Two-part seal for vehicle door assembly
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichael W. Prekop, Derek Pauck
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Abstract
A seal for a vehicle door. The seal includes a lower seal member structured to be mounted to a lower vehicle door portion and an upper seal member structured to be mounted to an upper vehicle door portion. The upper seal member sealingly contacts the lower seal member when the upper vehicle door portion is mounted to the lower vehicle door portion. The lower seal member includes a projection structured to abut a portion of the lower vehicle door portion when the lower seal member is mounted to the lower vehicle door portion, so as to prevent a movement of the lower seal member and resulting misalignment between the upper and lower seal members during movement of the seal members into sealing contact with each other.
Claims14
A seal for a vehicle door, the seal comprising:
- a lower seal member structured to be mounted to a lower vehicle door portion;
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- an upper seal member structured to be mounted to an upper vehicle door portion, the upper seal member being structured to sealingly contact the lower seal member when the upper vehicle door portion is mounted to the lower vehicle door portion,
- the lower seal member including a projection structured to abut a portion of the lower vehicle door portion when the lower seal member is mounted to the lower vehicle door portion, so as to prevent a movement of the lower seal member in a direction toward the portion of the lower vehicle door portion during movement of one of the lower seal member and the upper seal member toward sealing contact with the other one of the lower seal member and the upper seal member.
A seal for a vehicle door, the seal comprising:
- a lower seal member structured to be mounted to a lower vehicle door portion;
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- an upper seal member structured to be mounted to an upper vehicle door portion and to sealingly contact the lower seal member when the upper vehicle door portion is mounted to the lower vehicle door portion, the upper seal member including a projection,
- the lower seal member including a receptacle defining a cavity structured to receive the upper seal member projection therein, the cavity having one or more walls structured to be contacted by the upper seal member projection during movement of one of the lower seal member and the upper seal member toward sealing contact with the other one of the lower seal member and the upper seal member, so as to align the upper seal member with respect to the lower seal member.
A vehicle door comprising:
- a lower vehicle door portion;
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- a lower seal member mounted to the lower vehicle door portion and structured to sealingly contact an upper seal member mounted on an upper vehicle door portion during assembly of the vehicle door,
- the lower seal member including a projection abutting a portion of the lower vehicle door portion so as to prevent a movement of the lower seal member in a direction toward the portion of the lower vehicle door portion during assembly of the vehicle door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.