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US 2007/0182206 A1Published application
Trim molding for a motor vehicle window panel
AssigneeCreative Extruded Products, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Schlater, James Biondo
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AssigneeCreative Extruded Products, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Schlater, James Biondo
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A motor vehicle window panel has a trim molding formed by an extruded body of plastics material, and the body includes a mounting flange, a locating flange and a vehicle body panel sealing flange. The mounting flange carries a pressure sensitive contact adhesive tape which bonds to an inner surface of the window panel after the locating flange engages an outer edge surface of the window panel. The body is preferably extruded with a weakened zone at the base of the locating flange to permit convenient tear removal of the locating flange either before or after the molding and window panel are attached to the vehicle body panel. The sealing flange may be extruded with a lower durometer material, and an internal reinforcement strip and a spacer flange may be extruded with the mounting flange. The locating flange may be curved or flat with a projecting lip to facilitate removal.
A method of assembling an extruded trim molding to an edge portion of a motor vehicle window panel having an inner surface and an outer surface connected by an outer edge surface, the molding including an elongated extruded body of plastics material and having a longitudinally extending mounting flange, a locating flange and a closeout flange, the method comprising the steps of attaching a layer of contact adhesive to the mounting flange, positioning the locating flange in contact with the outer edge surface of the window panel, sliding the locating flange laterally on the outer edge surface of the window panel until the layer of contact adhesive contacts the inner surface of the window panel, pressing the mounting flange and layer of contact adhesive against the inner surface of the window panel, and removing the locating flange from the body.
A trim molding in combination with a motor vehicle window panel having an inner surface and a parallel outer surface connected by an outer edge surface, said molding comprising an elongated extruded body of plastics material, said body including a mounting flange, a layer of pressure sensitive contact adhesive on said mounting flange and bonded to said inner surface of said window panel, a removable locating flange integrally connected to said mounting flange and having an inner surface contacting said outer edge surface of said window panel, said locating flange being free to contact and slide onto said outer edge surface of said window panel in a direction parallel to said outer edge surface of said window panel and before said adhesive on said mounting flange contacts said inner surface of said window panel for precisely locating said body on said window panel before said contact adhesive on said mounting flange contacts said inner surface of said window panel, and said mounting flange and said locating flange defining therebetween a weakened tear zone to provide for quickly and efficiently removing said locating flange by tearing said locating flange from said mounting flange immediately after said contact adhesive on the mounting flange contacts said inner surface of said window panel.
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