Patent ID: 7062880
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B60J,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A windowpane run channel assembly for use with a vehicle window operating assembly operable to move a windowpane in a frameless window vehicle door between a retracted position and an extended position, said windowpane run channel assembly comprising: a windowpane run channel; and a clip body having a generally U-shaped profile and attached to said windowpane run channel by a mounting member, said clip body including a pair of opposed generally upstanding side walls defining a groove therebetween for slidably receiving an edge of a windowpane; along a length of said side walls, said side walls sweep inboard relative to a longitudinal axis of said clip body to define at least a pair of inwardly bowed side wall portions for slidably engaging the windowpane along at least a line of contact parallel to a lateral axis of tile clip body, and the clip body including a rib member extending from an outer surface of each of said inwardly bowed portions of said walls, with each of said rib members extending outwardly into contact with said windowpane run channel to support said inwardly bowed portions of said walls when the windowpane is slidably engaged therein; whereby when the windowpane is in an extended position, said inwardly bowed side wall portions of said walls engage with the windowpane to reduce lateral movement of the windowpane relative to said windowpane run channel; and a seal retained in a lower portion of said windowpane run channel and wherein said clip body is retained in an upper portion of said windowpane run channel adjacent said seal, said lower and upper portions of said windowpane run channel being integral.