Sealing device including a tubular section element in particular for a motor vehicle

• US 5,511,343 A
• Filed: 08/26/1994
• Issued: 04/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guillon, Henri
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Brian K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US08/295,638
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 49/475.1, 49/479.1, 49/482.1, 49/490.1, 49/498.1
• US Class Current: 49/479.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/17 provided with a low-friction material on the surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/21 having corner parts or bends
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/248 having two or more tubular cavities, e.g. formed by partition walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/26 characterised by the surface shape
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/33 characterised by the configuration of the retaining lips
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/84 arranged on the vehicle body

Abstract

A sealing device comprising a fixing element (11) for fixing it to a support (T), in particular the framework or the bodywork of a motor vehicle, and a tubular section element (12) with which a moving portion of the vehicle such as a door, an engine hood, or a trunk cover of the vehicle is suitable for cooperating in sealed manner. The tubular section element (12) is disconnected from the fixing element (11) in predetermined discrete zones (31, 32), which are preferably the zones in which the device closely fits curved portions of the support on which it is designed to be mounted by means of its fixing element.

Claims

1. A sealing device comprising a fixing element for fixing the sealing device to a support in a motor vehicle and a tubular element for cooperating in a sealed manner with a moving portion of the motor vehicle, said tubular element extending along a side wall of the fixing element and being connected to said side wall by longitudinal bridging strips provided substantially at opposite ends and in the middle of said side wall, said bridging strips provided at the opposite ends of the side wall being interrupted in discrete zones to facilitate forming the sealing device into a curved shape.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the tubular element is provided with an outer textile lining.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the tubular element is made of a cellular material.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the tubular element is made of a cellular material.