Glass run channel
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1. A glass run channel weather strip comprising:
- a first elongated member including a reinforcement element and a skin integrally bonded to said reinforcement member, said first member, in cross-section, having an overall S-shaped with a first and second U-shaped portion, said first U-shaped portion of the S-shape first member having means adapted for retaining the first member onto a flange, the second U-shaped portion having one or more retaining channels formed in the integral skin on the interior of the U-shaped portion; and
a second elongated member having an overall U-shape in cross-section, one or more projecting members projecting from the exterior of the U-shape having shapes complementary to the shapes of the one or more channels in the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped member adapted for coupling with said one or more channels for mechanically retaining said second member within said first member, and a finger member projecting from one of the legs of the U-shaped second member into the interior of the U-shaped second member to provide a seal when a window is positioned in the glass run channel.
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Abstract
A glass run channel weather strip has a frame member and sealing member. The frame member has an overall S-shape in cross-section with a mechanism to retain the frame onto a flange. Also, the S-shape member includes a mechanism to mechanically retain the seal member within the frame member to form an integral glass run channel.
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1. A glass run channel weather strip comprising:
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a first elongated member including a reinforcement element and a skin integrally bonded to said reinforcement member, said first member, in cross-section, having an overall S-shaped with a first and second U-shaped portion, said first U-shaped portion of the S-shape first member having means adapted for retaining the first member onto a flange, the second U-shaped portion having one or more retaining channels formed in the integral skin on the interior of the U-shaped portion; and a second elongated member having an overall U-shape in cross-section, one or more projecting members projecting from the exterior of the U-shape having shapes complementary to the shapes of the one or more channels in the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped member adapted for coupling with said one or more channels for mechanically retaining said second member within said first member, and a finger member projecting from one of the legs of the U-shaped second member into the interior of the U-shaped second member to provide a seal when a window is positioned in the glass run channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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