Removable Bracket for Vehicle Window Seal Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle door structures require disassembly to install or remove window glass, making the process cumbersome, and existing designs struggle to provide effective support for window seals, leading to vibration and noise infiltration.
Innovation Solution
A removable support bracket is integrated into the vehicle door structure, featuring a seal supporting lip and glass installation slot, which allows for easy installation and removal of window glass while providing rigid support to the window seal, reducing noise and vibration by forming a continuous seal along the window opening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the vehicle door structure uses a fixed window opening design, then the structural integrity is maintained, but the installation and removal of window glass requires disassembly of the vehicle door structure
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the window opening structure into two separate components: a fixed window opening in the door structure and a removable support bracket that can be independently attached and detached. This segmentation allows the support bracket to be removed for window glass installation without disassembling the entire door structure, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the support bracket function from the main door structure, creating a separate removable component. The support bracket is designed to be detachably mounted to the door structure, allowing it to be taken out when window glass installation is needed, thereby enabling easy operation without compromising the integrity of the main door structure
2Reliability
If the vehicle door structure lacks a dedicated seal support, then the structure remains simple, but the window seal lacks rigid support leading to vibration and noise infiltration
Solution Approach 1:
The support bracket serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the window glass, maintains the positioning of the window seal, and contributes to the overall rigidity of the window opening assembly. By consolidating these multiple functions into a single component, the invention achieves reliable seal support without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines the seal support function with the window glass support function in a single integrated support bracket. The bracket is designed with features that simultaneously support both the window glass from below and the window seal along its upper surface, thereby achieving reliable seal support while minimizing the number of separate components
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle door structure includes a panel and a bracket. A window opening in the panel has an edge extending along a lower periphery of the window opening from a first side to a second side of the window opening. The edge defines a seal supporting lip and a glass installation slot. The seal supporting lip extends from the first side of the window opening toward the second side of the window opening to a terminal end of the seal supporting lip. The glass installation slot begins at the terminal end of the seal supporting lip and ends proximate the second side of the window opening. The bracket is removably attached to the panel filling the glass installation slot. The bracket has a lip extension aligned with the seal supporting lip extending from the terminal end of the seal supporting lip to the second side of the window opening.