Patent Application
20240116339
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle field, especially to a window plate assembly of a vehicle.
An adhesive strip is often disposed between the vehicle body and a glass frame for a vehicle window of a vehicle body, thus a sealing effect can be achieved through the adhesive strip abutting against the vehicle body or the glass frame to generate an elastic deformation. As such, rainwater or moisture can be prevented from permeating into the vehicle body. An adhering method is used to make the adhesive strip be fastened with a glass frame or the vehicle body to ensure a sealing status, or a buckling method is used to make the adhesive strip be easily detached.
The adhering method allows the adhesive strip to be tightly adhered with the glass frame or the vehicle body to achieve a good sealing effect, but the assembling procedure is complicated (such as requiring steps of cleaning the location to be adhered, preparing an adhesive agent, adhering the adhesive strip, and placing to be dried), and the deteriorated adhesive strip is not easy to be replaced, and a risk of the adhesive strip being loosened is caused. The buckling method allows the adhesive strip to be easily detached relative to the vehicle body or the glass frame, but the adhesive strip may not be ensured to tightly adhere with the vehicle body or the glass frame, thus a problem of poor sealing is concerned.
Accordingly, the applicant of the present disclosure has devoted himself for improving the mentioned shortages.
The present disclosure is to provide a vehicle sunroof device and a window plate assembly thereof, in which a seal is easy to be detached and forms an excellent sealing effect with a window frame.
Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a window plate assembly, which includes a glass panel, a window frame and a seal. The window frame is disposed at a periphery of the glass panel. An outer periphery of the window frame is disposed with a buckling groove and extended with a block flange. A planar surface is formed between the buckling groove and the block flange. An abutting part is formed at one side of the seal, and a buckling part is extended from the abutting part. The buckling part is buckled in the buckling groove to make the abutting part abut against the planar surface and the block flange. A buckling direction of the buckling part and the buckling groove is perpendicular to the planar surface.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the buckling part includes a main body and a latching hook. A reserved hook is formed in the buckling groove. When the main body is inserted in the buckling groove, the latching hook is correspondingly latched with the reversed hook.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cross section of the seal is in a semi-circular shape.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the window frame has an installing slot, the glass panel is disposed in the installing slot, and the block flange is extended in a direction away from the glass panel.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an included angle is defined between the block flange and the planar surface, and the included angle is smaller than or equal to 90°.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a guiding inclined surface is formed at an opening of the buckling groove.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the seal and the buckling part are a hollow structure.
Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a vehicle sunroof device, which includes a vehicle body and a window plate assembly. The vehicle body has a sunroof seat. The window plate assembly is disposed in the sunroof seat and has a glass panel, a window frame and a seal. The glass panel is disposed on the window frame. An outer periphery of the window frame is disposed with a buckling groove and extended with a block flange. A planar surface is formed between the buckling groove and the block flange. The seal has an abutting part and a buckling part extended from the abutting part. The buckling part is buckled in the buckling groove to make the abutting part abut against the planar surface and the block flange. A buckling direction of the buckling part and the buckling groove is perpendicular to the planar surface. When the window plate assembly tightly is configured to close the sunroof seat, the seal tightly abut against an inner edge of the sunroof seat relative to one side of the abutting part.
Advantages achieved by the present disclosure are as follows. Through the buckling part of the seal being buckled in the buckling groove of the window frame, the window plate assembly of the present disclosure makes the seal be easily and rapidly detached, and through the block flange and the planar surface abutting against the abutting part of the seal, a sealing status is formed to effectively increase the watertightness.
The features of the disclosure believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The disclosure itself, however, may be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of the disclosure, which describes a number of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
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In some embodiments, the glass panel 10 is formed in a rectangular shape. Four corners of the glass panel 10 respectively have a round corner to prevent a situation of stress concentration from occurring, and a glass breaking situation may be avoided, here is not intended to be limiting. The designer may adjust the appearance of the glass panel 10 according to actual needs.
The window frame 20 is corresponding to the appearance of the glass panel 10 and surrounds an outer periphery of the glass panel 10. An installing slot 21 is defined at a top end of the window frame 20. The glass panel 10 is disposed in the installing slot 21. The glass panel 10 is fastened in the installing slot 21 of the window frame 20 with an adhering, a pressing or a buckling method, here is not intended to be limiting as long as the glass panel 10 is fastened in the installing slot 21. A buckling groove 22 is defined at an outer periphery of the window frame 20, and a block flange 23 is extended from the outer periphery of the window frame 20. A planar surface 24 is formed between the buckling groove 22 and the block flange 23. The block flange 23 is located at the top end of the window frame 20 and extended in a direction away from the glass panel 10. The buckling groove 22 is located at a bottom end of the window frame 20. In some embodiments, the window frame 20 and block flange 23 are formed through an injecting forming means utilizing polyurethane to be integrated as one piece (or integrally formed), here is not intended to be limiting. The window frame 20 and the block flange 23 can also be formed through an injection forming means utilizing other materials, for example a plastic material, to be integrated as one piece.
In some embodiments, the seal 30 is made of a rubber material, here is not intended to be limiting. The seal 30 is disposed on the outer periphery of the window frame 20, thus a sealing status is formed between the seal 30 and the window frame 20. An abutting part 31 is formed at one side of the seal 30, and a buckling part 32 is extended from the abutting part 31. The buckling part 32 is buckled in the buckling groove 22 of the window frame 20 to make the abutting part 31 tightly abut against the planar surface 24 and the block flange 23 of the window frame 20, thus the seal 30 is fastened on the window frame 20, and a sealing status is formed between the seal 30 and the window frame 20. An included angle θ is defined between the block flange 23 and the planar surface 24. The included angle θ is smaller than or equal to 90°, thus the block flange 23 tightly abuts against at least one portion of the abutting part 31, and the block flange 23 partially covers a top end of the seal 30. As such, the seal 30 is easy to be detached relative to the window frame 20, and the sealing effect between the seal 30 and the window frame 20 may be ensured. In some embodiments, a guiding inclined surface 25 is respectively formed at a top opening and a bottom opening of the buckling groove 22, thus the buckling part 32 is inserted in the buckling groove 22 along the guiding inclined surface 25, here is not intended to be limiting.
Details are provided as follows. The buckling part 32 includes a main body 321 and a latching hook 322. A reserved hook 221 is formed in the buckling groove 22. When the main body 321 is inserted in the buckling groove 22, the latching hook 322 is correspondingly latched with the reversed hook 221. In some embodiments, there are two latching hooks 322 and two reversed hooks 221. The latching hook 322 is respectively located at a top end and a bottom end of the main body 321. The reversed 221 is respectively located at a top end and a bottom end of the buckling groove 22, here is not intended to be limiting. There is one latching hook 322 and one reversed hook 221 as long as the buckling and fastening effect is achieved. In some embodiments, the buckling part 32 is a hollow structure as shown in
A buckling direction of the buckling part 32 and the buckling groove 22 is perpendicular to the planar plane 24, thus the abutting part 31 tightly abuts towards the planar plane 24 to form the sealing status when the buckling part 32 is buckled in the buckling groove 22 of the window frame 20. In some embodiments, a distance defined from a latching surface (not labelled in figures) of the latching hook 322 to the abutting part 31 is slightly shorter than a distance defined from a latching surface (not labelled in figures) of the reversed hook 221 to the planar surface 24, thus the abutting part 31 is ensured to tightly abut against the planar surface 24 to form the sealing status after the seal 30 is latched on the window frame 20.
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While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.
This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/415,065, filed Oct. 11, 2022, which is incorporated by reference herein.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63415065 | Oct 2022 | US |
