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Unsupported ultra-flush glassrun weatherseal assembly

  • US 10,661,644 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/2017
  • Issued: 05/26/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A weatherseal assembly comprising:

  • a generally U-shaped body including a base and first and second L-shaped legs, the first leg having a first portion that only partially overlaps with a first portion of the second leg to form the base of the U-shaped body, and the first and second legs each having a second portion extending outwardly from the first portions of the first and second legs, respectively, to form a glassrun cavity dimensioned to receive an edge of an associated window therein,first and second seal lips extending from the first and second legs, respectively, for engagement with opposed, first and second surfaces of the associated window; and

    the first leg formed entirely of a first material that is a stiffer/more rigid material than a different, second material that forms the entirety of the second leg and also forms the seal lips, such that at least a first portion of the first material forms the first leg extending outwardly from the base such that a combined thickness of the first leg and the first seal lip is less than 2.5 mm to provide a flush assembly of the weatherseal assembly and associated window.

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