Assembly having a window support for a vehicle window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10858875-B2
Application number	US-201615749104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2016
Priority date	Aug 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle window has two individual panes that are bonded by an adhesive layer. A window support has a connection segment, forming a holder, for mechanically connecting to the vehicle window. An electrical contact element that is partially arranged within the holder is fastened to the window support. The electrical contact element, which has the form of a ribbon conductor, serves to electrically contact an electrical counter contact element of the vehicle window. According to one aspect, the electrical contact element is routed, from between the two individual panes, out of the vehicle window, and is fastened to a surface of the vehicle window.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly, comprising:
a vehicle window having a surface side and comprising two individual panes bonded to each other by an adhesive layer and the vehicle window further having an electrical counter contact element arranged on an edge region thereof;
a support for the vehicle window, comprising a connection segment for mechanical connection of the support to the vehicle window, the connection segment comprising a holder for the vehicle window and a support electrical contact element fastened to the support and at least partially arranged within the connection segment, the holder comprising side walls configured to provide the mechanical connection of the support to the vehicle window; and
an electrical connector comprising an electrical connection line electrically connectable to the support electrical contact element, the electrical connector being configured for connection to at least one electrical supply line, the electrical connection line being at least partially surrounded at one end by a housing that is detachably insertable into a recess in one of the side walls of the holder of the connection segment,
wherein the support electrical contact element is configured to engage an electrical contact of the electrical connection line and the support electrical contact element is further configured to contactingly engage the electrical counter contact element arranged on the edge region of the window automatically upon the mechanical connection of the vehicle window to the support.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection segment is, at least in part, an enclosure for the electrical connector.

3. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the enclosure is an outwardly sealed enclosure.

4. A motor vehicle, comprising:
the assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Reul Bernhard
• Werner Katja
• Klein Marcel

Classifications

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• B60J1/17 Primary

  vertically · CPC title

• E05Y2400/65

  Power or signal transmission · CPC title

• E05F11/385 Primary

  Fixing of window glass to the carrier of the operating mechanism · CPC title