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US 8,282,152 B2Granted
Sealing mechanism for a collapsible roof
AssigneeMagna Car Top Systems GmbH
InventorKonrad Herz
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Abstract
A collapsible roof assembly for a vehicle includes a collapsible roof and a sealing mechanism. The roof has a top rail with a frame element running along a longitudinal side of the roof. The sealing mechanism has a seal configured to receive and seal a window pane inserted therein, wherein the seal runs along the longitudinal side of the roof and is attached to the frame element. The seal has a similar cross-section between front, middle, and rear sections of the roof. The seal is attached to the frame element in a form-fit manner in the front section of the roof and is attached to the frame element in a force-fitted manner in the middle section of the roof.
Claims13
An assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a collapsible roof having a top rail with a frame element running along a longitudinal side of the roof;
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- a sealing mechanism having a seal configured to receive and seal a window pane inserted therein, wherein the seal runs along the longitudinal side of the roof and is attached to the frame element;
- wherein the seal has a similar cross-section between front, middle, and rear sections of the roof, wherein the seal is attached to the frame element in the front, middle, and rear sections of the roof;
- wherein the seal has an outer tubing section, an inner tubing section, and a transverse base, wherein the tubing sections lie opposite to one another transversely to the longitudinal side of the roof, wherein the tubing sections hang from the transverse base;
- wherein the outer tubing section includes a first sealing section and the inner tubing section includes a second sealing section;
- wherein the outer tubing section cooperates through the first sealing section with an outer side of a window pane and the inner tubing section cooperates through the second sealing section with an inner side of the pane when the pane is inserted into the seal;
- wherein the first sealing section of the outer tubing section is bowed;
- wherein the second sealing section of the inner tubing section has the shape of a hook with a lower bow and an upper bow, wherein the bows are rounded and end in a point which contacts the inner side of a window pane when the pane is inserted into the seal.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a side door on a longitudinal side of the vehicle body and a movable window pane associated with the side door;
- a collapsible roof having a flexible cover and a top rail supporting the cover, wherein the top rail is movable to a closed position in which the cover extends over a passenger compartment of the vehicle body with the top rail extending along the longitudinal side of the vehicle body;
- wherein the top rail includes a frame element running along a longitudinal side of the roof;
- a sealing mechanism having a seal running along the longitudinal side of the roof and attached to the frame element, wherein the seal is configured to receive and seal a window pane inserted therein when the roof is in the closed position;
- wherein the seal has a similar cross-section between front, middle, and rear sections of the roof, wherein the seal is attached to the frame element in the front, middle, and rear sections of the roof;
- wherein the seal has an outer tubing section, an inner tubing section, and a transverse base, wherein the tubing sections lie opposite to one another transversely to the longitudinal side of the roof, wherein the tubing sections hang from the transverse base;
- wherein the outer tubing section includes a first sealing section and the inner tubing section includes a second sealing section;
- wherein the outer tubing section cooperates through the first sealing section with an outer side of a window pane and the inner tubing section cooperates through the second sealing section with an inner side of the pane when the pane is inserted into the seal;
- wherein the first sealing section of the outer tubing section is bowed;
- wherein the second sealing section of the inner tubing section has the shape of a hook with a lower bow and an upper bow, wherein the bows are rounded toward the underside of the vehicle body and end in a point which contacts the inner side of a window pane when the pane is inserted into the seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.