Elastic sealing foil

An arrangement for receiving an accessary part in an inside panel of a vehicle door, comprising:

• an elastic sealing foil which is formed into a receptacle having a shape that can be inserted in an opening in said inside panel;
• said receptacle being displaceable from a manufactured position into an installed position in which it projects through the opening of the inside door panel into an interior hollow space of a door body of said vehicle door and is disposed to envelope an accessory part inserted therein, providing a watertight seal between said accessory part and said hollow space of the door body;
• in said manufactured position said receptacle comprises upper and lower formed portions of the sealing foil which are arranged above one another, each of said upper and lower formed portions having an approximately U-shaped cross-sectional profile, and extending in opposite directions, the formed portions sharing a common wall section;
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• in said installed position, the receptacle extends downward beyond the opening of the inside door panel, with at least a section thereof resting on a side of the inside door panel which faces the hollow space.

An elastic sealing foil for forming a receptacle for receiving an accessory part inserted into an interior hollow space of a vehicle door through an opening in an inside panel of said vehicle door, said elastic sealing foil comprising:

• a first formed portion;
• and
• a second formed portion;
• said first and second formed portions being disposed adjacent one another, each having an elongated concave cross section, with an opening of said concave cross section of said first formed portion facing toward an exterior of said vehicle door and an opening of said concave cross section of said second formed portion facing toward an interior of said vehicle door, said first and second formed portions sharing a common wall section;
• and
• said first formed portion being displaceable relative to said second formed portion, both in an outward direction, and in a lateral direction which is substantially perpendicular to said outward direction, into an installed position of said sealing foil, wherein said first formed portion projects through said hole into said interior hollow space of said vehicle door, and extends laterally to fill an area of said hollow space beyond an area adjacent to said opening, with said common wall section disposed adjacent an exterior portion of said vehicle door.

An arrangement for receiving an accessory part in an inside panel of a vehicle door, comprising:

• an elastic sealing foil which is formed into a receptacle that can be inserted in an opening in said inside panel;
• said receptacle being displaceable between first and second stable configurations;
• wherein
• said first stable configuration comprises a manufactured position of said receptacle in which upper and lower formed portions of the sealing foil are arranged above one another, each of said upper and lower portions having an approximately U-shaped cross sectional profile with an open end and a closed end, the open ends being oriented in opposite directions, whereby the formed portions share a common wall section;
• said second stable configuration comprises an installed position of said receptacle in which said U-shaped cross section of said lower formed portion is turned inside out relative to said first stable configuration, thereby forming an opening of said receptacle which corresponds in size and shape to said opening of said inside panel, said lower formed portion projecting downward beyond said opening of said receptacle, whereby in said installed position said receptacle projects through the opening of the inside door panel into an interior hollow space of a door body of said vehicle door, with at least a portion thereof resting on a side of the inside door panel which faces the hollow space of said door body.