Glass run channel with a composite reinforcement
AssigneeThe Standard Products Company
InventorGerard Mesnel
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Abstract
A glass run channel for a translationally movable vehicle window. The glass run channel has an elastomeric extrusion having a U-shaped cross section portion defined by two legs joined by a base web. A reinforcement includes a metal core in one of said legs and the base and a thermoplastic polymer structural member for structurally supporting the other leg. In a preferred embodiment, additional structural support for the other leg is provided by a thermoplastic polymeric angle bracket joined to the web and other leg.
Claims7
A glass run channel assembly for a translationally movable pane in a vehicle window aperture, the glass run channel assembly having:
- an elastomeric extrusion having a generally U-shaped cross section defining a glass run channel and having a pair of legs having edges joined by a base web;
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- a reinforcement comprising:
- a metal core extending substantially within one of said legs and said base web;
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- a thermoplastic polymeric structural member bonded to said elastomeric extrusion and providing structural support for the other of said legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.