Structure for supporting and guiding vertically-movable panes in side windows of motorvehicle bodies

Claim 1

Structure for supporting and guiding vertically-movable panes in side windows of motorvehicle bodies, comprising a support frame (6) including two vertical posts (3) each provided with a gasket for guiding the front edge and the rear edge of the pane, respectively, and a cross piece (4) which connects the tops of the two vertical posts (3), so as to define the aperture of the window, characterised in that said structure is comprised of two half shells (7, 8) each formed by a single piece of pressed sheet metal and coupled and secured to each other so as to define a lower panel (2) of the motorvehicle body and, above such lower panel (2), said support frame (6), in that the support structure further comprises two intermediate support members (12) secured to the front edge and the rear edge, respectively, of the pane (5) and each having a longitudinal portion (13) assembled within the corresponding guide gasket (10) of the pane, and in that the said longitudinal portion (13) of each intermediate support member (12), which is assembled within the guide gasket (10) of the pane, is arranged in a plane displaced towards the interior of the body with respect to the general plane of the pane (5) by an amount such that the outer surface of the pane (5) is flush with the outer surface of the parts of the body adjacent the front edge, the rear edge and the upper edge of the pane.