Weatherstrip with uncured foot

• US 5,622,008 A
• Filed: 01/12/1995
• Issued: 04/22/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henniges Automotive Sealing Systems North America Incorporated (Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Gencorp Incorporated (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: King, S. Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Brian K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US08/371,946
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: 49/490.1, 49/498.1, 49/475.1, 49/479.1, 428/122, 428/358
• US Class Current: 49/498.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/15 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/242 with vent holes
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/32 using integral U-shaped retainers
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/34 using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2309 with a hollow sealing part

Abstract

An extruded weatherstrip of an elastomeric material formed by the polymerization of ethylene propylene and diene monomers capable of adapting to the surface contour of a retention flange. The weatherstrip includes a foot of pliable uncured elastomeric material and a seal member of cured elastomeric material formed integral with said uncured foot. The seal member has a retention member which forces the foot within imperfections and variations in the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.

Claims

1. An extruded weatherstrip of an elastomeric material formed by polymerization of ethylene propylene and diene monomers capable of adapting to a surface contour of a retention flange, said weatherstrip comprising:

a foot of pliable uncured elastomeric material; and

a seal member of cured elastomeric material formed integral with said foot, said seal member having a retention means to force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.

2. The weatherstrip of claim 1 wherein said seal member includes a bulb and a depending carrier formed integral with said bulb, said bulb acting to seal against a movable surface which closes downward on a generally vertically extending retention flange.

3. The weatherstrip of claim 2 wherein said depending carrier is generally of an inverted U-shape including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart and interconnected by a base attached to said bulb.

4. The weatherstrip of claim 3 wherein said first leg and said second leg include a plurality of grip fins, said grip fins extending inwardly from each leg of said depending carrier to grip the retention flange and retain the weather strip on the retention flange to force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.

5. The weatherstrip of claim 4 further comprising a cosmetic lip, said cosmetic lip extending from a side of said first leg of said depending carrier to cover a portion of the retention flange.

6. The weatherstrip of claim 3 wherein said first leg includes a retention aid extending inwardly from said first leg of said depending carrier to adhesively engage an outwardly facing surface of the retention flange.

7. The weatherstrip of claim 6 wherein said second leg of said depending carrier includes a lower grip fin which frictionally engages and grips a lower inwardly facing surface of the retention flange such that said retention aid and said lower grip fin cooperatively retain the weather strip on the retention flange and force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.

8. The weatherstrip of claim 3 wherein said foot extends from said first leg of said depending carrier.

9. The weatherstrip of claim 8 wherein a base of said foot is positioned against imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.

10. An extruded weatherstrip of an elastomeric material formed by polymerization of ethylene propylene and diene monomers capable of adapting to a surface contour of a retention flange, said weatherstrip comprising:

a foot of pliable uncured elastomeric material; and

a seal member including a bulb and a depending carrier of cured elastomeric material, said depending carrier of an inverted U-shape including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart and interconnected by a base attached to said bulb, said foot extending from said first leg of said depending carrier and said first leg and said second leg having a retention means to force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal.

11. The weatherstrip of claim 10 wherein said first leg and said second leg include a plurality of grip fins, said grip fins extending inwardly from each leg of said depending carrier to grip the retention flange and retain the weather strip on the retention flange to force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal.

12. The weatherstrip of claim 11 further comprising a cosmetic lip extending from a side of said first leg of said depending carrier.

13. The weatherstrip of claim 10 wherein said first leg includes a retention aid extending inwardly from said first leg of said depending carrier to adhesively engage the retention flange.

14. The weatherstrip of claim 13 wherein said second leg of said depending carrier includes a lower grip fin which frictionally engages and grips the retention flange such that said retention aid and said lower grip fin cooperatively retain the weather strip on the retention flange and force said foot within imperfections and variations in the surface contour of the retention flange to provide a weather resistant seal with the retention flange.