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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Vehicular liftgate window assembly with heater grid electrical connection through glass window panel
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Troy F. Tooker, Holland, MI (US);
David L Guillozet, Hamilton, MI (US);
Ashley D. Step, Zeeland, MI (US);
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular rear liftgate window assembly includes a glass window panel configured to be pivotable between a closed position and an opened position. A heater grid is disposed at an interior side of the glass window panel, the heater grid including a plurality of electrically conductive traces. A pair of busbars are established at the interior side of the glass window panel at opposite side regions of the electrically conductive traces of the heater grid. An aperture is established through the glass window panel at or near an upper region of each busbar, and electrical connectors are electrically connected at the upper regions of the busbars. The electrical connectors are configured to route a respective electrical wire from an exterior side of the glass window panel and through the respective aperture for electrical connection to the respective busbar at the interior side of the glass window panel.