Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1997-07-07
2000-11-07
Cuda, Irene
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29453, B23P 1102
Patent
active
061418544
ABSTRACT:
A method of assembling a belt-line window molding for a motor vehicle door comprising i) a main body including a resilient window sealing structure constructed and arranged to seal a gap between the motor vehicle door and the motor vehicle window, and a mounting structure constructed and arranged to mount the window molding on the motor vehicle door, the mounting structure including a rigid portion, and ii) a metal cover member having a channel configuration constructed and arranged to cover a portion of the mounting structure which is adapted to extend in overlying relation to an exterior surface of the door. The method comprises forming the main body by extrusion; placing one edge of the metal cover member in an edge receiving recess of the main body; pivoting the metal cover member generally about the one edge so as to cause an opposite edge of the metal cover member to engage the rigid portion of the mounting structure; forcing the opposite edge of the metal cover member to move in sliding engagement across the rigid portion; outwardly flexing the channel configuration of the metal cover member as a result of the cover member being forced to move in sliding engagement across the rigid portion; and inwardly flexing the cover member back towards its original configuration and into gripping engagement with the rigid portion to secure the cover member to the main body.
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Binder Urs
Mueller Roland
Cuda Irene
Decoma International Inc.
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