Magnetic window seal assembly

A window seal assembly for a movable windowpane in a window opening of a vehicle, said windowpane having edges flush with adjacent vehicle body panels when in a closed position said window seal assembly comprising:

• an elongated flexible sealing strip comprising a compressible body portion, said body portion including a common wall, an outer wall and side walls extending therebetween, said walls defining a hollow interior of said body portion;
• a mounting portion for attaching said sealing strip to said vehicle extending from and sharing said common wall with said body portion;
• a first magnetic element embedded in said outer wall of said body portion;
• a second magnetic element complementary to said first magnetic element attached to a lateral edge of said windowpane for cooperative engagement with said first magnetic element,
• wherein when said sealing strip is in operative sealing engagement with said windowpane, said sealing strip is tapered along its length.

A window seal assembly for a frameless movable side windowpane of an automotive vehicle located between the beltline and roofline of said vehicle and forward of the B pillar of said vehicle, said window seal assembly comprising:

• an elongated flexible sealing strip comprising a compressible body portion, said body portion including a common wall, an outer wall and side walls extending therebetween, said walls defining a hollow interior of said body portion;
• a U-shaped mounting portion for attaching said sealing strip to the vehicle, said U-shaped mounting portion defining a U-shaped channel and said mounting portion including gripping ribs extending into said U-shaped channel;
• a flexible first magnetic element embedded in said outer wall of said body portion;
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• a second magnetic element complementary to said first magnetic element attached to a lateral edge of said windowpane,
• wherein said U-shaped mounting portion of sealing strip is mounted on a lateral edge of said B pillar adjacent to said lateral edge of said windowpane, said sealing strip being compressively tapered when in sealing engagement with said vehicle and said windowpane, said sealing strip being less compressed at the beltline relative to the roofline of the vehicle.

A window seal assembly for sealing a movable windowpane which opens and closes a window opening of a vehicle to said vehicle, said window seal assembly comprising:

• an elongated flexible sealing strip having a first and a second end, said sealing strip comprising a compressible body portion and a mounting portion for attaching said sealing strip to said windowpane extending from said body portion;
• a first magnetic element attached to said body portion;
• a second magnetic element provided on said vehicle;
• said sealing strip having a tapered configuration when said window seal assembly is in operative sealing engagement with said windowpane, and compressible body portion decreasing in width from said first end of sealing strip to said second end of sealing strip.