Tolerance compensating clip

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Responsive to the deficiencies in the prior art, it is object of the present invention to provide an improved positioning clip for the accurate tolerance compensating positioning of a glass pane in the aperture of an automotive vehicle body during the setting of an adhesive at assembly.
According to one feature of the present invention, an improved construction is provided for modular framing devices for automobile windows of the type which include a stiff plastic carrier portion including means for carrying the window, the improvement lying in the provision of a rib portion extending substantially parallel to a major flat surface of the window and cooperating with retaining devices positioned at least along portions of top and bottom flanges surrounding the window aperture.
According to another feature of the invention, the positioning devices carried along the body flange adjacent at least the top of the window are specially configured clips which receive and retain the rib in snap-fit relationship over a relatively wide range of peripheral clearances between glass pane and body.