MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR HAVING A TRANSPARENT WINDOW FRAME

摘要

The vehicle door (24) has a conventional structurally rigid lower portion (34) which movably mounts a transparent window panel (60) for movement between a lowered opened position stored within the lower portion and a raised closed position. The door also has an arcuate shaped transparent window frame (30) having a lower end (32) fixedly mounted on the door lower portion and extending upwardly along the pillar (13) and along the roof panel (12) to define a structurally rigid upper edge portion of the door closing the space between the transparent window panel and the roof panel and the pillar. The transparent window frame is more curved than the movable window panel so that the vehicle body (10) is dramatically curved and provides an aesthetically pleasing vehicle shape. A transparent seal structure may be mounted on the transparent window frame for engagement by the window panel to provide water tight transparent sealing.