Patent ID: 7980027

Claim:
An assembled guide rail component for a substantially vertically oriented sliding window of a motor vehicle, the component comprising an elongated longitudinally extending lower flitch ( 6 ), an elongated longitudinally extending upper flitch ( 7 ), and an elongated longitudinally extending intercalation ( 8 ) disposed between the lower flitch ( 6 ) and the upper flitch ( 7 ), the lower flitch ( 6 ) and the upper flitch ( 7 ) being fixedly connected to and in contact with each other at joining points ( 15 , 15 ′), wherein the upper flitch includes an upper substantially horizontal major surface which entirely defines at least one horizontally extending substantially U-shaped guide groove configured to support the vertically oriented window, said window having a bottom portion which is slidably movable within the at least one groove, wherein said lower flitch ( 6 ) defines at least one elongated longitudinally extending rib and the intercalation defines at least one elongated longitudinally extending opening, wherein the at least one rib extends through the at least one longitudinally extending opening to engage the upper flitch and form one of the the joining points.