Device for fixing a window molding onto a windowpane

Claim 1

A windowpane assembly of a vehicle, which has a window molding and a windowpane arranged in an L-shaped cross-sectional fillister of a vehicle body, said fillister extending along an outer periphery of the windowpane and comprising a riser portion which extends inwardly from the vehicle body, and a bottom portion which extends substantially parallel to the vehicle body from an inner end of said riser portion, the windowpane being stuck onto the bottom portion by means of an adhesive material, a gap formed between the riser portion and the outer periphery of the windowpane being covered by the window molding which has a substantially C-shaped cross-section, said device having a molding clip inserted into the gap for fixing the window molding onto the windowpane, said molding clip comprising: a holding portion engageable with the C-shaped cross-section of said window molding; an elastic curved base portion extending along the riser portion of the fillister and intended to resiliently abut against the outer periphery of the windowpane within the gap, said base portion having thereon grasping means to grasp the windowpane, said holding portion connected to said base portion; a pair of latch arms comprising root portions which extend from longitudinal opposite ends of said base portion towards the outer periphery of the windowpane and have tips, and arm portions which are spaced from said base portion and extend from the tips of said corresponding root portions so as to approach each other, said latch arms being engageable with a central portion of said base portion for maintaining said base portion in a compressed state to accumulate the elastic force of said base portion, and thereby deform said base portion from its uncompressed configuration, and; disengaging means for disengaging said latch arms from the central portion of said base portion and causing said base portion to attempt to return to its uncompressed configuration, to thereby resiliently abut against the outer periphery of the windowpane.