Sealing, Trimming And Guide Strips

• US 20080191517A1
• Filed: 09/26/2005
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henniges Automotive Sealing Systems North America Incorporated (Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: GDX North America Incorporated
• Inventors: Kreye, Bernhard
• Application Number:
  US11/577,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20080191517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/201
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/30 characterised by the fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/40 characterised by contact between two or more cooperating sealing arrangements

Abstract

The invention relates to a sealing, trimming or guide strip (15) for the window of a motor vehicle, comprising a continuous loop arranged around the fixed triangular window (11) of the vehicle and an additional loop arranged around the displaceable main window (9) of the rear door of the vehicle. This seal comprises an extruded section (19) in order to maintain the pleasant optical appearance of the vehicle exterior. A section of the extruded material (19) is replaced by formed material that is formed on the fixed triangular window (11). The formed material comprises a recess in order to engage the extruded part and thereby connecting the extruded part mechanically to the formed material and the fixed triangular window (11).

Claims

1. An arrangement which is intended for mounting a sealing, trimming or guide strip in relation to a window panel and has a part which is fitted on the window panel and has means for connecting the strip mechanically to the part.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the part has an accommodating structure for connecting to a plug-in structure of the strip.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, in which the accommodating structure has a recess or groove for connecting to the plug-in structure of the strip.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the part is provided by forming.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 4, in which the part is formed onto the window panel.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the strip is formed by extrusion.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 6, in which a portion of the extruded material of the strip which runs only along part of the length of the latter is removed and replaced by the part.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the part is lengthened in order to form a closed loop.

9. The arrangement as claimed in claim 7, in which the length of the extruded material on the far side of said portion of this material runs from the closed loop.

10. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the strip has a plurality of integrally formed structures for fastening the extruded part on the frame of the window.

11. The arrangement as claimed in claim 7, in which the extruded material has a channel for accommodating a flange of a window frame, the channel being retained as part of the strip following the removal of said portion of the extruded material.

12. The arrangement as claimed in claim 11, which has a rigid reinforcing support which is embedded in the extruded material in the region which corresponds to the channel.

13. The arrangement as claimed in claim 12, in which the embedded rigid element runs in the direction of the channel in order to increase the force which is necessary for removing the strip from the window frame.

14. The arrangement as claim in claim 7, in which the strip has an extension which forms at least part of the glass-panel-accommodating channel, a portion of the glass-panel-accommodating channel being removed by virtue of the abovementioned portion of the extruded material being removed.

15. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the part comprises a non-reinforced piece of formed harder material with a channel for accommodating the window panel and with an outer surface which is covered with a softer material, which is formed onto the harder material.

16. The arrangement as claimed in claim 15 and with a portion for retaining a first and a second window panel, the harder material having first and second, oppositely directed channels for accommodating respective window panels and having outer surfaces, between the channels, which are covered with a softer material, which is formed onto the harder material.

17. The arrangement as claimed in claim 16, in which the second channel bears a separate seal made of flexible material, the first window panel being accommodated in said seal.

18. The arrangement as claimed in claim 17, in which the seal has flocked panel-abutment surfaces.

19. The arrangement as claimed in claim 17, in which said second channel is generally U-shaped in cross section and said seal has a body of generally U-shaped cross section which is accommodated in the first channel.

20. The arrangement as claimed in claim 19, in which the seal has a base and a pair of flanges which project from respective opposite ends of said base and butt against the second channel in order to retain the seal in the second channel.

21. The arrangement as claimed in claim 19, in which the seal has two extensions which form the arms of said U-shaped cross section, each extension terminating in a respective flange which covers one end of an associated leg of the first channel.

22. The arrangement as claimed in claim 21, in which one of said extensions of the seal has at least one lip which projects to the inside of the seal of U-shaped cross section, said flange having a flocked surface for butting against the associated window pane.

23. The arrangement as claimed in claim 22, in which two lips are provided, on flange being located in the direction of the free end of the associated extension of the seal and the other flange being located in the direction of the base of the seal.

24. The arrangement as claimed in claim 22, in which the other extension of the seal has a flocked inner surface.

25. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the part has a portion in which the softer material is formed in order to provide at least one frame-engagement element running along the same.

26. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the frame-engagement element is a lip.

27. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the frame-engagement element is a recess.

28. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which said harder material of said portion has a generally U-shaped cross section with a first extension and a second extension which are spaced apart from one another and connected to one another by a base, the channel being formed between said extensions and said softer material being formed around outer surfaces of said extensions and base.

29. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the hard material has a Shore hardness D of 40.

30. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the harder material is polypropylene.

31. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the softer material has a Shore hardness A of 60.

32. The arrangement as claimed in claim 25, in which the softer material is a thermoplastic material.

33. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 in combination with a window panel accommodated in the strip.

34. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the window panel is a motor-vehicle window panel.

35. The arrangement as claimed in claim 34, in which the window panel is a door-mounted quarter-window panel.

36. A motor vehicle comprising an arrangement which is intended for mounting a sealing, trimming or guide strip in relation to a window panel and has a part which is fitted on the window panel and has means for connecting the strip mechanically to the part.

37. A method of mounting a sealing, trimming or guide strip in relation to a window panel, the method providing for fitting a part on the window panel and for connecting the strip mechanically to the part.

38-40. -40. (canceled)