Seal assembly for automotive door module
AssigneeHi-Lex Controls, Inc.
InventorsShigeki Arimoto, Beau Cook
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Abstract
A door assembly may include a sub-assembly having a sub-assembly panel, one or more rails, an edge strip, and a sealing gasket. The rails may extend from the sub-assembly panel and may overhang an edge of the panel to be sealed. The edge strip may be configured to seal the panel extending across a region of the edge where the rail overhangs the edge. The sealing gasket may be a foam-in-place gasket. The sealing gasket may be applied to the sub-assembly panel around the perimeter of the sub-assembly panel and may interact with the edge strip at the region where the at least one rail overhangs the edge to form a contiguous seal around the sub-assembly panel.
Claims13
A window regulator sub-assembly for a door assembly having an inner door panel forming an aperture and an outer door panel, the window regulator sub-assembly comprising:
- a sub-assembly panel, adapted to be fastened to the inner door panel and having a perimeter adapted to be sealed around the aperture;
- at least one rail extending from the sub-assembly panel, the at least one rail overhanging an edge of the panel in a first region of the perimeter;
- an edge strip configured to seal the sub-assembly panel extending along the first region of the perimeter, the edge strip forming a channel and engaging opposing first and second sides of the panel;
- a first gasket affixed to and extending along the edge strip, the first gasket adapted to seal against the inner door panel along the first region of the perimeter and
- a second gasket comprising a foam-in-place gasket that is applied to the sub-assembly panel around a second region of the perimeter of the sub-assembly panel the second gasket applied to only one of the first and second sides of the panel, the second gasket abutting or overlapping ends of the first gasket to form a contiguous seal around the sub-assembly panel perimeter between the inner door panel and the sub-assembly panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.