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Sealing assembly for a vehicle and method of manufacturing a sealing assembly

  • US 10,315,349 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2015
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sealing assembly for a vehicle having a fixed window and a panel, said sealing assembly comprising:

  • a sealing body extruded from an elastomeric material formed from an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) with said sealing body having a base and first and second legs spaced from one another extending from said base with said base and said first and second legs defining an interior surface and a first channel for receiving the panel within said first channel, and said base and said first and second legs further defining an exterior surface opposite said interior surface with said sealing body defining an overmold region opposite said first channel extending along a portion of said exterior surface of said sealing body;

    a bonding layer of a first thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) co-extruded onto said overmold region of said sealing body; and

    a molded layer of a second thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) molded onto said bonding layer with said second TPV of said molding layer bonded to said first TPV of said bonding layer to attach said molded layer to said sealing body, with said molded layer remaining spaced from said sealing body by said bonding layer along said overmold region and defining a second channel for receiving the fixed window of the vehicle within said second channel.

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