Seal for fixed window of motor vehicle
AssigneeNorthwest RubbersExtruders, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Lucas, Jr., Thomas M. English
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Abstract
A seal for a fixed window in a motor vehicle, including a pane-holding channel to receive and grip the opposite faces of a margin of a window pane. A sealing lip extending parallel with the pane-holding channel has a root located a small distance apart from the top edge of the pane-holding channel, and an outer margin of the lip extends to and presses sealingly against an outer surface of the window pane. In a preferred embodiment of the invention an outer margin of the main member of the seal defines a channel to receive and grip the opposite faces of a margin of the structure defining a window opening in the motor vehicle. A locking strip engaged in a locking strip groove keeps the seal in place after installation.
Claims24
In a motor vehicle, a fixedly mounted window assembly comprising:
- (a) vehicle structure defining a window opening;
- (b) a window pane having a margin corresponding to said window opening in shape and size;
- (c) a seal attached to said structure defining said window opening and engaging and supporting said window pane in said window opening by engaging said margin of said window pane, said seal including a main body of elastomeric material having an exterior side and an interior side, said main body including a pair of walls defining a pane-holding channel;
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- (d) said seal including a resiliently flexible sealing lip integral with said main body and having a root spaced outwardly apart from said pane-holding channel and a-margin including a sealing surface spaced apart from said root, said sealing lip being elastically biased toward said interior side of said main body and said sealing surface bearing upon a surface of said window pane at a location spaced a predetermined distance apart from said pane-holding channel.
A glass-supporting seal for a fixed window of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- (a) an elongate elastomeric main seal body having an exterior side and an interior side and defining a first channel of a size appropriate to receive a margin of a structural member defining a window opening in said motor vehicle, and defining a second, glass-receiving channel of a size appropriate to receive a margin of a window pane, said main seal body including an exterior wall defining said glass-receiving channel, said exterior wall having an outer edge and a shoulder extending outwardly away from said outer edge;
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- (b) a resiliently flexible sealing lip included in said main seal body and extending along said glass-receiving channel on said exterior side of said main body, said sealing lip being biased inwardly toward said interior side of said main body and having a root located outwardly apart from said outer edge and having a margin spaced apart from said root and including a sealing surface.
A glass-mounting seal for a fixedly mounted window of a motor vehicle, the seal comprising:
- (a) an elongate main body of an elastomeric material, said main body having an exterior side and an interior side and including an exterior channel wall having an upper edge and a shoulder extending outwardly from said upper edge, said exterior channel wall partially defining a glass-receiving channel in said main body;
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- (b) a resiliently flexible sealing lip integral with said main body and extending obliquely toward said interior side of said main body from a location outwardly adjacent said shoulder and spaced outwardly apart from said upper edge, said sealing lip having a margin including a sealing surface facing toward said interior side of said main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.