Bonding bracket for an operable vehicle window having a partially open adhesive channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10883299-B2
Application number	US-201916658443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2017
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

An operable vehicle window includes a glass panel, a locating adapter coupled to a bottom edge of the glass panel and adhesive disposed with a glass-receiving channel of the locating adapter. The glass-receiving channel includes a first portion that engages inboard and outboard sides of the glass panel and a second portion that engages only an outboard portion of the glass panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for assembling an operable window within a door of a vehicle, the method including steps of:
disposing an adhesive within a glass-receiving channel of a locating adapter;
disposing a bottom edge of a glass panel within the glass-receiving channel;
pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive to project a squeeze-out section of the adhesive from the glass-receiving channel; and
curing the adhesive, wherein the adhesive within the glass-receiving channel is at least partially visible through a portion of the glass panel; wherein,
the glass-receiving channel includes first and second portions and the adhesive is visible through the glass panel within the second portion of the glass-receiving channel;
the glass-receiving channel includes opposing first and second walls;
the first wall extends through the first and second portions of the glass-receiving channel and engages an outboard side of the glass panel; and
the second wall is disposed only within the first portion and engages an inboard side of the glass panel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive includes visually inspecting the squeeze-out section of the adhesive.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising steps of:
disposing the locating adapter within a window operating assembly; and
aligning a locating notch of the locating adapter with a regulator slide of the window operating assembly.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the squeeze-out section of the adhesive is projected through first and second taper guides.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first taper guide is disposed proximate a transition between the first and second portions of the glass-receiving channel, the squeeze-out section of the adhesive projecting from the first portion and into the second portion via the first taper guide.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second taper guide is disposed proximate an end of the locating adapter proximate the first portion of the glass-receiving channel, the squeeze-out section of the adhesive projecting from the first portion to an area outside of the glass-receiving channel.

7. A method for assembling an operable window within a door of a vehicle, the method including steps of:
disposing an adhesive within a glass-receiving channel of a locating adapter, the glass-receiving channel having a first U-shaped section at one end of the glass-receiving channel and a second L-shaped section positioned at an opposing end of the glass-receiving channel;
disposing a bottom edge of a glass panel within the glass-receiving channel; and
pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive to project a squeeze-out section of the adhesive from the glass-receiving channel, wherein the squeeze-out section of the adhesive is visible at least through a portion of the glass panel and only within the second L-shaped section.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive includes visually inspecting the squeeze-out section of the adhesive by viewing the adhesive through the portion of the glass panel.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising steps of:
curing the adhesive;
disposing the locating adapter within a window operating assembly; and
aligning a locating notch of the locating adapter with a regulator slide of the window operating assembly.

10. A method for assembling an operable window within a door of a vehicle, the method including steps of:
disposing an adhesive within a glass-receiving channel of a locating adapter, the glass-receiving channel having a first U-shaped section taken vertically through the glass-receiving channel; and a second L-shaped section taken vertically through the glass-receiving channel;
disposing a bottom edge of a glass panel within the glass-receiving channel, wherein the first U-shaped section of the glass-receiving channel engages inboard and outboard sides of the glass panel and the second L-shaped section of the glass-receiving channel engages only the outboard side of the glass panel;
pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive to project a squeeze-out section of the adhesive from the glass-receiving channel; and
curing the adhesive, wherein the adhesive within the glass-receiving channel is at least partially visible through a portion of the glass panel.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first U-shaped section extends only a partial length from one of two longitudinal edges of the locating adapter, wherein the pressing step projects the squeeze-out section at both ends of the first U-shaped section.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of pressing the bottom edge of the glass panel into the adhesive includes visually inspecting the squeeze-out section of the adhesive at the ends of the first U-shaped section.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising steps of:
disposing the locating adapter within a window operating assembly; and
aligning a locating notch of the locating adapter with a regulator slide of the window operating assembly.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the glass-receiving channel includes opposing first and second walls, wherein the first wall extends through the first U-shaped section and the second L-shaped section of the glass-receiving channel and engages the outboard side of the glass panel.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second wall is disposed only within the first U-shaped section and engages the inboard side of the glass panel.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the squeeze-out section of the adhesive is projected through first and second taper guides.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Walawender Chester Stanislaus
• Ayub Muhammed
• Blanco Gabriel
• Dellock Paul Kenneth

Classifications

• E05F11/385 Primary

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

• B60J1/006

  characterised by fixation means such as clips, adhesive, etc. (incorporated in seal B60J10/70) · CPC title

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• E05F15/689

  specially adapted for vehicle windows · CPC title

• B60J1/17

  vertically · CPC title