Window with encapsulated profiled joint and insert attached to the joint, attachment element of the insert for the window and window manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9387744-B2
Application number	US-201314431126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	Sep 25, 2012
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a window ( 1 ) including a glazing element ( 2 ), at least one profiled joint portion ( 3 ), at least one insert ( 4 ) such as a trim element, and at least one attachment element ( 5 ) for attaching said insert ( 4 ) to said profiled joint portion ( 3 ), said insert ( 4 ) having an inside face ( 41 ) with retaining flanges ( 40, 40′ ), and said attachment element ( 5 ) having a base ( 50 ), a head ( 52 ) and a body ( 51 ) arranged between this base and this head.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A window comprising:
a glazing element;
at least one profiled joint portion;
at least one insert or a trim element; and
at least one attachment element for attaching the insert to the profiled joint portion, the insert including an internal face with retaining flanges;
wherein the profiled joint portion includes, beneath the insert, at least one hole opening onto an inside surface and an outside surface of the profiled joint portion, the hole being longer than it is wide;
wherein the attachment element includes a base, a head, and a body arranged between the base and the head, in which
the body is no wider than a width of the hole,
the head is narrower than the width of the hole in a first direction and shorter than a length of the hole, while being longer than the width of the hole in a second direction,
the base is wider than the width of the hole in the first direction and in the second direction, and
the first direction and the second direction are in a same plane or perpendicular in a same plane,

wherein a length of the head is greater than a distance between lateral extremities of the retaining flanges such that the head holds, along the length thereof, the retaining flanges in a direction of the outside surface of the profiled joint portion,
wherein the attachment element includes a vertical axis passing though the base, the body, and the head,
wherein, in a first section of attachment element taken in a plane of the vertical axis and a width direction of the attachment element, the base extends in the width direction of the attachment further than the head and the body, and
wherein, in a second section of the attachment element perpendicular to the first section and taken in a plane of the vertical axis and a length direction of the attachment element, the base extends in the length direction of the attachment further than body, and the head extends in the length direction of the attachment further than base.

2. The window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the body perpendicular to the vertical axis is circular.

3. The window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inside surface of the hole includes two recesses, or two recesses facing one another across the width of the hole.

4. The window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hole has a perimeter made of a perimeter part that is separate from the profiled joint portion.

5. The window as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the perimeter part includes two recesses on an inside surface, or two recesses on the inside surface facing one another across the width of the hole, and two recesses on an outside surface, or two recesses on the outside surface facing one another across the width of the hole.

6. The window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insert has an overall arc or U shape with a central part and a return part at each extremity of the central part.

7. An attachment element for a window comprising a glazing element, at least one profiled joint portion, at least one insert or a trim element, the insert including an internal face with retaining flanges, wherein the profiled joint portion includes, beneath the insert, at least one hole opening onto an inside surface and an outside surface of the profiled joint portion, the hole being longer than it is wide, the attachment element comprising:
a base, a head, and a body arranged between the base and the head, the body being no wider than a width of the hole, the head being narrower than the width of the hole in a first direction and shorter than a length of the hole, while being longer than the width of the hole in a second direction, the base being wider than the width of the hole in the first direction and in the second direction, and the first direction and the second direction being in a same plane or perpendicular in a same plane,
wherein a length of the head is greater than a distance between lateral extremities of the retaining flanges such that the head holds, along the length thereof, the retaining flanges in a direction of the outside surface of the profiled joint portion,
wherein the attachment element includes a vertical axis passing though the base, the body, and the head,
wherein, in a first section of the attachment element taken in a plane of the vertical axis and a width direction of the attachment element, the base extends in the width direction of the attachment further than the head and the body, and
wherein, in a second section of the attachment element perpendicular to the first section and taken in a plane of the vertical axis and a length direction of the attachment element, the base extends in the length direction of the attachment further than body and the head extends in the length direction of the attachment further than base.

8. A method for manufacturing a window, the window including a glazing element, at least one profiled joint portion, at least one insert or a trim element, and at least one attachment element for attaching the insert to the profiled joint portion, the insert including an internal face with retaining flanges, wherein the profiled joint portion includes, beneath the insert, at least one hole opening onto an inside surface and an outside surface of the profiled joint portion, the hole being longer than it is wide, wherein the attachment element includes a base, a head, and a body arranged between the base and the head, in which the body is no wider than a width of the hole, the head is narrower than the width of the hole in a first direction and shorter than a length of the hole, while being longer than the width of the hole in a second direction, the base is wider than the width of the hole in the first direction and in the second direction, the first direction and the second direction are in a same plane or perpendicular in a same plane, wherein a length of the head is greater than a distance between lateral extremities of the retaining flanges such that head holds, along the length thereof, the retaining flanges in a direction of the outside surface of the profiled joint portion,
the method comprising:
passing the head of the attachment element through the hole of the profiled joint portion, and
after the passing, turning the attachment element about itself.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the passing the head through the hole, includes inserting the head into the hole via the inside surface to come out of the hole via the outside surface.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the turning the attachment element about itself includes turning the attachment element by an angle of 90°.

11. A window comprising:
a glazing element;
at least one profiled joint portion;
at least one insert or a trim element; and
at least one attachment element for attaching the insert to the profiled joint portion, the insert including an internal face with retaining flanges;
wherein the profiled joint portion includes, beneath the insert, at least one hole opening onto an inside surface and an outside surface of the profiled joint portion, the hole being longer than it is wide;
wherein the attachment element includes a base, a head, and a body arranged between the base and the head, in which
the body is no wider than a width of the hole,
the head is narrower than the width of the hole in a first direction and shorter than a length of the hole, while being longer than the width of the hole in a second direction,
the base is wider than the width of the in the first direction and in the second direction,
the first direction and the second direction are in a same plane or perpendicular in a same plane,

wherein a length of the head is greater than a distance between lateral

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Grandgirard Bastien
• Coutellier Nicolas
• Gonnet Romain
• Machizaud Yoann

Classifications

• B60J10/27

  having projections, grooves or channels in the longitudinal direction (for separately inserted fastening means, e.g. beads or strips, B60J10/36) · CPC title

• B60J10/30

  characterised by the fastening means · CPC title

• B60J1/007 Primary

  received in frames to be attached to vehicle · CPC title

• B60J10/70

  specially adapted for windows or windscreens · CPC title

• B60J10/32

  using integral U-shaped retainers · CPC title