Vehicular door glass stabilizing mechanism
Abstract
Abstract A STABILIZER MECHANISM FOR THE TAILGATE WINDOW GLASS OF A STATION WAGON TYPE MOTOR VEHICLE WHEREIN THE SIDE EDGES OF THE GLASS ARE SLIDEABLY RECEIVED IN CHANNEL MEMBERS POSITIONED VERTICALLY WITHIN THE DOOR AND COACTING WEDGE ASSEMBLIES POSITIONED IN THE LATERAL SPACES BETWEEN THE WINDOW GLASS AND THE CHANNEL MEMBERS, ARE ARRANGED TO BE EXPANDED BY A SPRING TO A THICKNESS TO FILL THESE LATERAL SPACES IN ANY STATIC POSITION OF THE DOOR AND TO UNDERGO A CONTRACTION IN THEIR THICKNESS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE GLASS IN EITHER DIRECTION TO THEREBY EASE THE GLASS MOVEMENT, EACH WEDGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISES A FIRST WEDGE PIECE SECURED TO THE GLASS AND A SECOND WEDGE PIECE MOUNTED ON THE FIRST PIECE FOR LIMITED VERTICALLY SLID- ING MOVEMENT ON THAT PIECE TO SELECTIVELY INCREASE OR DECREASE THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF THE TWO PIECES AND THEREBY EITHER STABILIZE OR FREE UP THE GLASS.
Inventors
- 👤 Keith A Hewitt
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