Dura Global Technologies, Inc.

Dura Operating, LLC

Robert John Cicala

Kenneth E Keck, Ii

William T Dufour

Bryan Emile Hebert

A window assembly includes fixed panes, a sliding pane, and a vehicle mounting frame. The mounting frame includes a unitary, substantially full-circumference frame member. The frame member includes a show surface that may extend above or below a window opening opened and closed by the sliding pane. A reinforcement is at least partially embedded in the frame member and has a portion located behind the show surface. Interior surfaces of the fixed panes may be molded to the frame member, and the exterior surface of the fixed panes may free of the frame. A laterally outboard portion of the peripheral edge of each fixed pane may be covered by the frame member.

Multi-pane window assembly with two-sided frame and sliding pane

A slider window assembly for a motor vehicle includes a peripheral frame, at least one fixed panel located within the frame and adjacent an opening and a slider panel located within the frame and movable between a closed position wherein the slider panel covers the opening and an open position wherein the slider panel does not entirely close the opening. A drive assembly is operably connected to the slider panel to selectively move the slider panel between the closed and open positions. The drive assembly includes a rack secured to the slider panel, an electric motor secured to a fixed position on the slider window assembly, and a gear operably connected to the motor and operably engaging the rack so that operation of the motor in opposite directions moves the slider panel in opposite directions between the closed and open positions.

Direct drive slider window assembly

A slider window assembly for a motor vehicle includes a fixed panel formed of a single pane encircling an opening formed therein, a slider panel movable along a horizontal axis between closed and open positions, an injection-molded plastic slider frame adhesively bonded to the fixed panel, and at least one seal member forming a seal between the slider frame and the slider panel. The slider frame includes a sealing frame extending entirely about the opening, an upper run located above the opening and receiving the slider panel, and a lower run located below the opening and receiving the slider panel. There is preferably a substantially continuous adhesive bond between the slider frame and the fixed panel that entirely encircles the opening.

Slider window assembly

A window assembly includes a stationary glazing panel, a moving glazing panel, and a drive mechanism to selectively move the moving glazing panel. A window frame supports the stationary glazing panel. A mounting frame is located at least partially below the moving glazing panel and is configured to capture any water entering the vehicle at the moving glazing panel and to direct the water to a drain. Outer surfaces of the glazing panels are flush to each other. In one disclosed embodiment, tops of the stationary glazing panel and the moving glazing panel are exposed. In another disclosed embodiment, the side and top of the stationary glazing panel are flush mounted. In another disclosed embodiment, the side and top of the stationary glazing panel is flush mounted and a trim member visually covers the top of the moving glazing panel when the moving glazing panel is in the closed position.

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Robert John Cicala