Patent ID: 8727395
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B60J,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle window assembly including a window having first and second parallel window edges slidably disposed between parallel first and second guiderails of a vehicle window frame, the vehicle window assembly comprising: a housing attached to a third window edge perpendicular to the first and second parallel window edges, a latch handle connected to a drive gear engaged to a locking element slidably disposed within a channel of the housing in response to rotation of the drive gear about a pivot; the locking element movable from a biased extended position, where a first end of the locking element extends into the first guiderail to restrict movement of the window relative to the first guiderail, to a retracted position, where the locking element is in the channel of the housing, in response to the rotation of the drive gear about the pivot by a force sufficient to overcome the bias; and the first guiderail having a plurality of recesses spaced along a travel path of the window and adapted to receive the first end of the locking element in the biased extended position.