WO2017187025A1

WO2017187025A1 - Upright for motor vehicle fixed window glazing, sealing module incorporating it, method for storing and/or transporting and assembling the upright

Info

Publication number: WO2017187025A1
Application number: PCT/FR2016/050974
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sylvain Baratin; Jean-Luc Tollenboom; Régis DUBOIS; Patrice CHANTELOUP; Laurent Garnier
Original assignee: Hutchinson
Priority date: 2016-04-26
Filing date: 2016-04-26
Publication date: 2017-11-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to an upright for a fixed window glazing to be mounted on a lateral door of a motor vehicle accepting, on one side, the fixed window glazing and, on another side, a slideway seal. Such an upright (3) for a fixed window glazing (2) clamped in a seal (6) comprises an upper part (4) of axis Z designed to accept the fixed window glass and at least one lower part (5) connected to the upper part and intended to extend it vertically along the axis Z while being housed in the door when the upright is occupying a definitive position of assembly on the door. The lower part is articulated to the said upper part, the upright being able to occupy at least one retracted temporary position for storing and/or transporting it.

Description

FIXED GLASS MOUNT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE, INCORPORATING SEALING MODULE, STORAGE AND / OR STORAGE METHODS

TRANSPORT AND ASSEMBLY OF THE AMOUNT. The present invention relates to a fixed window frame amount to be mounted on a side door of a motor vehicle by receiving on one side the fixed window contained in a fixed window gasket and on the other hand a slide joint, a module for sealing a fixed window to be mounted on the door and comprising the fixed window, the fixed window seal and this amount, a method for storing and / or transporting the post before assembly on the door and a method for assembly of the amount on the door. The invention applies to fixed glass modules intended to be mounted on front or rear doors of motor vehicles such as passenger cars, commercial vehicles, trucks or buses, without limitation.

In what follows, the usual terms "axially internal" and "axially external" have been used to designate the position of an element of the sealing module laterally inwards and outwards of the motor vehicle, respectively, in reference to the axial direction Y which is by definition perpendicular to the vertical plane XZ (defined by the longitudinal horizontal direction X of the vehicle and by the vertical direction Z),

In a known manner, a sealing module for a fixed window of a motor vehicle side door usually comprises, for example in a pre-assembled or co-molded manner, a generally metallic upright or of a plastic material, a cooperating fixed peripheral glass gasket. with the upright, and the fixed window (often of triangular or trapezoidal shape) which is completely surrounded by this fixed window gasket. The upward (i.e. substantially vertical) run of the sliding joint of the adjacent movable pane on the side opposite to the fixed pane seal shall also be attached to this upright.

A module of this type is for example described in the documents FR-B1-2 856 348 and FR-B1-2 858 950 in the name of the Applicant, the latter teaching document to use an amount in two parts which are respectively internal and external in the axial direction Y of the width of the vehicle corn which are each formed integrally in the vertical direction Z of the height of the vehicle.

More specifically, a known amount for fixed glass module generally has a U-shaped cross section and usually comprises two upper and lower parts respectively visible and invisible from the outside, the upper part supporting the slide joint and the lower part being located below the belt line of the bodywork so as to be housed in the box of the corresponding side door to guide the adjacent mobile window during its descent. Such an amount, originally mostly metal, can be made in recent years made of plastics, advantageously thermopiastical injection molded.

A disadvantage of these known amounts for fixed window resides in the overall disproportionate volume of each module incorporating this amount and this fixed window, due in particular to a considerable size of each amount in the non-visible area of the door box, whose length can go from 200 mm to 500 mm. This total volume requires a binding packaging for each complete package following its manufacture, which has a direct impact on the storage and transport volume of the modules between their production workshop and the vehicle assembly line of previously stored modules. and transported.

Document JP-A-2004-142579 teaches the use of a fixed window pillar in two separate upper and lower parts, which are assembled permanently (ie in assembly line on the vehicles) by a cooperation of terminal members convex / concave groove type, via a guide in translation and a locking of the two parts and clipped which are locked axially relative to each other.

US-A-4,908,989 also teaches the use of a fixed window pillar in two separate upper and lower parts.

A major disadvantage of the amounts proposed in these last two documents lies in the fact that they consist of two separate parts which are assembled to one another only in a single final position in the assembly line on the vehicles, thus not providing a satisfactory solution to the problem of reducing the bulk of the fixed glass modules during storage and transport, especially because of the risk of confusing the upper and lower portions of the amounts of the stored and transported modules.

An object of the present invention is to provide an amount of frame for fixed window which overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks, the amount being adapted to be mounted on a side door of a motor vehicle by receiving on one side the fixed window contained in a fixed window gasket and, on the other hand, a rising strand of a slide joint, the upright comprising an upper part of Z axis adapted to receive the fixed pane and at least one lower part which is connected to said upper part. and which is intended to extend vertically along said Z axis being housed in a box of the door when the amount occupies a final assembly position on the door.

For this purpose, an amount according to the invention is such that said at least one lower part is articulated to said upper part, the amount being able to occupy at least one temporary position retracted for storage and / or transport before assembly on the door, wherein said at least one lower portion is reversibly folded away from said Z axis.

Such an amount is thus discontinuous over its height, being constituted by at least two parts interconnected so as to allow a provisional pre-assembled position for the storage and / or transport of the module where said at least one lower part (intended to be invisible from the outside once assembled in the door box) is retracted towards the horizontal plane XY perpendicular to the vertical direction Z and passing through the lower end of the upper part of the upright. In other words, this lower part (in the preferred example of the invention where it is unique) or one of the lower parts (which may be the one which is the most lower than the opposite of the upper part, or that which is immediately adjacent to the upper part, for example) can be folded towards the horizontal direction of the belt line of the vehicle passing through the bottom of the fixed window, or be alternatively folded on the part

5 (i.e. at an angle of ± 180 °).

It will be noted that this amount thus articulated by the repiiable or folding structure of its lower part allows, in the retracted position (s) retracted (s), to provide considerable space saving for the stored modules and / or transported, which can reduce o by approximately 50% the total space generated by the volume of each module.

Advantageously, said at least one lower part can be folded along an axis Z1 forming with said axis Z a non-zero angle α of between ± 10 ° and ± 180 ° (ie included in absolute value between 10 ° and 180 °, being recalled that in this description the sign + corresponds by

Conventional convention in the anti-clockwise trigonometric sense and the sign - in the inverse trigonometric sense), and still more advantageously between ± 20 ° and ± 120 °.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the amount may comprise locking means adapted to angularly block o said at least a lower portion relative to said upper portion in said final assembly position.

Also according to the invention, the upright may comprise an upper end zone of said upper part which is connected to a lower end zone of said at least one lower part, said

5 lower end zone and said upper end region having a U-shaped cross section defining two lower wings connected by a lower core and two upper wings connected by an upper core.

According to embodiments of the invention, said locking means may comprise the choice;

(i) projections formed on at least one of said lower or upper wings and cooperating with holes or recesses formed in at least one of said upper or lower wings in respectively, said locking means being adapted to immobilize by elastic deformation (for example by snapping beveled edge pegs into holes with bevelled edges), said at least one lower flange with respect to said at least one upper flange. view, said lower end zone being in this case surrounded or surrounding said upper end zone,

(It) a locking tab which is pivotally mounted on at least one of said lower core and said upper core and which is adapted to clip after pivoting on complementary locking members formed on both said lower core and said upper soul or both on a said lower wing and a said upper wing, or

(Ni) respective ends of said lower and upper wings which are substantially coplanar in said assembly position and which cooperate with each other by mutual snapping, at least one of said ends being bent to hook the other end.

According to a first embodiment of the invention which may be common to either of the examples (i), (ti) and (iii) above, said at least one lower part is articulated to said upper part. by a folding junction which is adapted to allow the folding of said at least one lower portion along said axis Z1 in said at least one temporary position and the deployment of said at least one lower portion along said Z axis in said final position of assembly.

According to this first embodiment of the invention, said folding junction may comprise a web of thickness less than the respective thicknesses of said lower and upper end zones, with which said web is formed in one piece while being integral with said lower core and said upper core in the manner of a flexible and deformable hinge.

According to a second embodiment of the invention that can refer to example (i) or (iii) above, said at least one lower part is articulated to said upper part by a joint pivoting mechanism which is adapted to pivotally guide said lower end region with respect to said upper end region.

According to this second embodiment of the invention, said pivoting joint can comprise:

two projections respectively formed on said lower or upper flanges and which cooperate in pivotal guiding with two notches or orifices formed opposite on said upper or lower wings, respectively, or alternatively

a hinge directly connecting said lower core to said upper core.

According to another characteristic of the invention, said at least one lower part may be adapted to be folded towards the fixed window, extending in said at least one provisional position along said axis Z1 which forms with said axis Z said angle a which can be between ± 40 ° and ± 120 ° (advantageously between ± 60 ° and ± 110 °, for example between ± 80 ° and ± 100 °) and which is contained in an XZ plane containing the fixed window or else in another plane intersecting said plane XZ.

It will be noted that said at least one lower part can thus be folded or folded not only around the lateral axis of rotation Y while moving in the plane XZ (longitudinal vertical plane with respect to the vehicle), but also around the longitudinal axis of rotation X moving for example in the plane YZ (transverse vertical plane relative to the vehicle).

In general, the amount can be at least partially realized in at least:

a plastic or composite material with a plastic matrix of the thermoplastic or thermosetting or non-filled thermosetting type (the filler may be chosen from talc, glass fibers and / or hemp, in a nonlimiting manner, and for example being used in a fraction mass of between 5% and 60% and preferably between 20% and 30%), and / or

a metallic material.

Advantageously, the amount can be at least partly made of at least one thermoplastic material or matrix composite filled thermoplastic or not and for example injection molded or multi-injection (eg by co-injection).

Even more advantageously, this amount is then based on at least one thermoplastic polymer which may be chosen from the group consisting of polyolefins such as polypropylenes (PP) and polyethylenes (PE), polyamides, for example aliphatic polyamides (PA, eg PA 6), acrylic polymers such as polymethyl methacrylate (PA), polycarbonates (PC), vinyl polymers such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), styrene polymers such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymers ( ABS) and acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA), and mixtures of at least two of these polymers.

According to another aspect of the invention, the amount can be made of a single material chosen from those mentioned above, or of several of these materials or groups of these materials respectively used for:

said upper part (material (x) visible from the outside of the vehicle),

said at least one lower part (invisible material (s) from outside the vehicle),

said folding junction or mechanical articulation articulating said at least one lower part to said upper part, and

said means for locking the junction or articulation. Advantageously, according to said first embodiment of the invention may be common to either of said examples (i) and (ii), one can use the same material (preferably plastic or plastic matrix composite) for said upper part, said at least one lower part, said folding junction and said locking means.

Regarding said second embodiment of the invention may refer to the example (i) or (iii), we do not necessarily use the same material for these different parts.

A sealing module of a fixed window according to the invention which is intended to be mounted on a side door of a motor vehicle, comprises a fixed window "a fixed window gasket and a frame amount adapted to be mounted on the door by receiving on one side the fixed window contained in the fixed window gasket and on the other hand an upward strand of a slide joint, ie post comprising an upper part of axis Z adapted to receive the fixed window and at least one lower part connected to said upper part and intended to extend vertically along said axis Z being housed in a door casing when the amount occupies a final assembly position on the door. According to the invention, this amount is as defined above.

A method of storage and / or transport according to the invention of a fixed window frame amount of a motor vehicle side door before assembly of the amount on the door, comprises:

a) a pre-assembly of the amount defined above in said at least one retracted provisional position, wherein said at least one lower part is reversibly folded away from said axis Z, and

b) storage and / or transport of the amount in said at least one retracted provisional position.

Advantageously, this method of storage and / or transport may be such that in said at least one retracted temporary position, said at least one lower part is folded towards the fixed window, extending along said axis Z1 which forms with said axis Z said angle α being between ± 40 ° and ± 120 ° (advantageously between ± 60 ° and ± 110 °, for example between ± 80 ° and ± 100 °) and which is contained in said vertical plane or in a plane intersecting said vertical plane.

An assembly method according to the invention of an amount of frame for fixed window on a side door of a motor vehicle, the amount receiving on one side the fixed window contained in a fixed glass seal and another side a rising strand of a slide joint, is such that the method comprises a deployment step of bringing the amount as defined above of said at least one temporary position retracted to said final assembly position on the door , by a deployment of the said at least one lower portion for vertically extending said upper portion along said Z axis.

Advantageously, this assembly method may be such that it comprises a step of locking the post which follows said deployment step and wherein said at least one lower part is angularly locked with respect to said upper part in said final position. assembly.

Note that an amount according to the invention is adapted to retain all of its strength properties and inertia (including resistance to bending and fatigue) in the space required, after assembly on the vehicle.

Other characteristics, advantages and details of the present invention will emerge on reading the following description of several exemplary embodiments of the invention, given by way of nonlimiting illustration, the description being made with reference to the accompanying drawings, among which :

FIG. 1 is a perspective side view of an upright according to the invention in a slightly retracted provisional position, before receiving the fixed window and the fixed window gasket enclosing it,

FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of a fixed window module incorporating the amount of FIG. 1, the fixed window and the seal enclosing it, in another more retracted temporary position,

FIG. 3 is a side and perspective view of the module of FIG. 1 in a final position of assembly on the vehicle,

FIG. 4 is a partial side and perspective view of an amount according to said first embodiment of the invention and said example (i), in a retracted provisional position,

FIG. 5 is a partial side view and in elevation of the amount of FIG. 4,

FIG. 6 is a partial view from above and in perspective of the amount of FIGS. 4 and 5 in a final assembly position, FIG. 7 is a partial view from above and in perspective from another angle of the amount of FIG. 6,

FIG. 8 is a partial view from below and in perspective of the amount of FIGS. 6 and 7 in this final assembly position, FIG. 9 is a partial side elevational view of an amount of the invention according to a variant of FIG. FIG. 4 also in accordance with said first embodiment and said example (i), in a retracted provisional position,

FIG. 10 is a partial side view and in elevation of the amount of FIG. 9 in a final assembly position,

FIG. 10a is a detail of FIG. 10 showing, in section along the plane Xa-Xa of FIG. 10, the operation of the locking means of the amount of FIG. 10,

FIG. 11 is a partial view from below and in elevation of the upright of FIG. 10 in this final assembly position,

FIG. 12 is a partial schematic side and perspective view of an amount of the invention according to another variant of FIG. 4 according to said first embodiment and to said example (iii), in a final assembly position,

FIG. 13 is a partial schematic side and perspective view of an amount of the invention according to yet another variant of FIG. 4 also in accordance with said first embodiment and with said example (iii), in a final assembly position,

FIG. 14 is a partial schematic side and perspective view of an amount of the invention according to yet another variant of FIG. 4 according to said first embodiment and to said example (ii), in a final assembly position,

FIG. 5 is a partial schematic side and perspective view of an amount of the invention according to yet another variant of FIG. 4 according to said first embodiment and to said example (ii), in a final assembly position, FIG. 16 is an exploded partial side and perspective view of an upright according to said second embodiment of the invention and said example (iii), before obtaining a temporary retracted position,

FIG. 17 is a fragmentary view from above and in perspective of the amount of FIG. 16,

FIG. 18 is a partial side view in perspective of the upright of FIG. 16 in a retracted provisional position,

FIG. 19 is a partial view from above and in perspective of the amount of FIG. 18 in this retracted provisional position,

FIG. 20 is a partial side view in perspective of the amount of FIG. 19 in a final assembly position,

FIG. 21 is a partial view in elevation of the amount of FIG. 20 in this final assembly position,

FIG. 22 is a partial schematic side and exploded perspective view of an upright according to said second embodiment of the invention according to another variant of FIG. 16, before obtaining a temporary retracted position,

FIG. 23 is a partial schematic side and exploded perspective view of an upright according to said second embodiment of the invention in accordance with yet another variant of FIG. 16, before obtaining a temporary retracted position,

FIGS. 24a and 24b are partial schematic side and perspective views respectively of the upper and lower portions of an upright according to said second embodiment of the invention in accordance with yet another variant of FIG. 16, and

Figure 25 is a partial schematic side and exploded perspective view of the upright comprising the upper and lower portions of Figures 24a and 24b, before obtaining a temporary position retracted.

The fixed window sealing module 1 illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 comprises: - An amount of frame 3 articulated in two parts respectively upper 4 and lower 5 each having a generally U-shaped cross section at least in an upper end zone 4a of the upper part 4 and in a lower end zone 5a of the lower part 5 articulated to the upper zone 4a, the lower part 5 forming with the upper part 4 a variable angle a in the pre-assembled provisional positions of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2,

- A fixed window 2 of the front or rear side door of a motor vehicle mounted on the upper part 4 of one side thereof (its other side being intended to receive a rising strand of a slide joint to guide the vertical sliding a movable window adjacent to the fixed window 2), and

- A fixed window gasket 6 enclosing the fixed window 2.

It can be seen in FIG. 2 that the lower part 5 of axis Z1 is folded in the provisional position retracted towards the horizontal lower edge 2a of the fixed pane 2, in the vertical plane XZ thereof, at an angle d approximately 60 ° with the Z axis of the upper part 4 (against approximately 30 ° in Figure 1), and in Figure 3 that the lower part 5 is deployed (see arrow A in Figure 2) in the axial extension of the upper part 4 in the final assembly position, therefore with the angle α between the Z and Z1 axes which is close to 0 ° (ie substantially between -5 ° and + 5 °).

The amount 3 according to said first embodiment of the invention and said example (i) which is illustrated in FIGS. 4-8 comprises in particular a veil as a folding junction 7 between the upper part 4 and the lower part 5 which one reversibly folds under the part 4. The web 7 connects the respective upper 4A and lower 5A souls of the upper end regions 4a and 5a of the lower parts 4 and 5, it has a width substantially equal to the transverse width of the webs 4A , 5A, a reduced length (of the order of a few mm) and a thickness also reduced (thickness of the web 7 of the order of 0.05 mm to 1.5 mm and preferably between 0.3 mm and 0, 6 mm) to make this junction 7 flexible and easily deformable in the manner of a hinge. In the example of FIGS. 4-8, the lower end zone 5a surrounds with its lower wings 5B the upper wings 4B of the upper end zone 4a in the final assembly position in order to lock the upright 3 in this position, it being specified that one could, on the contrary, predict that it is the upper end zone 4a that is able to surround the lower end zone 5a.

The upright 3 comprises angular locking means 8 of the lower part 5 with respect to the upper part 4, which consist of a pair of pins or side pins 9 respectively formed on the internal faces facing the lower flanges 5B and cooperating with recesses 10 formed through in the upper wings 4B. It can be seen in particular in FIGS. 4 and 7 that these lugs 9 are bevelled, just as the recesses 10 receive them in a locking manner in the manner of a latching, when the lower wings 5B surround the upper flanges 4B so that the pair lugs 9 are precisely opposite the pair of recesses 10.

As can be seen in FIG. 8, the upper and lower end zones 5a and 5a are advantageously each provided on the outer faces of their upper webs 4A and lower 5A of crosspieces 11 in order to stiffen them.

The upright 3, advantageously one-piece, is for example made of a single plastic or composite material with an injection-molded plastic matrix, with the integrally formed folding veil 7 formed integrally with the upper parts 4 and lower 5 (all as the locking means 8) being injected with an angle α between the axes Z and Z1 of the parts 4 and 5 of at least 90 ° in the retracted provisional position of Figures 4-5.

Note that this lock is advantageously validated by a sound signal generated by the jamming of the lugs 9 in the recesses 10, so that an operator responsible for assembling the module 1 on the vehicle door is thus warned of the correct assembly and perennial of the lower part 5 with respect to the upper part 4. It will also be noted that it would be possible to provide inversely on the outer faces of the upper wings 4B or lower 5B pins locking in recesses of the other wings 5B or 4B surrounding those having the lugs (ie lugs inside the recesses) .

Note further that the amount 3 of Figures 4-8 has the advantage of ensuring a mechanical locking on three sides (ie the webs 4A, 5A and the two flanges 4B, 5B mutually assembled), which contributes to confer a satisfactory strength to the amount 3 by obtaining sufficient rigidity of inertia and torsion, because thus are blocked translations along three axes and pivoting about two axes.

The amount 3 'illustrated in Figures 9-11 includes, as the amount 3 of Figures 4-8;

a folding junction 7 'between upper 4 and lower 5 parts formed of a web 7' according to said first embodiment of the invention and similar to the web 7, and

locking means 8 'according to said example (i) formed of lugs 9' (in the form of a right triangle) projecting from the inner faces of the wings 5B of the end zone 5a (eg lower), which surround and are wedged by snapping into recesses 10 'formed opposite in the wings 4B of the other end zone 4a (eg upper).

The amount 3 ', advantageously one-piece, is for example also made of a single plastic or composite material with an injection-molded plastic matrix, with the molded veil T formed in one piece with the upper parts 4 and lower 5 (all as the locking means 8 ') but, unlike the amount 3 of Figures 4-8, the injection is carried out with an angle α between the axes Z and Z1 of the parts 4 and 5 which is significantly less than 90 ° in the position Provisional temporary figures 4-5 due to an angular stop (a being only of the order of 30 °, as shown in Figure 9). The amounts 103, 103 'of FIGS. 12-13 are also monobloc, having, like those of FIGS. 4-1, a folding junction 107 integrally molded and formed of a web 107 making it possible in the manner of a hinge to fold the the lower part 5 relative to the upper part 4 to obtain a temporary retracted position.

As for the locking means 108, 108 'formed on the upright 103, 103', they are here in accordance with the said example (ni), being suitable (following a rotation in the direction of the arrow A from this provisional position) to coplanarly block on each side of the upright 103, 103 'the upper flanges 4B or lower 5B against the other lower flanges 5B or upper 4B, via a mutual overlap and hooking of the respective ends 104, 104' and 105, 105 'of the wings upper 4B and lower 5B. For this purpose, one of the lower ends 105 or greater 104 is bent to coplanarly hook the other upper end 104 or lower 105 in the extended assembly position (see Figure 12), or alternatively the two ends lower 105 'and upper 104' are bent to hook each other also coplanar in this extended assembly position (Figure 13).

As illustrated in FIGS. 12-13, these locking means 108, 108 'coplanar with the lower end zones 5a or greater

4a do not require dimensional variations on the wings 5B, 4B of these zones 5a, 4a, unlike the locking means 8, 8 'with pins 9, 9' and recesses 10, 10 'of FIGS. 4-11. The one-piece uprights 203, 203 'of FIGS. 14-15 also comprise a folding junction 207 formed of a web 207 similar to that of FIGS. 12 and 13 in relation to said first mode, but locking means 208, 208' according to Said example (ii) which comprise a tab or locking tab 208, 208 'pivoting.

As can be seen in FIGS. 14-15 which show the lower end zones 5a and 4a deployed in the assembly position in the extension of one another, the tab 208, 208 'is pivotally mounted on the upper webs 4A and lower 5A adjacent (Figure 14) or on only one of these webs 4A (Figure 15), and in these two variants the tab 208, 208 'is clipped after being folded in the direction of the arrow B:

- Or only one side of the amount 203, both on the upper flanges 4B and 5B lower copanaries extending each other (Figure 14), via clipping projections 208a formed on the leg 208 and coming trapped in complementary orifices and recesses 208b formed on the wings 4B, 5B,

- Or both on the top 4A and lower 5A souls also copianaires (Figure 15) of the amount 203 ', via such clipping projections 208a' formed on the tab 208 'and being wedged in complementary holes 208b' formed on these two souls 4A, 5A.

It will be noted that the amounts 203, 203 'according to FIGS. 14-15 also have the advantage of being able to be obtained according to a less complex process than that of FIGS. 4-11, because of an injection according to the parts 4 and 5 substantially straight.

The amount 303 illustrated in FIGS. 16-21 consists of two distinct upper and lower parts respectively articulated according to said second embodiment of the invention, ie by a mechanical articulation 307 of pivot type guided by lugs 307a which are formed on the outer faces of the flanges 4B of the end zone, for example upper 4a, and which cooperate with oblong slots 307b formed on the end edges of the flanges 5B of the end zone, for example the lower end 5a, the flanges 5B being adapted to surround the wings 4B (see the retracted provisional position of Figures 18-19, obtained by a prior translation of the lower portion 5 to the upper part 4 in the direction of the arrow C in Figure 16),

According to said example (Ni), the amount 303 comprises as locking means 308 a pair of hooks 308a which are respectively integral with the wings, for example lower 5B below their notches 307b, and which are adapted to come hang behind of the protrusions 308b (for example L-shaped) formed on the wings, for example upper 4B, below and in withdrawal of the lugs 307a thereof.

After obtaining the retracted provisional position of FIG. 18, the lower part 5 is rotated (see arrow D) relative to the upper part 4 around the lugs 307a forming a guide axis of the pivoting, which finally has the effect of bring the hooks 308a of the lower wings 5B in the locked position where they are respectively hung behind the projections 308b, as shown in Figures 20-21.

It will be noted that this pivoting guide which characterizes the upright 303 of FIGS. 16-21 advantageously makes it possible to block five degrees of freedom, a final degree of freedom in rotation being blocked by the final blocking of this pivoting via the hooks 308a and projections 308b.

Note also that this amount 303 of Figures 16-21 is not necessarily manufactured by means of a single plastic injected material, because of its structure in two parts 4 and 5 separated.

The uprights 403, 403 'of FIGS. 22-23 show an alternative of FIGS. 16-21, with the pivoting guide combined with a separate hook locking which characterizes the upright 303 of FIGS.

16-21, here replaced by a lock integrated in the pivoting guide.

It can be seen in FIGS. 22-23 that the pair of notches 407, 407 'of specific oblong contours which are formed in the end edges of the flanges 5B of the lower part, for example, 5 and which cooperate with lugs 407a, 407a 'corresponding profiles projecting on the outer faces of the flanges 4B of the upper portion for example 4, incorporate angular locking means 408, 408' of the lower portion 5 relative to the upper portion 4. More specifically, each lug 407a, 407a 'of generally cylindrical shape locally has a tip 407b (case of Figure 22) or a recess 407b' (case of Figure

23) of triangular section forming an angular stop when this tip 407b or this recess 407b 'is jammed, by guiding each pin 407a, 407a 'in each notch 407, 407' at the end of which the upper 4 and lower 5 portions extend axially, in a recess 407c (Figure 22) or a tip 407c '(Figure 23) complementary that each notch 407, 407 'near its bottom.

Note that geometries of notches and lugs other than those of Figures 22 and 23 can be used to perform this pivotal guidance ending in a locking of the lower portion 5 relative to the upper portion 4 of the amount 403, 403 .

The amount 503 illustrated in FIGS. 24a, 24b and 25 consists of two distinct upper and lower parts respectively articulated according to said second embodiment of the invention, ie by a pivoting type mechanical articulation 508 guided by lugs 508b which are formed on the outer faces of tabs 5B 'of the end zone, for example lower 5a and which cooperate with circular orifices 508a formed on tabs 4B' of the end zone, for example lower 4a.

The tabs 4B 'extend parallel to the wings 4B, here in the extension thereof and the opposite side thereof with respect to the core 4A. The orifices 508a pass through the legs 4B

The tabs 5B 'extend parallel to the wings 5B, the opposite side to these legs relative to the core 5A.

The legs 5B 'are spaced from each other by a distance allowing their insertion between the legs 4B'. The projections 508b are located on the outer faces of the tabs 5B 'and cooperate by elastically taping with the orifices 508a, by translation of the lower part 5 towards the upper part 4 in the direction of the arrow C of FIG. Conversely, the projections may be located on the inner faces of the tabs 5B 'and cooperate by elastic locking with holes of the tabs 4B \ Similarly, the projections could be located on the legs 4B', and the orifices would be then located on the legs 5B \

The amount 503 comprises as locking means 507 a pair of projections 507b which are respectively integral with the wings by lower examples 5B, and which are adapted to catch in holes 507a formed on the wings, for example upper 4B. The projections 507b and orifices 507a each have a generally substantially parallelepipedal shape in the example shown. The projections 507b each have a slope promoting their insertion into the orifices 507a.

After obtaining a retracted provisional position obtained by translation of the lower part 5 towards the upper part 4 according to the arrow C, as mentioned in the foregoing, the lower part 5 is pivoted (see arrow D) relative to the part upper 4 around the lugs 508b forming a guide axis of the pivoting, which finally has the effect of bringing the projections 507b of the lower wings 5B in the locked position where they are engaged by resilient snapping in the orifices 507a.

Claims

1) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403 ^!, 503) fixed window frame (2) adapted to be mounted on a side door of a motor vehicle in receiving on one side the stationary window sandwiched in a fixed window gasket (6) and on the other side an upward strand of a slide joint, the upright comprising an upper part (4) of axis Z adapted to receive the fixed window and at least one lower part (5) which is connected to said upper part and which is intended to extend vertically along said Z axis being housed in a door casing when the upright occupies a final assembly position on the door, characterized in that said at least one lower part is articulated to said upper part, the upright being able to occupy at least one temporary position retracted for its storage and / or transport before assembly on the door, where said at least one lower part is folded e reversibly away from said Z axis.

2) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one lower part (5) is folded in a Z1 axis forming with said axis Z a non-zero angle α between ± 10 ° and ± 180 °.

3) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the upright comprises locking means (8, 8 ', 108, 108', 208, 208 ', 308, 408, 408', 507) adapted to angularly lock said at least one lower portion (5) with respect to said upper portion (4) in said final assembly position .

4) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upright comprises an upper end zone (4a). of said upper part (4) which is connected to a lower end region (5a) of said at least one lower portion (5), said lower end region and said upper end region having a U-shaped cross section defining two lower wings (5B) connected by a lower core (5A) and two upper wings (4B) connected by an upper core (4A).

5) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that said locking means (8, 8 ', 108 , 108 ', 208, 208', 308, 408, 408 ', 507) may include:

(i) protrusions (9, 9 ', 408, 408', 507b) formed on at least one of said lower (5B) or upper (4B) wings and cooperating with holes or recesses (10, 10 ', 507a) ) formed in at least one of said upper or lower wings opposite, respectively, said locking means being adapted to immobilize by elastic deformation, for example by snapping, said at least one lower wing relative to said at least one upper wing opposite, said lower end zone (5a) being in this case surrounded or surrounding said upper end zone (4a),

(ii) a locking tab (208, 208 ') which is pivotally mounted on at least one of said lower web (5A) and said upper web (4A) and which is adapted to clip after pivoting on complementary locks (208b, 208b ') formed on both said lower web and said upper web or both on said lower wing (5B) and said upper wing (4B), or

(iii) respective ends (104 and 105, 104 'and 105', 308a and 308b) of said lower (5B) and upper (4B) wings which are substantially coplanar in said assembly position and which cooperate with each other by mutual snapping at least one of said ends being bent to hook the other end. 6) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ') according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said at least one lower part (5) is articulated to said upper part (4) by a folding junction (7, 7 ', 107, 207) which is adapted to allow the folding of said at least one lower part along said axis Z1 in said at least one temporary position and the deployment of said at least one lower part following said Z axis in said final assembly position.

7) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ') according to claim 4 or 5 and according to claim 6, characterized in that said folding junction (7, 7', 107, 207) comprises a web (7, 7 ', 107, 207) of a thickness less than the respective thicknesses of said lower (5a) and upper (4a) end zones, with which said web is formed integrally with said web lower core (5A) and said upper core (4A) in the manner of a flexible and deformable hinge.

8) upright (303, 403, 403 ', 503) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said at least one lower portion (5) is articulated to said upper portion (4) by a pivoting mechanical joint (307 , 407a and 407, 407a 'and 407', 508a and 508b) which is adapted to pivotally guide said lower end region (5a) relative to said upper end region (4a).

9) Upright (303, 403, 403 ', 503) according to claim 8, characterized in that said pivoting hinge (307, 407a and 407, 407a' and 407 ', 508a and 508b) comprises two projections (307a, 407a, 407a ', 508b) which are respectively formed on said lower flanges (5B) or upper flanges (4B) and which cooperate in pivotal guiding with two notches or orifices (307b, 407, 407', 508a) formed opposite said upper flanges or lower, respectively. 10) Upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said at least one lower part (5) is suitable for being folded towards the fixed window (2), extending in said at least one provisional position along said axis Z1 which forms with said axis Z said angle α between ± 40 ° and ± 120 ° and which is contained in a plane XZ containing the fixed window or in another plane intersecting said XZ plane.

1 1) Sealing module (1) of a fixed window (2) intended to be mounted on a side door of a motor vehicle, comprising a fixed window, a fixed window seal (6) and a post (3) , 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) of a frame adapted to be mounted on the door by receiving on one side the stationary window contained in the fixed window seal and on the other hand an upward strand of a slide joint, the upright comprising an upper part (4) of Z axis adapted to receive the fixed pane and at least one lower part (5) connected to said upper part and intended for extend vertically along said Z axis being housed in a door box when the amount occupies a final assembly position on the door, characterized in that the amount is as defined in one of the preceding claims.

12) Method for storing and / or transporting an amount (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) of fixed window frame (2) of a side door of a motor vehicle before assembly of the amount on the door, characterized in that the method comprises:

a) a pre-assembly of the upright according to one of claims 1 to 10 in said at least one retracted provisional position, wherein said at least one lower part (5) is reversibly folded away from said axis Z, and

b) storage and / or transport of the amount in said at least one retracted provisional position. 13) A method of storage and / or transport according to claim 12, characterized in that in said at least one retracted temporary position, said at least one lower portion (5) is folded towards the fixed window (2), in extending along said axis Z1 which forms with said axis Z said angle α between ± 40 ° and ± 120 ° and which is contained in a plane XZ containing the fixed pane or else in another plane intersecting said XZ plane,

14) A method of assembling an upright (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203, 203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) fixed window frame (2) on a side door of a motor vehicle, the amount receiving on one side the fixed window contained in a fixed window gasket (6) and on the other hand a rising strand of a slide joint, characterized in that the method comprises a deployment step of bringing the upright according to one of claims 1 to 10 of said at least one provisional position retracted to said final position of assembly on the door, by a deployment of said at least one lower part (5) so that it extends vertically said upper portion (4) along said axis Z. 15) A method of assembling a post (3, 3 ', 103, 103', 203,

203 ', 303, 403, 403', 503) according to claim 14, characterized in that the method comprises an amount locking step which follows said deployment step and wherein said at least one lower part (5) is angularly locked with respect to said upper part (4) in said final assembly position.