Motor Vehicle Side Window Arrangement

Abstract

A motor vehicle side window arrangement has a side window pane, which has a left edge, a right edge, a top edge connecting the left and right edges in the top region thereof and a bottom edge connecting the left and right edges in the bottom region thereof, which bottom edge is operatively connected to a window lever, and a seal. In the closed state of the side window pane, the seal has a left section adjacent to the left edge, a right section adjacent to the right edge, a top section adjacent to the top edge and a seal base. An improved sealing effect is obtained by the right edge adjacent to the right section of the seal having, in the top region thereof, a smaller distance from the seal base than in the bottom region thereof.

Claims

1.-6. (canceled)

7. A motor vehicle side window arrangement, comprising: a side window, which has a left-hand edge, a right-hand edge, an upper edge connecting said left-hand and right-hand edges in an upper region thereof, and a lower edge connecting said left-hand and right-hand edges in a lower region thereof, wherein the lower edge is operatively connectable to a window lifter; and a seal, which, in a closed state of the side window, has a left-hand portion adjacent to the left-hand edge, a right-hand portion adjacent to the right-hand edge, an upper portion adjacent to the upper edge, and a seal base, wherein the right-hand edge adjacent to the right-hand portion of the seal is at a smaller distance from the seal base in the upper region than in the lower region.

8. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the left-hand edge is oriented parallel to the left-hand portion and/or the upper edge is oriented parallel to the upper portion.

9. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the right-hand edge is not formed parallel to the left-hand edge.

10. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the right-hand edge is not formed parallel to the left-hand edge.

11. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 7, wherein a distance of the left-hand edge from the seal base of the left-hand portion is greater than the distance of the right-hand edge from the seal base of the right-hand portion.

12. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 9, wherein a distance of the left-hand edge from the seal base of the left-hand portion is greater than the distance of the right-hand edge from the seal base of the right-hand portion.

13. The motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the side window is connected to the window lifter in an off-center manner.

14. A motor vehicle, comprising at least one motor vehicle side window arrangement according to claim 1.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the side window is connected to the window lifter in an off-center manner.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a motor vehicle side window arrangement according to the prior art.

[0021] FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a motor vehicle side window arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention in a motor vehicle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates a motor vehicle side window arrangement 30 according to the prior art. Since this has already been explained above, reference is made thereto in order to avoid repetitions.

[0023] FIG. 2 shows a motor vehicle side window arrangement 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is located in a motor vehicle 1. The motor vehicle side window arrangement 30 according to this exemplary embodiment differs from the motor vehicle side window arrangement 30 known from the prior art by way of the following features.

[0024] The right-hand edge 10-2 has a lower region 40-1 and an upper region 40-2. The lower region 40-1 is spaced apart from the corresponding portion of the seal base 25-7 by a distance d1. The upper region 40-2 is spaced apart from the corresponding portion of the seal base 25-7 by a distance d2. As can be seen, while not to scale, the distance d2 is smaller than the distance d1. Therefore, the single-train window lifter 15, in contrast to what is shown in FIG. 1, is no longer located at the center of friction.

[0025] The right-hand edge 10-2 shown here is formed in a straight manner, resulting in a linearly decreasing profile of the distance from d1 in the direction of d2. This does not have to be the case, however; rather, the right-hand edge 10-2 can also have a non-straight profile. What is important in this case is that the upper region 40-2, in FIG. 2, of the edge 10-2 runs ahead of the lower region 40-1 thereof during a closing movement of the side window 5 as seen in the direction of the upper edge 10-3, and runs behind it during the opening movement thereof.

[0026] It goes without saying that the upper region 40-2 can bear against the seal base 25-7. To avoid any noise occurring during a closing or opening movement, the seal base 25-7 is coated, as is known per se.

[0027] Furthermore, the invention differs from the prior art by having an altered attachment point for the window lifter 15. The latter is now no longer fastened to the side window 5 centrally, but in an off-center position, this advantageously supporting the above-described running-ahead or running-behind movement.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0028] 1 Motor vehicle [0029] 5 Side window [0030] 10-1 Left-hand edge [0031] 10-2 Right-hand edge [0032] 10-3 Upper edge [0033] 10-4 Lower edge [0034] 15 Window lifter [0035] 20 Seal [0036] 25-1 Left-hand portion [0037] 25-2 Right-hand portion [0038] 25-3 Upper portion [0039] 25-7 Seal base [0040] 30 Motor vehicle side window arrangement [0041] 40-1 Lower region [0042] 40-2 Upper region [0043] d1 Distance [0044] d2 Distance