Glazing unit with two-part window bracket and method for producing said glazing unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12060741-B2
Application number	US-202017610930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2020
Priority date	May 13, 2019
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

A glazing unit for a vehicle which can be moved heightwise includes a window including at least one hole and at least one window bracket. The window bracket includes a flange including a plate positioned facing one face of the window, and a hollow tubular sleeve of which a wall extends into the hole in the window along a thickness, and a counter-flange including a counter-plate positioned facing another face of the window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a thickness into the sleeve of the flange.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A glazing unit for a vehicle that is movable heightwise and comprises a window, said window having an exterior face intended to face toward an exterior space, an edge face and an interior face intended to face toward an interior space, said window comprising at least one open-ended tubular hole having a thickness, and at least one window bracket having an axis passing through said window via said at least one open-ended tubular hole, wherein said window bracket comprises:
a flange comprising a plate positioned facing one face of said window and a tubular sleeve, of which a wall extends into the at least one open-ended tubular hole in said window along a sleeve thickness,
a counter-flange comprising a counter-plate positioned facing another face of said window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a counter-sleeve thickness into the sleeve of said flange,
with said tubular sleeve comprising, at an opposite end to said plate, at least one end stop that is in contact with the counter-plate so as to immobilize said counter-plate.

2. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a layer of adhesive is situated in the at least one open-ended tubular hole, between said window and said sleeve.

3. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said layer of adhesive is situated between at least one of the interior and exterior faces and the plate and/or counter-plate.

4. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said layer of adhesive is situated between both the interior and exterior faces of said window and the plate and counterplate.

5. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said counter-sleeve has an external diameter which is identical, to within 1.2 mm, to an internal diameter of said sleeve.

6. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sleeve thickness is greater than said thickness of said window at a site of the at least one open-ended tubular hole.

7. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said counter-sleeve thickness is greater than said thickness of said window at a site of the at least one open-ended tubular hole.

8. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said counter-sleeve thickness is greater than said sleeve thickness.

9. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the window is a laminated window.

10. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plate is positioned facing said interior face of said window.

11. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the counter-plate is positioned facing said exterior face of said window.

12. A glazing unit for a vehicle that is movable heightwise and comprises a window, said window having an exterior face intended to face toward an exterior space, an edge face and an interior face intended to face toward an interior space, said window comprising at least one open-ended tubular hole having a thickness, and at least one window bracket having an axis passing through said window via said at least one open-ended tubular hole, wherein said window bracket comprises:
a flange comprising a plate positioned facing one face of said window and a tubular sleeve, of which a wall extends into the at least one open-ended tubular hole in said window along a sleeve thickness,
a counter-flange comprising a counter-plate positioned facing another face of said window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a counter-sleeve thickness into the sleeve of said flange,
with said sleeve comprising, at an opposite end to said plate, at least one end stop to immobilize said counter-plate,
wherein said flange comprises at least one pin which enters said counter-plate.

13. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said pin consists of part of the wall of said sleeve which extends locally into said counter-plate.

14. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said flange comprises at least two pins which enter said counter-plate, the at least two pins being situated diametrically opposite one another about said axis.

15. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the part of the wall of said sleeve extends along an entire thickness of said counter-plate without extending beyond said counter-plate.

16. A method for producing a glazing unit for a vehicle that is movable heightwise, said glazing unit comprising a window, said window having an exterior face intended to face toward an exterior space, an edge face and an interior face intended to face toward an interior space, said window comprising at least one open-ended tubular hole having a thickness, and at least one window bracket having an axis passing through said window via said at least one open-ended tubular hole, wherein said window bracket includes
a flange comprising a plate positioned facing one face of said window and a tubular sleeve, of which a wall extends into the at least one open-ended tubular hole in said window along a sleeve thickness,
a counter-flange comprising a counter-plate positioned facing another face of said window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a counter-sleeve thickness into the sleeve of said flange,
with said tubular sleeve comprising, at an opposite end to said plate, at least one end stop that is in contact with the counter-plate so as to immobilize said counter-plate,
in which method, the attaching of said window bracket to said window comprises:
positioning the flange comprising the plate facing said one face of said window, and the tubular sleeve, of which the wall extends into the at least one open-ended tubular hole in said window along the sleeve thickness, then
positioning the counter-flange comprising the counter-plate facing said one face of said window and the tubular counter-sleeve of which the wall extends along the counter-sleeve thickness into the sleeve of said flange,
with said sleeve comprising, at an opposite end to said plate, at least one end stop that is in contact with the counter-plate so as to immobilize said counter-plate.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the window is a laminated window.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the plate is positioned facing said interior face of said window.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the counter-plate is positioned facing said exterior face of said window.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Lamoureux Laurent
• Drouet Xavier

Classifications

• E05Y2600/56

  Positioning, e.g. re-positioning, or pre-mounting · CPC title

• E06B3/5436

  involving holes or indentations in the pane · CPC title

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• E05Y2600/626

  Plates or brackets · CPC title

• E05Y2600/526

  Gluing or cementing · CPC title