Patent ID: 8668989

Claim:
A sliding window assembly suitable for use in a vehicle, said sliding window assembly comprising: a frameless fixed portion; a sliding portion; wherein said sliding portion comprises a glass window panel; upper and lower track members; said fixed portion comprising a first fixed glass window portion and a second fixed glass window portion; wherein each of said first and second fixed glass window portions has a front surface and a rear surface; wherein said sliding window assembly comprises a horizontal sliding window assembly for a vehicle equipped with said sliding window assembly and wherein said sliding window assembly is configured for mounting at an opening of a bodywork of the equipped vehicle; wherein the respective front surface of said first and second fixed glass window portions comprises an exterior surface of the equipped vehicle when said sliding window assembly is normally mounted at the opening of the bodywork of the equipped vehicle; wherein said upper and lower track members are disposed at the rear surface of said first and second fixed glass window portions and wherein no portion of said upper and lower track members is in contact with the front surface of said first and second fixed glass window portions; wherein each of said first fixed glass window portion and said second fixed glass window portion defines at least one side of an aperture; wherein said aperture is formed at a distance from the periphery of said fixed portion; wherein said sliding portion is laterally movable between said upper and lower track members relative to said fixed portion; wherein said glass window panel is movable between an opened position and a closed position, and wherein said glass window panel is disposed at said aperture when at its closed position; wherein a glide member is longitudinally movable along said lower track member to facilitate movement of said glass window panel between its opened and closed positions; wherein said upper and lower track members are secured at the rear surface of said first and second fixed glass window portions without drilling holes through said first and second fixed glass window portions; wherein said upper and lower track members are adhesively attached at the rear surface of said first and second fixed glass window portions via at least one layer of adhesive securing said upper and lower track members at said first and second fixed glass window portions; wherein said fixed portion is connected to the bodywork of the equipped vehicle by adhesively bonding thereto at the periphery of said fixed portion facing the interior of the equipped vehicle; and wherein the periphery of said fixed portion is frameless.