Windshield seal

• US 6,390,480 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2000
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Smith, Michael Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, VISHAL A
• Application Number:
  US09/494,708
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 277/630, 277/637, 277/644, 277/648, 277/649, 277/921, 494/901, 494/951, 494/40, 522/08, 527/165, 527/162
• US Class Current: 277/630
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/70 specially adapted for windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/025 and with at least one flexible lip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 277/921 Closure or weather strip seal

Abstract

A windshield seal has a base, to be connected to windshield molding. The base is generally parallel to a windshield in a section view. A primary sealing lip is connected at an inboard end of the base, to contact the windshield. A secondary sealing lip is connected to an outboard end of the base, to contact the windshield. The primary sealing lip generally points inboard and toward the windshield and the secondary sealing lip generally points outboard and toward the windshield. An inboard leg is connected to the inboard end of the base, to be positioned outside the windshield molding, the inboard leg being generally perpendicular to the windshield. An outboard leg is connected to the outboard end of the base, to be positioned inside the windshield molding, the outboard leg being generally perpendicular to the windshield.

Claims

1. A windshield seal, comprising:

a base to be connected to windshield molding;

a primary sealing lip, connected to the base, to contact a windshield;

a secondary sealing lip, connected to the base, to contact the windshield;

an inboard leg, connected to the base, to be positioned outside the windshield molding; and

an outboard leg, connected to the base, to be positioned inside the windshield molding, wherein a length of the outboard leg in a direction perpendicular to the windshield exceeds a length of the inboard leg in the direction perpendicular to the windshield.

2. A windshield seal, comprising:

a base, to be connected to a windshield molding, the base being generally parallel to a windshield in a section view;

a primary scaling lip, connected at an inboard end of the base, to contact the windshield;

a secondary sealing lip, connected to an outboard end of the base, to contact the windshield;

the primary sealing lip generally pointing inboard and toward the windshield and the secondary sealing lip generally pointing outboard and toward the windshield,

an inboard leg, connected to the inboard end of the base, to be positioned outside the windshield molding, the inboard leg being generally perpendicular to the windshield; and

an outboard leg, connected to the outboard end of the base, to be positioned inside the windshield molding, the outboard leg being generally perpendicular to the windshield,

wherein a length of the outboard leg in a direction perpendicular to the windshield exceeds a length of the inboard leg in the direction perpendicular to the windshield.