Sealing and/or locking system for vehicles with a vehicle opening on the body sructure
AssigneeCTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
InventorsBerthold Klein, Dieter Raisch, Wojciech Wezyk
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Abstract
A selectively pressurized sealing and/or locking system for vehicles with a vehicle opening on the body structure. Vehicle elements that are to be sealed and/or locked in relation to one another are attached by locking elements. The locking elements have positive-engagement elements that define a hollow portion and a stiffening bridging part in a transitional area between parts of the vehicle that are to be connected together.
Claims25
A sealing and locking system for a vehicle having a body structure that defines an opening, such as a roof or door opening, that may be selectively closed by a cover, the cover being fixed to an adjoining component, the system comprising:
- a flexible positive-engagement member having a hollow portion, the positive-engagement member having a cross-section that is capable of being varied depending upon an internal pressure provided to the hollow portion, the positive-engagement member having a base structure;
- the cover having a holder that accommodates the base structure;
- the adjoining component having a receiver;
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- wherein the positive-engagement member has a dimensionally stable bridging part that projects from the base structure towards the receiver, and wherein the bridging part is connected to the positive-engagement member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.