A1 (fr) * 1984-11-30 1986-06-06 Peugeot Porte laterale de vehicule automobile
EP0185580A1 (fr) * 1984-11-30 1986-06-25 Automobiles Peugeot Porte latérale de véhicule automobile
EP0204997A2 (fr) * 1985-06-12 1986-12-17 Hüls Troisdorf Aktiengesellschaft Fenêtre de véhicule automobile
EP0204997A3 (fr) * 1985-06-12 1987-08-19 Hüls Troisdorf Aktiengesellschaft Fenêtre de véhicule automobile
FR2839020A1 (fr) * 2002-04-29 2003-10-31 Hutchinson Ouvrant de porte avant ou arriere de vehicule automobile
WO2005084975A1 (fr) * 2004-03-04 2005-09-15 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Vehicule comportant une vitre laterale superieure et une vitre laterale inferieure
DE102013003243A1 (de) 2013-02-27 2014-08-28 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Fahrzeugtür
US20220009328A1 (en) * 2020-07-08 2022-01-13 Oshkosh Corporation Window assembly for delivery vehicle
US11807134B2 (en) 2020-07-08 2023-11-07 Oshkosh Corporation Door assembly for delivery vehicle
US11970086B2 (en) 2020-07-08 2024-04-30 Oshkosh Corporation Visibility enhancements for delivery vehicle
US12012015B2 (en) 2020-07-08 2024-06-18 Oshkosh Corporation Door lock assembly for delivery vehicle

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