Ford Motor Company Limited

Donald L Glossop, Jr

Charles J Haddad

William J Fobar

Thomas C Holka

Giuseppe Delena

Hachig A Gopigian

A vehicle window regulating and sealing assembly for raising and lowering a window. The window is supported at the sides within vertical guide channels by pivotal sliding upper and lower guide members attached to the window. The guide channels include an outwardly extending curved ramp section within which the lower guide members track to cause the window to pivot about the upper guide members as it nears the raised position thereby causing the window to firmly bear against relatively non-yielding sealing members to establish a perfectly flush positioning of the window relative to the vehicle exterior. The guide channel members each include a housing having an elongate U-shaped elastomeric seal disposed with its open end facing the window and receiving in sealing engagement a vane type seal member affixed to the window whereby a seal is maintained between each guide channel and the window between the upper and lower guide members when the window is fully raised and at all times during the raising and lowering of the window when the upper guide member is above the beltline.

Window panel position regulating assembly

A door glass weatherstripping for a motor vehicle comprises a main body; a gap-filling seal for filling the space between the edge of the surrounding surfaces and the edges of the window; a window positioning portion having a hardness greater than at least the gap-filling seal portion for guiding the window in its uppermost position thereby assuring lateral location of the window; and a gutter forming lip positioned so that substantially all the water dripping off the portion of the roof or surrounding surfaces where the weatherstrip is attached is prevented from entering the interior of the vehicle. The weatherstrip section on hardtop-type window systems may be positioned such that it extends around the whole door opening.

Weatherstrip for hardtop-type or framed door windows

A window panel position regulating means for a vehicle door which will accommodate a doubly irregularly curved window panel and will guide the window panel through the slot at the belt line of the door in such a manner that the width of the belt line slot can be maintained at absolute minimum so as to improve the oveall appearance of the door assembly and the functional rigidity of the assembly. The regulating assembly includes a pair of guide channel members mounted within the door panel cavity at the front edge of the door and a third guide channel member mounted within the door panel cavity at the rear edge of the door. Guide follower members are mounted to the window and guided within the respective guide channel members to thereby guide the window through the belt line slot. Each guide channel member is generally curved in the direction of the curve of the window panel and has a substantially continuously variable rate of curvature distinct from that of any other guide channel member to provide that the window panel will be continuously pivoted about several axes as it is raised and lowered to allow it to pass through the belt line slot of minimum width.

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Donald L Glossop, Jr