Modular vehicular window seal assembly
AssigneeSchlegel Corporation
InventorsDarrel B. Carvalho, William J. Konitsney, A. John Rigby, David T. Zwolinski
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Abstract
A vehicle window seal assembly includes a division bar formed without structural metal and including one of an insert or an overlay layer of a relatively soft material. The division bar can be formed in an H configuration having an elastic hinge between a leg of the H profile and a cross piece. The division bar can also be formed to receive and engage the insert to locate sealing lips for contacting a moveable glass panel.
Claims33
A vehicular weatherseal division bar for operable location between a fixed window and a moveable window, the vehicular weatherseal division bar comprising:
- (a) an H-shaped rigid frame free of structural metal, the frame defining a first U-shaped channel and a second U-shaped channel, the first U-shaped channel adapted to receive a peripheral edge of the fixed window;
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- (b) at least one deflectable sealing lip integrally connected to the H-shaped rigid frame and projecting into the second U-shaped channel, the sealing lip being of a different material than the H-shaped rigid frame.
In a vehicular weatherseal division bar for operable location between a fixed window and a moveable window, the vehicular weatherseal division bar comprising:
- (a) an H-shaped rigid frame free of structural metal, the frame defining a first U-shaped channel and a second U-shaped channel, the first U-shaped channel sized to receive a peripheral edge of the fixed window;
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- (b) at least one deflectable sealing lip projecting into the second U-shaped channel and located to releasably contact the moveable window.
An vehicular weatherseal glass run channel assembly, for engaging a fixed window and a moveable window, the vehicular weatherseal glass run channel comprising:
- (a) an H-shaped thermoplastic frame having a pair of legs and a cross piece;
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- (b) a more flexible hinge interconnecting the cross piece and one of the legs.
A vehicular weatherseal glass run channel assembly, for engaging a fixed window and a moveable window, the glass run channel comprising:
- (a) a thermoplastic first leg;
- (b) a thermoplastic second leg;
- (c) a deflectable sealing lip integrally connected to one of the first leg and the second leg;
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- (d) a thermoplastic cross piece extending from the first leg, the cross piece and the second leg defining an interlock for operably engaging the cross piece and the second leg to form an H-shaped frame.
A division bar for a vehicle weatherseal glass run channel assembly, the division bar engaging a fixed window and a moveable window, the division bar comprising:
- (a) an H-shaped frame being free of a structural metal carrier, the frame defining a first U-shaped channel and a second U-shaped channel;
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- (b) an insert having a deflectable sealing lip, the insert sized to be received with the second U-shaped channel.
A modular window vehicular weatherseal assembly, comprising:
- (a) a B-pillar;
- (b) a header connected to the B-pillar;
- (c) a division bar connected to the header;
- (d) a glass encapsulation connected to the division bar;
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- the B-pillar, the header, the glass encapsulation and the division bar being free of a structural metal carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.