US 12,269,323 B2
Sealing system for connecting drainage device to vehicle window glass
Yang Xu, Shanghai (CN); Tao He, Shanghai (CN); Jing Yu, Shanghai (CN); and Bin Zhu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/792,944
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/072380
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/147791, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010064465.9 (CN), filed on Jan. 20, 2020; and application No. 202020128853.4 (CN), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049818 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 10/70 (2016.01); B60J 10/20 (2016.01); B60J 10/25 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/70 (2016.02) [B60J 10/20 (2016.02); B60J 10/25 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing system for connecting a drainage device to a vehicle window glass, comprising:
a fixing section configured to be connected to a main face of the vehicle window glass; and
an engaging section configured to be detachably connected to the drainage device, the engaging section comprising a supporting body constructed and arranged to extend along at least part of a thickness of a lateral edge of the vehicle window glass to face said lateral edge when the fixing section is connected to the main face of the vehicle window glass, an elastic arm, and a transition portion connecting the supporting body to the elastic arm;
wherein the sealing system further comprises a positioning element connected to the transition portion and the supporting body, the positioning element being at least partially elastically deformable, and
wherein the positioning element comprises an elastic leg connected to the transition portion and an engaging head connected to the elastic leg and to the supporting body, with the positioning element and at least a portion of the supporting body defining together a hollow groove that extends away from the fixing section on both opposite sides of the fixing section, the engaging head having a cross section presenting a U-shape or V-shape, and the U-shape or the V-shape having an opening oriented towards the supporting body.