Triangular Window Assembly And Automobile With Same

Abstract

The subject disclosure discloses a quarter window assembly and an automobile with the same. The quarter window assembly comprises a triangular glass, a guide rail, a sealing member and a fixing assembly; the guide rail is provided with groove and a fixing portion disposed close to the groove; the sealing member is snapped into the groove, and a side edge of the triangular glass is fixed on the fixing portion and abuts against the sealing member. The fixing assembly includes a lifting member and a fixing bracket, the lifting member is disposed on a bottom edge of the triangular glass and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal, and the fixing bracket is disposed on the guide rail and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal.

Claims

1. A quarter window assembly for use on an automobile having a door sheet metal, said quarter window assembly comprising a triangular glass; a guide rail having a groove and a fixing portion disposed close to the groove; a sealing member snapped into the groove, wherein a side edge of the triangular glass is fixed on the fixing portion and abuts against the sealing member; and a fixing assembly including a lifting member and a fixing bracket, wherein the lifting member is disposed on a bottom edge of the triangle glass and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal, and wherein the fixing bracket is disposed on the guide rail and is suitable for fixing on the door sheet metal.

2. The quarter window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the sealing member further comprises a first sealing strip and a second sealing strip connected with the first sealing strip.

3. The quarter window assembly according to claim 2, wherein materials of the first sealing strip and the second sealing strip are both elastomers.

4. The quarter window assembly according to claim 2, wherein the guide rail is provided with a limiting opening, and wherein a snapping block snap-fitted with the limiting opening is disposed at the position of the sealing member corresponding to the limiting opening, and wherein the snapping block limits the movement of the sealing member along a length direction of the guide rail.

5. The quarter window assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guide rail has a supporting section and a sealing section, wherein the sealing section is suitable for slidingly mating and sealingly connecting with the lifting glass, wherein the side edge of the triangular glass is fixed on the supporting section, and wherein the first sealing strip is located on the supporting section and the second sealing strip is located on the sealing section.

6. The quarter window assembly according to claim 5, wherein the fixing portion is a connecting arm disposed on the supporting section and adjacent to the groove, and wherein the side edge of the triangular glass is bonded on the connecting arm.

7. The quarter window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the triangular glass and the lifting member are bonded and fixed by structural glue.

8. The quarter window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket and the guide rail are fixed by riveting or welding.

9. The quarter window assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lifting member and the fixing bracket each are provided with connecting holes for screws to pass through.

10. An automobile comprising a door sheet metal; and a quarter window assembly; said quarter window assembly comprising: a triangular glass; a guide rail having a groove and a fixing portion disposed close to the groove; a sealing member snapped into the groove, wherein a side edge of the triangular glass is fixed on the fixing portion and abuts against the sealing member; and a fixing assembly including a lifting member and a fixing bracket, wherein the lifting member is disposed on a bottom edge of the triangle glass and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal, and wherein the fixing bracket is disposed on the guide rail and is suitable for fixing on the door sheet metal.

11. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein the sealing member further comprises a first sealing strip and a second sealing strip connected with the first sealing strip.

12. The automobile according to claim 11, wherein the materials of the first sealing strip and the second sealing strip are both elastomers.

13. The automobile according to claim 11, wherein the guide rail is provided with a limiting opening, and wherein a snapping block snap-fitted with the limiting opening is disposed at the position of the sealing member corresponding to the limiting opening, and wherein the snapping block limits the movement of the sealing member along the length direction of the guide rail.

14. The automobile as claimed in claim 11, wherein the guide rail has a supporting section and a sealing section, wherein the sealing section is suitable for slidingly mating and sealingly connecting with the lifting glass, wherein the side edge of the triangular glass is fixed on the supporting section, and wherein the first sealing strip is located on the supporting section and the second sealing strip is located on the sealing section.

15. The automobile according to claim 15, wherein the fixing portion is a connecting arm disposed on the supporting section and adjacent to the groove, and wherein the side edge of the triangular glass is bonded on the connecting arm.

16. The automobile according to claim 10 wherein the triangular glass and the lifting member are bonded and fixed by structural glue.

17. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein the fixing bracket and the guide rail are fixed by riveting or welding.

18. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein the lifting member and the fixing bracket each are provided with connecting holes for screws to pass through.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the subject disclosure or the prior art more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the subject disclosure, and it is also possible for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings according to the structures shown in these drawings without creative work.

[0010] FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a quarter window assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0011] FIG. 2 is a back view of an embodiment of a quarter window assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0012] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view at A-A in FIG. 2;

[0013] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view at B-B in FIG. 2;

[0014] FIG. 5 is a structural schematic view of the seal in an embodiment of the quarter window assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0015] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view at C-C in FIG. 5;

[0016] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view at D-D in FIG. 5;

[0017] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view at E-E in FIG. 5; and

[0018] FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view at F-F in FIG. 5.

ILLUSTRATION OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0019] 10. triangular glass; 20. guide rail; 30. sealing member; 40. fixing assembly; 20a. groove; 21. fixing portion; 41. lifting member; 42. fixing bracket; 31. first sealing strip; 32. second sealing strip; 20b. limiting opening; 301. snapping block; 21. supporting section; 22. sealing section.

[0020] The realization of the purpose, functional characteristics and advantages of the subject disclosure will be further illustrated in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the subject disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the subject disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a portion of the embodiments of the subject disclosure, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the subject disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope protected by the subject disclosure.

[0022] It should be noted that if there is a directional indication (such as up, down, left, right, front, back . . . ) involved in the embodiment of the subject disclosure, the directional indication is only used to explain the relative positional relationship, motion conditions, etc. between the components in a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawing). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change therewith accordingly.

[0023] In addition, if there are descriptions involving first, second, etc. in the embodiments of the subject disclosure, the descriptions of first, second, etc. are for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood indicate or suggest their relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined with first and second may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of these features. In addition, if and/or appearing in the whole text means including three parallel schemes, then taking A and/or B as an example, it includes scheme A, or scheme B, or a scheme that both A and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must take that those skilled in the art can realize as a basis. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination of technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and to be not within the protection scope claimed by the subject disclosure, either.

[0024] The subject disclosure provides a quarter window assembly, especially an A-pillar quarter window of an automobile, but not limited to this.

[0025] Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, in an embodiment of the subject disclosure, this quarter window assembly comprises a triangular glass 10, a guide rail 20, a sealing member 30 and fixing assembly 40; the guide rail 20 is provided with groove 20a and a fixing portion 21 disposed close to the groove 20a; the sealing member 30 is snapped into the groove 20a, and a side edge of the triangular glass 10 is fixed on the fixing portion 21 and abuts against the sealing member 30; the fixing assembly 40 includes a lifting member 41 and a fixing bracket 42, the lifting member 41 is disposed on a bottom edge of the triangular glass 10 and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal, and the fixing bracket 42 is disposed on the guide rail 20 and is suitable for being fixed on the door sheet metal.

[0026] In this embodiment, the guide rail 20 can be disposed in a long strip shape, and it can be made of metal material, especially aluminum, but not limited to this.

[0027] Referring mainly to FIG. 5, the sealing member 30 may include at least one sealing strip, which may consist of a first sealing strip 31 and a second sealing strip 32, which may be separately extruded and then connected together by injection molding. A material of the first sealing strip 31 and the second sealing strip 32 each can be elastomer, especially EPDM, but not limited to this.

[0028] Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, both the lifting member 41 and the fixing bracket 42 each can be hardware parts, which can be a single component or a component assembled from multiple parts, but not limited to this. Wherein, the triangular glass 10 and the lifting member 41 are bonded and fixed by structural glue. The lifting member 41 can comprise a base plate, and a side plate disposed at the upper end of base plate, the number of the side plate can be one or two, the base plate is fitted with the bottom edge of triangular glass 10 to hold up triangular glass 10, and the side plate is fitted with the sidewall of the bottom end of triangular glass 10 to avoid the movement of the triangular glass 10 along its thickness direction.

[0029] In order to facilitate the installation of the quarter window assembly on the door sheet metal, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the lifting member 41 and the fixing bracket 42 each are provided with connecting holes for screws to pass through, so as to assemble this quarter window assembly at a corresponding position of the door sheet metal.

[0030] During assembly, the lifting member 41 can be fixed on the bottom edge of the triangular glass 10 by the way of bonding or snapping, and the like in advance, and the fixing bracket 42 is fixed on the guide rail 20 by the way of threaded connection, riveting, welding or snapping, or the like, then the sealing member 30 is snapped or bonded in the groove 20a of the guide rail 20, and the side edge of the triangular glass 10 is fixed on the fixing portion 21 of the guide rail 20 by bonding or snapping, and the like to assemble into the whole quarter window assembly. The whole assembly process is relatively simple, improving the convenience of installation of the quarter window.

[0031] In addition, only a side edge of the triangular glass 10 is fixed on the guide rail 20, and its bottom edge is carried by the lifting member 41, so that the whole quarter window achieves a frameless effect, and side edge of the triangular glass 10 can be fixed on the guide rail 20 by bonding, so that the surface of the guide rail 20 can be flush with the surface of the triangular glass 10, achieving the effect of zero step difference and improving the overall aesthetics.

[0032] In order to avoid sealing failure to improve the stability of the quarter window assembly, referring to FIG. 2, in an embodiment, the guide rail 20 is provided with a limiting opening 20b; a snapping block 301 snap-fitted with the limiting opening 20b is disposed at the position of the sealing member 30 corresponding to the limiting opening 20b, and the snapping block 301 is snapped into the limiting opening 20b to limit the movement of the sealing member 30 along a length direction of the guide rail 20.

[0033] In this embodiment, the guide rail 20 has a supporting section 21 located in its upper half and a sealing section 22 located in its lower half. The sealing section 22 is suitable for slidingly mating and sealingly connecting with the lifting glass, and the side edge of the triangular glass 10 is fixed on the supporting section 21, the first sealing strip 31 is located on the supporting section 21, and the second sealing strip 32 is located on the sealing section 22 and is suitable for sealing the gap between the guide rail 20 and the side edge of the lifting glass.

[0034] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the cross-section of the top end of the first sealing strip 31 can be provided with two semi-closed deformation chambers, and the opening directions of the two deformation chambers are opposite; as shown in FIG. 7, the cross-section of the middle portion of the first sealing strip 31 can be provided as a closed deformation chamber and a semi-closed deformation chamber located on the same side; as shown in FIG. 8, the cross-section of the top end of the second scaling strip 32 can be provided with a closed deformation chamber; as shown in FIG. 9, the cross-section of the middle portion of the second sealing strip 32 can be provided with a closed deformation chamber, and a stop rib is disposed within the deformation chamber, so that when the surrounding wall of the sealing strip is squeezed, its deformation is reduced. As such, the sealing performance of all parts of the quarter window assembly can be further improved, ensuring that it can have stronger rainproof and windproof capabilities.

[0035] Referring to FIG. 3, in an embodiment, the fixing portion 21 can be a connecting arm that is disposed on the supporting section 21 and adjacent to the groove 20a, the side edge of the triangular glass 10 is bonded on the connecting arm, and these two parts can be fixed together by a PU (polyurethane) injection molding process.

[0036] The subject disclosure also proposes an automobile, which includes a quarter window assembly, the specific structure of which refers to the above-mentioned embodiments. Since the automobile proposed by the subject disclosure includes all the solutions of all the embodiments of the above-mentioned quarter window assembly, it has at least the same technical effect as that of the quarter window assembly, which will not be elaborated here one by one.

[0037] What is described above is only an optional embodiment of the subject disclosure, and does not therefore limit the patent scope of the subject disclosure. Under the inventive concept of the subject disclosure, the equivalent structural transformation made by using the specification and the contents of the accompanying drawings of the subject disclosure, or their direct/indirect applications in other related technical fields are all included in the patent protection scope of the subject disclosure.