Seal for liftable and lowerable windows, especially side windows for passenger cars or station wagons

• US 4,455,785 A
• Filed: 09/30/1982
• Issued: 06/26/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Kling, Guenter, Wahr, Johannes
• Primary Examiner(s): KANNAN, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US06/429,676
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 49/488, 49/498, 49/166
• US Class Current: 49/498.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/248 having two or more tubular cavities, e.g. formed by partition walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/30 characterised by the fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/76 for window sashes; for glass run channels
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/79 for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame

Abstract

A seal for windows adapted to be lowered and raised, especially for side windows of motor vehicles, which is secured at a door or roof-frame within the area of the upper window edge and which includes a sealing lip which is displaced in the direction toward the upper outer edge area of the window when the window is raised; at least one bell crank is arranged inside the seal whose one leg extends into the sealing lip and whose other leg acts as a pivot when the window is being raised and presses the sealing lip against the window.

Claims

1. A seal for a window means adapted to be raised and lowered, said seal comprising:

the seal being a hollow body,

said seal being secured at a frame means within a flanged area of an upper edge of the window means,

said seal being deformed during the raising of said window means,

a sealing lip being outwardly disposed along the seal within the area of the window means,

the sealing lip being displaced in a direction toward the upper edge of the window means during the raising of said window means,

at least one bell crank means being pivotally carried within the seal,

the at least one bell crank means having a first leg and a second leg,

the first leg extending into said sealing lip,

the second leg being in juxtaposition with the window means, whereby

the window means, when being raised, acts upon the second leg of the bell crank, the second leg pivots the bell crank, and the bell crank presses the sealing lip against the upper edge of the window means.

2. The seal according to claim 1, further comprising a support element being disposed along the uppermost edge of the seal.

3. The seal according to claim 2, further comprising an end portion having a shaft thereon within the connecting area of the first and second legs of the bell crank means, the support element of the seal being formed into an eyelet, said eyelet serving as a bearing for said shaft.

4. The seal according to claim 3, further comprising the bell crank means being pivotally supported within said eyelet about said shaft.

5. The seal according to claim 2, further comprising the support element being a support band.

6. The seal according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 5, further comprising the bell crank means being constructed as an extruded part.