US 9,003,711 B2Granted

Seal arrangement for opening of a vehicle body

AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC

InventorsKlaus-Albert Priess, Michael Alhof

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Abstract

A seal arrangement is provided for an opening, in particular a door or window opening of a vehicle body, having a fastening flange delimiting the opening, which is used for fastening a peripheral seal profile part and is formed by at least one vehicle body part, the fastening flange provided with one or more projections arranged around the opening on at least one flange face and the seal profile part having at least one shoulder, which engages behind the projections, for fastening on the fastening flange. A seal profile part is also provided and a method is provided for the production of a seal arrangement. A seal profile part having at least one shoulder is applied to the fastening flange delimiting the opening. The at least one shoulder caused to engage behind one or more projections of the fastening flange to fasten the seal profile part on the fastening flange.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A seal arrangement for an opening of a vehicle body, comprising:

a fastening flange having a flange edge delimiting the entire opening and formed by at least one vehicle body part;
wherein the fastening flange comprises two flange faces;
wherein at least one of the two flange faces defines one or more projections arranged around the opening, each of the one or more projections being substantially rectangular and having a base facing away from the at least one flange face and wherein a cross-section of each of the one or more projections along a length of the flange is substantially trapezoidal;
and
a peripheral seal profile part comprising an outer leg section and an inner leg section, wherein the outer leg section includes at least one shoulder extending along an edge of the one or more projections facing an opposite direction from the flange edge, and wherein the outer leg section also includes a pair of sealing strips protruding therefrom with each strip defining a substantially flat face to engage with the base of the one or more projections such that at least one void is formed between the base and the outer leg section.

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Facts

Application: 13/338,296Filed 28 Dec 2011
Priority: DE 10 2010 056 38728 Dec 2010
Published: US 2012/0180398 A119 Jul 2012
Granted: 14 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B60J 10/30
Sealing arrangements: characterised by the fastening means
B60J 10/246
Having tubular parts: having projections, e.g. ribs, within the tubular parts
B60J 10/84
Specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors: arranged on the vehicle body
B60J
Windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices for vehicles

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