Patent ID: 7703836
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A window module for a transit vehicle, said window module comprising: a movable window panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a frame configured to mount to a transit vehicle, wherein said frame comprises a pair of channel members for movably receiving said movable window panel; a resilient seal along at least a portion of said channel members to reduce leakage between said movable window panel and said frame; a fixed window panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said fixed window panel being affixed to a first portion of said frame; a perimeter panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein said interior surface of said perimeter panel is adhered to a second portion of said frame, said perimeter panel comprising perimeter portions that cooperate to define an opening at said second portion of said frame; wherein said perimeter panel comprises one of a glass perimeter panel and a polycarbonate perimeter panel; wherein said first and second portions of said frame comprise a substantially continuous surface to which said fixed window panel and said perimeter panel are adhered; wherein said movable window panel is slidably positioned at said frame such that a first perimeter edge of said movable window panel is slidably engaged with one of said channel members and a second perimeter edge of said movable window panel is slidably engaged with the other of said channel members; and wherein said movable window panel is movable along said channel members and interiorly of said fixed window panel when at least partially opened and interiorly of and generally at said perimeter panel when at least partially closed.