US 12,270,240 B2
Automotive door and window systems, devices, and methods
Pablo Kunz Arrache, Vänersborg (SE); Jean Pierre Pinsonneault, Antibe (FR); and Jason Castriota, Stamford, CT (US)
Assigned to Via Fortuna, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Via Fortuna, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/758,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/524,238, filed on Jun. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0003280 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. E05B 77/34 (2014.01); B60J 1/17 (2006.01); B60J 10/24 (2016.01); B60J 10/36 (2016.01); B60J 10/76 (2016.01); B60J 10/77 (2016.01); B60J 10/84 (2016.01); E05F 15/695 (2015.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/695 (2015.01) [B60J 1/17 (2013.01); B60J 10/24 (2016.02); B60J 10/36 (2016.02); B60J 10/76 (2016.02); B60J 10/77 (2016.02); B60J 10/84 (2016.02); E05B 77/34 (2013.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/36 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a vehicle door comprising:
a door body comprising a framing portion; and
a window configured to be vertically repositioned to open and close the window, the window comprising a frameless portion and a framed portion, wherein the framed portion of the window corresponds to the framing portion of the door body; and
a vehicle body comprising:
a primary seal configured to compress against an internal face of the framed portion and frameless portion of the window to create a watertight seal when the window is in a first closed position and a second closed position; and
a secondary seal configured to secure at least the frameless portion of the window in place when the window is in the second closed position, the secondary seal comprising a pillow and a lip, the pillow comprising an internal indentation on a wall of the pillow that is proximate the lip,
wherein, in response to the window being placed in the second closed position, the pillow is configured to compress around a top portion of the window and the lip is configured to bend towards the window at least in part at the internal indentation of the pillow and press against an outer portion of the window to secure the window in place.