Patent ID: 8146293
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A snap-in glass carrier engageable with a window regulator assembly for snap fitting a movable door glass having a glass retention hole to the snap-in glass carrier, the snap-in glass carrier comprising: a glass carrier base; a window regulator attachment portion extending from the glass carrier base; a glass retention portion extending from the glass carrier base parallel to and spaced from the window regulator attachment portion to define a gap configured to receive the door glass therein; and a snap finger, extending and cantilevered from the glass carrier base, including a vertical portion extending parallel to a support finger on a same side of the door glass as the support finger, a retention tab extending from the vertical portion into the gap and configured to operatively engage the glass retention hole, a hinge point adjacent to the glass carrier base and located on the same side of the gap as the window regulator attachment portion, and a spring leg extending through the gap from the hinge point to the vertical portion, the hinge point having a stiffness that is less than the stiffness of the vertical portion.