Patent ID: 8857883
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B60R,B60S,H01R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body that at least partially defines an interior area of the vehicle, the vehicle body operably supporting an electrical line that is electrically connected to a power source and that terminates at a first terminal; a window member, the window member having a transparent plate and a framing member that is fixed to an edge of the transparent plate, the framing member having a lower portion extending below a bottom edge of the transparent plate, a grid portion comprising a plurality resistive wires the grid portion having a portion that is mounted to the transparent plate and another portion that is supported by the framing member on an inner side of the lower portion of the framing member, a second terminal operably supported on the inner side of the lower portion of the framing member, an electrically conductive line that extends from the grid portion to the second terminal, the window member being moveable relative to the vehicle body to move between a first position, in which the second terminal is electrically connected to the first terminal, and a second position, in which the second terminal is electrically disconnected from the first terminal; and a passive electrical connector with a mount fixed to the vehicle body and a plunger that moves in the mount between a retracted position and an extended position, the mount electrically connected to the first terminal, the passive electrical connector also including a biasing member that biases the plunger toward the extended position, the plunger of the passive electrical connector electrically contacting the second terminal and electrically contacting the mount to electrically connect the first and second terminals when the window member is in the first position, the second terminal spaced from the plunger when the window member is in the second position electrically disconnecting the first and second terminals, the plunger electrically disconnected from the mount when in the extended position.