Four-sided flush glass assembly

• US 4,932,161 A
• Filed: 11/16/1988
• Issued: 06/12/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Incorporated (Cooper-Standard Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: The Standard Products Company (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company)
• Inventors: Keys, James F., Vaughan, Robert A., Belser, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kannan, Philip C.
• Application Number:
  US07/272,566
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 49/491, 49/490, 49/485, 49/489, 49/494, 49/495, 49/440, 49/441, 49/374, 49/375, 49/376, 49/377, 49/502
• US Class Current: 49/490.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/24 having tubular parts
• 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 10/32 using integral U-shaped retainers
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/40 characterised by contact between two or more cooperating sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/75 for sealing the lower part of the panes
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/76 for window sashes; for glass run channels
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/77 for sashless windows, i.e. for frameless windows forming a seal directly with the vehicle body
• 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 10/84 arranged on the vehicle body
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/86 arranged on the opening panel

Abstract

A gasket system has a gasket adapted to be secured about an opening. The gasket includes a mechanism for retaining and sealing a window or the like. The gasket is positioned about the opening such that when the window is positioned within the opening, the window substantially conceals the gasket and is flush at its perimeter with the opening.

Claims

1. A weather strip comprising:

means adapted to retain the weather strip on a flange or the like, said flange retaining means including a channel adapted to receive the flange; and

means adapted to retain and seal a window or the like, said window retaining means including a channel adapted to receive a window member or the like, said window receiving channel being positioned transverse to said flange receiving channel such that said retaining and sealing means is substantially concealed from view when coupled with a window in a closed position.

2. The weather strip according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for providing sealing and spacing of the perimeter of the window.

3. The weather strip according to claim 1 further comprising a reinforcement member having, in cross-section, a first U-shaped channel and a second U-shaped channel positioned transverse to said first U-shaped channel and an elastomeric skin surrounding said reinforcement member.

4. The weather strip according to claim 3 wherein said retaining means is comprised of said first U-shaped channel having one or more fingers extending from said skin, said first channel adapted to receive said flange and said fingers adapted to contact said flange to retain said weather strip on said flange.

5. The weather strip according to claim 3 wherein said retaining and sealing means is comprised of said second channel having a pair cf fingers extending from said skin from opposing sides of said channel and adapted to contact and seal a member extending substantially perpendicular to the window.