Dashboard seal
AssigneePeugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
InventorsPhilippe Barre, Jacques Matusik
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Abstract
The invention relates to a dashboard seal provided between the windshield (1), the sound-proofing wall (2) of the engine compartment and the dashboard (3) in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The dashboard seal is characterised in that the upper lip (6) includes a closed pocket (8) extending along a transverse section under the latter and limited by said upper lip (6), by the clamp (5) and, at the lower portion thereof, by a connection arm (8) connected both to the upper lip (6) and to the clamp (5).
Claims12
Dashboard seal disposed between the windshield, the soundproofing panel of the engine compartment, and the dashboard in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, this seal extending substantially along the lateral direction of the vehicle and comprising;
- a clamp with an upper jaw and a lower jaw forming a cavity between them to accommodate an edge of the dashboard,
- an upper lip extending cross-sectionally between one of its ends connected to said clamp and its other, free end, which is fitted against the lower edge of the windshield in the installed position of the seal, and
- a lower lip extending cross-sectionally between one of its ends connected to said clamp and its other, free end, which presses against the panel in the installed position of the seal,
- wherein the upper lip has a closed pocket extending cross-sectionally thereunder, bounded by said upper lip, by the clamp, and at its lower part by a connecting arm attached firstly to the upper lip and secondly to the clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.