Flip-over window assembly for vehicle

摘要

A vehicle window assembly includes a cap that includes a rooftop section, which extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a side wall that extends from the rooftop section generally in a normal direction. The side wall includes an opening. The window assembly also includes a rigid window that includes an interior surface and an exterior surface. Moreover, the window assembly includes a pivot coupling that pivotally connects the window to the cap for rotational movement between a closed position and an open position. The window covers the opening and the interior surface is operable to face the vehicle passenger compartment when the window is in the closed position. The window overlaps the rooftop section and the exterior surface faces the rooftop section when in the open position.

主权项

1. A window assembly for a vehicle defining a normal direction and a transverse direction that is transverse relative to the normal direction, the vehicle including a passenger compartment, the window assembly comprising:
a cap that includes a rooftop section that extends in the transverse direction and a side wall that extends from the rooftop section generally in the normal direction, the side wall including an opening; a rigid window that includes an interior surface and an exterior surface; and a pivot coupling that pivotally connects the window to the cap for rotational movement between a closed position and an open position, the window covering the opening and the interior surface operable to face the passenger compartment when the window is in the closed position, the window overlapping the rooftop section and the exterior surface facing the rooftop section when in the open position, wherein the rooftop section remains stationary relative to the side wall while the window moves between the first and second positions so that a size of the opening defined by the rooftop section and the side wall is the same in the open and closed positions, and wherein the window extends in the normal direction in the closed position and the window extends in the transverse direction in the open position.