Modifiable Slider Window Assembly for Utility Cabs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing slider window assemblies for vehicles are often specific to particular applications and designs, making them difficult to modify for different cab or vehicle sizes, and they do not form effective seals between the interior and exterior, leading to issues with water resistance.
Innovation Solution
A sliding window assembly with modifiable structural components and a robust water-resistant sealing system, featuring elongated rails with channels for pin guidance and end details that facilitate lateral movement and sealing, allowing the window to close and seal effectively across various vehicle designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If slider window assemblies are designed for specific applications and vehicle models, then they can provide functional performance for those particular uses, but they become difficult to modify for different cab or vehicle sizes and designs
Solution Approach 1:
The window assembly is divided into separate modular components: a fixed window assembly and a slidable window assembly that can be independently positioned and secured. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for specific applications while maintaining overall system adaptability through reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The slidable window assembly incorporates movable elements including sliders that can be repositioned along the window frame and latches that can be engaged at different positions. This dynamic design enables the same assembly to adapt to different cab sizes and window configurations without requiring complete redesign.
2Ease of operation
If conventional slider window assemblies are used, then they provide basic window functionality, but they do not form effective seals between the interior and exterior, leading to poor water resistance
Solution Approach 1:
The window assembly incorporates flexible sealing elements including weatherstripping and gaskets that conform to the window frame and fixed window assembly. These flexible sealing films create effective barriers against water penetration while maintaining the simplicity of slider operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing elements are pre-positioned and pre-compressed during assembly to establish water-tight seals before the window is subjected to external water pressure. This preliminary sealing action prevents water infiltration without requiring complex active sealing mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Certain example embodiments relate to a sliding window assembly (e.g., of the type found in utility cabs or other vehicles), and methods of making the same. A slidable window panel includes at least one top pin and at least one bottom pin attached thereto. A single fixed window panel includes a hole being defined therein for receiving the slidable panel. Elongated upper and lower rails connected to the fixed panel include upper and lower rail channels defined therein for slidingly receiving the at least one top and bottom pin attached to the slidable panel. Forward and rear end details are provided to each of the upper and lower rails proximate to the hole for slidingly receiving, in respective channels formed therein, the at least one top and bottom pins. The slidable panel is laterally movable when being opened via the respective rail channels provided to the upper and lower rails. The channels in the forward and rear end details are formed so that the slidable panel is movable slightly outwardly towards the hole when the slidable window is being closed and slightly inwardly away from the hole when the slidable window is being opened.