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AssigneeGDX Automotive Rehburg GmbH & Co KG
InventorBernhard Kreye
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A windscreen glass (10) is secured in position adjacent a body panel (12) of a windscreen opening in a motor vehicle body by a bead of suitable adhesive (14), such as extruded material. In order to provide a seal between the edge (10A) of the window glass (10) and the body panel (12), a strip (16) made of suitable resilient flexible material is secured to the surface of the window glass (10) by means of bonding material (20), preferably polyurethane, which is injected or otherwise placed into an open-mouthed channel (18C) in the strip (16) and thus adheres both to the material of the strip (16) and to the adjacent surface of the window glass (10). The strip (16) has a flexible sealing lip (18B). The polyurethane material (20) may be injected from a longitudinal end of the channel (18C). In a modification, the polyurethane material (20) may be injected through an opening through the window glass (10).
A panel-shaped member and strip combination, the member having a surface, the strip defining a region, a bonding material, the bonding material being disposed in the region to secures the strip to the surface of the member the bonding material being covered by the strip, and optionally comprising a primer applied to the surface of the member before the application thereto of the bonding material.
A method of joining a panel-shaped member to a strip comprising the step of forming a recessed region in a surface of the strip to be secured to a surface the member, and placing bonding material in the region, securing the strip to the member with the bonding material being covered by the strip.
A panel-shaped member and sealing strip combination, the member having a surface, the sealing strip being formed of a material, having a surface which is in contact with the surface of the member, and defining a region, a bonding material, the bonding material being disposed in the region to secure the sealing strip to the surface of the member, the bonding material being covered by the sealing strip, the region being a channel in the material of the sealing strip, the channel having a narrowed mouth connecting the channel to the surface of the sealing strip.
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