Device for the simultaneous sealing of the window pane of a door and the roof of a motor vehicle

• US 4,656,784 A
• Filed: 11/19/1985
• Issued: 04/14/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Metzeler Kautschuk GmbH, Sigri GmbH
• Original Assignee: Metzeler Kautschuk GmbH
• Inventors: Brachmann, Walter
• Primary Examiner(s): Downey, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US06/799,633
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 49/374, 49/440, 49/441, 49/394, 49/360
• US Class Current: 49/490.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/18 provided with reinforcements or inserts
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/24 having tubular parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/265 the surface being primarily decorative
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/32 using integral U-shaped retainers
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/36 using separately inserted fastening means, e.g. using clips, beads or strips
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/79 for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/80 specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors for non-fixed roofs B60J10/90
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/88 mounted on, or integral with, the glass-run seals

Abstract

A device for the simultaneous sealing of the window pane of a door and the region between the upper edge of the door and the roof region of a motor vehicle includes a single elastomer profile having an outer front surface, the profile including:

at least one element for sealing the window pane;

at least one element for sealing the region between the upper edge of the door and the roof;

a mounting region having two U-shaped recesses formed therein defining holding lips clamped to projecting sheet metal edges of the frame of the door; and

a reinforcement insert disposed in the profile, surrounding the two U-shaped recesses and extending to the outer front surface of the profile.

Claims

1. Device for the simultaneous sealing of the window pane of a door and the region between the upper edge of the door and the roof region of a motor vehicle, comprising a one-piece elastomer profile including:

at least one element for sealing the window pane having a sealing lip gripping around the edge of the window pane and lying against the outer surface of the window pane;

at least one element for sealing the region between the upper edge of the door and the roof;

a mounting region having two U-shaped recesses formed therein defining holding lips directly clamped from the outside onto two parallel sheet metal webs of the frame of the door projecting outwardly perpendicular to the frame of the door; and

a one-piece reinforcement insert disposed in said profile, surrounding said two U-shaped recesses and extending substantially to said sealing lip at an angle.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement insert is a one-piece steel part.

3. Device according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement insert is a one-piece aluminum part.

4. Device according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement insert is a one-piece metal part having a bent end region extending substantially parallel to said outer front surface of said profile and parallel to the window pane.

5. Device according to claim 4, including a decorative strip inserted into said profile in the vicinity of said bent end region of said reinforcement insert.

6. Device according to claim 1, including a fastening element connecting said reinforcement insert to said door frame.

7. Device according to claim 6, wherein said fastening element is a rivet.