US 12,065,023 B2
Vehicular rear slider window assembly with retaining element
Darin J. Snider, Holland, MI (US); and Benjamin J. Wolters, Hudsonville, MI (US)
Assigned to Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,755.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,615, filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219511 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 1/18 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01); H01R 35/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/84 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 1/1853 (2013.01) [B60J 1/002 (2013.01); B60J 1/007 (2013.01); H01R 35/02 (2013.01); H05B 3/84 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular rear slider window assembly comprising:
a fixed window panel comprising an inner side and an outer side;
an upper rail and a lower rail attached at the inner side of the fixed window panel;
wherein the lower rail comprises a U-shaped rail having a channel with (i) a first leg along one side of the channel and having a first attaching surface that attaches at the inner side of the fixed window panel and (ii) a second leg along the other side of the channel and spaced from the first leg and having a second attaching surface that is opposite from the first attaching surface and separated from the first attaching surface by a thickness of the lower rail;
a movable window panel having a lower perimeter edge received in the channel of the lower rail and an upper perimeter edge received in a channel of the upper rail;
wherein the movable window panel is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail between a closed position, where the movable window panel is positioned at an opening of the fixed window panel, and an opened position, where the movable window panel is moved at least partially away from the opening;
a retaining element attached along the lower rail and at the second attaching surface of the lower rail; and
wherein the retaining element includes an attaching portion that attaches at the second attaching surface of the lower rail and a retaining portion that extends from the attaching portion and at least partially across the channel of the lower rail between the attaching portion and an inner side of the movable window panel to limit vertical movement of the movable window panel relative to the upper and lower rails.