Patent ID: 8776435

Claim:
A window assembly for a vehicle, said window assembly comprising: a frame configured to mount to a vehicle; a fixed window panel bonded to a lower portion of said frame; a movable window assembly comprising a movable window panel circumscribed by a movable frame, said movable frame having opposite side frame members and upper and lower generally horizontal frame members, wherein said movable window assembly is movable relative to said fixed window panel and said frame between an opened position and a closed position; wherein each of said side frame members includes upper and lower guide elements that are slidably received in respective channels along opposite portions of said frame; wherein said channels are configured to move said movable window assembly along said fixed window panel when said movable window assembly is at least partially opened and to move said movable window assembly to a position where said movable window panel is generally coplanar with said fixed window panel when said movable window assembly is in its closed position; and wherein, when said movable window assembly is in its closed position, a seal of said movable window assembly sealingly engages an inboard surface of said side frame members and an inboard surface of said upper frame member and an inboard portion of an upper perimeter region of said fixed window panel.