SIDE PART DOOR WINDOW OF AUTOMOBILE

• Main Authors: HORIUCHI KOUTAROU, YANO YOSHIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.04.1984
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILARDEVICES FOR VEHICLES

PURPOSE:To decrease the air resistance of a car body while a large accommodative space is ensured, by forming a window glass in a shape such that the central part is protruded to the outside of a vehicle while the both front and rear sides are contracted to the inside of the vehicle. CONSTITUTION:Side part doors 4, 4 are provided to be able to be opened and closed in the sideward positions of seats 2, 2 in the side parts of the main unit 1 of a vehicle, and a window glass 5 is provided in the door 4 so that the glass 5 can be retractively housed in the door by vertically moving the glass. A slit 6 is opened to the upper edge of the door 4, and the bottom end of the window glass 5 is inserted into said slit 6. A channel 7 is vertically moved by turning a handle 12 to be controlled, and the window glass 5 appears in the outside while disappears in the inside of the side part door 4 by this channel 7. The window glass 5 is curved in a dog-legged shape in its plan view, in which the central part is protruded to the outside of the vehicle while the both front and rear sides are contracted to the inside of the vehicle.