Patent ID: 7392618

Claim:
A door for a vehicle, comprising: a door body; a run channel provided in the door body and having a front channel, an upper channel, and a rear channel; and a door glass slidable up and down along the front channel and the rear channel of the run channel, said door glass having four edges consisting of a front edge, an upper edge, a rear edge, and a lower edge, said door glass being formed from a unitary piece of glass comprising upper and lower door glass projecting portions formed as part of the unitary piece of glass at at least one of the front edge and the rear edge thereof, said door glass front edge being in sliding contact with the front channel, said door glass rear edge being in sliding contact with the rear channel, wherein said door glass projecting portions are formed at upper and lower end portions of said at least one of the front and rear edges of said door glass, and the upper and lower door glass projecting portions project outwardly from said at least one of the front edge and the rear edge more than a vertical middle portion of said at least one of the front edge and the rear edge, and wherein said upper edge of the door glass is curved at a greater radius of curvature than a radius of curvature of the upper channel, so as to cause an upper front end and an upper rear end of the upper edge to abut the upper channel prior to a middle portion of the upper edge formed between the upper front end and the upper rear end of the upper edge abutting the upper channel as said door glass is moved from an open position to a closed position.