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Mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use

Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-11-12
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Granted: 1987-03-10
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Expires: 2005-11-12
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Abstract

Abstract A mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use of the type that the windowpane is directly mounted with the aid of an adhesive material, to a window frame portion of a vehicle body which is formed by folding back a flange portion of an inner panel from the indoor side to the outdoor side so as to wrap an edge of a flange portion of an outer panel to be bonded together, is improved in that the flange portion on the outdoor side of the inner panel that is contiguous to the edge of the flange portion of the outer panel is bent outwardly to integrally form a dam portion, whereby outflow of the adhesive material can be prevented by the dam portion.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshimi Miyata
  • 👤 Toshiki Takahashi
  • 👤 Kenji Matsumoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J10/00; B60J10/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use of the type that the windowpane is directly mounted, with the aid of adhesive material, to the outdoor of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, which window frame portion is formed by superposing a flange portion of an outer panel and a flange portion of an inner panel on each other, characterized in that the flange portion of said inner panel is folded back from the indoor side towards the outdoor side so as to form a dam portion projecting outwards, whereby outflow of said adhesive material can be prevented by said dam portion, and an outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel is suporposed on an indoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel, and the edge of the flange portion of said outer panel is pinched between the indoor side portion and the outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel to form a three ply juncture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
A mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use of the type that the windowpane is directly mounted, with the aid of adhesive material, to the outdoor of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, which window frame portion is formed by superposing a flange portion of an outer panel and a flange portion of an inner panel on each other, characterized in that the flange portion of said inner panel is folded back from the indoor side towards the outdoor side so as to form a dam portion projecting outwards, whereby outflow of said adhesive material can be prevented by said dam portion, and an outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel is suporposed on an indoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel, and the edge of the flange portion of said outer panel is pinched between the indoor side portion and the outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel to form a three ply juncture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 86 words
A mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flange portion of said inner panel is folded back from the indoor side towards the outdoor side so as to form a bead-shaped inflated projection having a circular cross-section shape and to pinch the edge of the flange portion of said outer panel between the indoor side portion and the outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel, and said bead-shaped inflated projection forms said dam portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 98 words
A mount structure of a windowpane for automobile use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flange portion of said inner panel is folded back from the indoor side towards the outdoor side so that the indoor side portion and the outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel may be superposed on each other with the edge of the flange portion of said outer panel pinched therebetween, and the superposed indoor side portion and outdoor side portion of the flange portion of said inner panel are jointly bent outwards to form said dam portion.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1990-03-09 1990-09-08 1991-03-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1994-03-09 1994-09-08 1995-03-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1998-03-09 1998-09-08 1999-03-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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