Patent ID: 9027985
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a body structure defining a window opening, the window opening at least partially framed by a window sash defining a sash channel in communication with the window opening; a laminated window panel movable within the window opening along a plane of the window opening; and a retaining structure configured to retentively engage the window panel in the presence of a transverse force on the window panel even if the window panel has become slack, the retaining structure comprising a first retaining portion at a periphery portion of the window panel and a second retaining portion at the window sash, wherein the first retaining portion and the second retaining portion define a gap therebetween when the periphery portion of the window panel is within the sash channel and the window panel is within the plane of the window opening, wherein the periphery portion of the window panel is an upper transverse periphery portion and the second retaining portion is at an upper transverse section of the window sash, and wherein the gap allows non-contact entry and exit of the upper transverse periphery portion of the window panel into the sash channel during movement of the window panel along the plane of the window opening.