Seal for movable vehicle roof
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsHorst Schonebeck, Christian Biewer
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Abstract
A seal for the guide of an openable vehicle roof has an elastic sealing profile and a harder sealing strip that is mounted thereon and that is configured as a separate part. When the seal must be compressed, in order to make space for a connecting member between the longitudinal guide and the raised cover panel, only the sliding strip is contacted so that the sealing element is not subjected to any wear and tear.
Claims22
A seal for a guide of a cover panel of a vehicle body panel, comprising:
- a resilient sealing profile having a reverse side adapted for attachment to a vehicle component and a sealing side;
- and
- a sliding strip mounted on the sealing profile.
A sealing system for a guide of a cover panel of an openable vehicle body panel, comprising:
- a resilient sealing profile having a reverse side adapted to be attached to a vehicle and a sealing side, wherein the sealing profile has at least one sealing surface;
- a sliding strip mounted on the sealing side of the sealing profile;
- and
- a connecting member that contacts the sliding strip and is spaced away from said at least one sealing surface.
A vehicle body panel system, comprising:
- a panel opening;
- at least one cover panel that is slidable and tiltable to selectively cover the panel opening;
- at least one lateral longitudinal guide that guides said at least one cover panel;
- at least one connecting member disposed between the longitudinal guide and said at least one cover panel;
- and
- a seal that at least partially covers said at least one longitudinal guide, the seal having
- a resilient sealing profile having a reverse side adapted to be attached to a vehicle and a sealing side, wherein the sealing profile has at least one sealing surface, and
- a sliding strip mounted on the sealing side of the sealing profile,
- wherein said at least one connecting member contacts the sliding strip and is spaced away from said at least one sealing surface to compress the sealing profile when the cover panel is displaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.