Patent ID: 6880293

Claim:
An automotive windowpane support structure comprising: a windowpane mounted vertically movably along at least one of front and rear sash portions of an automotive door; a body exterior part mounted to the at least one sash portion in opposed relation to an outer surface of the at least one sash portion and being flush with the windowpane; separate inner and outer guides; wherein the inner guide is mounted to the at least one sash portion in opposed relation to the body exterior part; the outer guide is formed in an inside surface of the body exterior part and facing the inner guide such that at least a portion of the inner guide is disposed between said at least one sash portion and said outer guide in a direction generally perpendicular to a major face of said windowpane; a vertically extending slider movable along and guided by said inner and outer guides, the slider being bonded to an inner edge surface of the windowpane with an adhesive such that a side portion of said slider protrudes from the windowpane; and the outer guide receives and guides the protruding side portion of the slider, and the inner guide receives and guides portions of said slider other than the protruding side portion of the slider so that the slider is restricted in movement in automobile longitudinal and transversal directions.