Patent ID: 7287802
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B60J,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle window assembly comprising, in combination: a windowpane having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a transom opening edge; a window frame adhered to the interior surface of the windowpane and not extending outwardly beyond the plane defined by the exterior surface of the windowpane; an openable transom pane having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a lower edge, the windowpane and the transom pane being adjacent to each other at the transom opening edge and lower edge, respectively; and a transom hinge hingedly connecting the windowpane and the transom pane to each other at the transom opening edge and lower edge, respectively, comprising a first hinge portion attached directly to the interior surface of the transom pane along the lower edge and a second hinge portion attached to the interior surface of the windowpane along the transom opening edge.