US 7,111,889 B2Granted

Gasket seal with positioning stops for a fixed window glued to flanges of an opening

AssigneeRehau AG & Co.

InventorEddy Pennerath

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Abstract

The invention relates to a gasket seal (1) in the form of a profile comprising a U-shaped groove (23), which is intended to claim the edge (9) of the window (3) and a flexible masking lip (25) which is used to conceal the gap (8) between the window and the body (5). The inventive seal also comprises a longitudinal rib (29) which is provided with local deformations (30) that act as positioners (17). The method of producing the aforementioned gasket seal comprises a step involving the extrusion of a profile which comprises a U-shaped groove, a flexible masking lip and a continuous longitudinal rib and, subsequently, a step whereby said rib is deformed locally in order to form the positioners. During said deformation step, the rib is flattened locally by a crushing or pinching in order to reduce the thickness thereof and increase the height of same in the relevant area. The invention is particularly suitable for manufactures of motor vehicle accessories.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A seal for a fixed window (3) for covering an opening (4), of an automobile, the seal comprising a profile (13) comprising a longitudinal groove (23) with a sidewise U-shaped transverse section for attachment to an edge (9) of the window (3) and a masking lip (25) for covering a space (8) between the edge (9) of the window (3) and an adjacent edge (7) of the opening;

wherein a longitudinal rib (29) is provided on an interior surface of the seal, the longitudinal rib (29) has, only in certain discontinuous localized areas, at least one permanent deformation (30) which constitutes an area on the longitudinal rib having a greater height than a height along a remainder of the rib, thereby forming a projecting portion that serves as a positioning stop (17) for maintaining optimal spacing between the seal (1) and the edge (7) of the opening of the automobile;
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the at least one permanent deformation (30) is a flattened area on the rib (29) constituting the area of thinner and greater height than the remainder of the rib to thereby form the projecting portion that serves as the positioning stop (17).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.