Rear Side Window Fastening Film for Guide Web Retention

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing motor vehicle designs with rear side windows lack an effective structural improvement that ensures the guide web remains connected to the body after the rear side window is destroyed, compromising safety and integrity.

Innovation Solution

A fastening film is glued to the non-visible area of the rear side window, which connects to the guide web, forming a thickened section after the window is destroyed, ensuring the guide web remains attached to the body by adhering to the guide web and body components, even after the rear side window is damaged.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If the rear side window is made frameless and connected to the guide web, then the aesthetic appearance and visibility are improved, but the structural integrity and safety after window destruction deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovevisibilityVSAvoidstructural integrity after destruction
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a fastening film as an intermediary element between the guide web and the rear side window. This film remains attached to the guide web even after the window is destroyed, serving as a mediator that maintains the structural connection. The fastening film is specifically designed to stay on the guide web while the window breaks away, thus resolving the contradiction between frameless design and structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies beforehand cushioning by designing the fastening film to anticipate potential window destruction. The film is pre-positioned and sized to ensure that if the window breaks, glass residues will be caught and held by the film, preventing them from entering the vehicle interior through the through-opening. This preparatory measure ensures safety without compromising the frameless design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

2Reliability

If the fastening film is designed to catch glass residues, then safety after window destruction is improved, but the complexity of the fastening system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety after window destructionVSAvoidfastening system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a thin film structure to achieve the safety function without adding significant complexity. The fastening film is a flexible, thin component that can be integrated into the existing door structure. It catches glass residues through its material properties and geometric design rather than through complex mechanical mechanisms, thus improving safety while minimizing added complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The fastening film is designed as a simple, relatively inexpensive component that performs its safety function and can be replaced if needed. Rather than using expensive, complex safety mechanisms, the patent employs a straightforward film structure that provides adequate protection against glass residues, aligning with the principle of using simpler, more economical solutions when sufficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The fastening film effectively keeps the guide web fixed to the body, preventing it from dislodging even when the rear side window is broken, enhancing safety and structural integrity by maintaining the connection through the glass residues and sealing lips.

Implementation Method 1

The fastening film is glued to a surface of the rear side window that is in the non-visible area of the rear side window and that is adjacent to the guide bar

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Data Source

PatentEP2054252B1Motor vehicle having rear side windows
Publication Date: 2009.12.16 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG
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AI summary

A motor vehicle having rear side windows that adjoin a front side window via a guide rib is already known. It is the object of the invention to create a motor vehicle in which the respective rear side window has an improved design. This is achieved in that an attachment film (22) is glued to a surface (37, 44) of the rear side window (11) not located in the visible region (13) of the rear side window (11), the film being connected to the guide rib (10).