Hollow chamber seal for a movable cover of a vehicle roof and an

Details Hollow chamber seal for a movable cover of a vehicle roof and an Hollow chamber seal for a movable cover of a vehicle roof and an

1987-12-10

1989-05-02

Marbert, James B.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

296222, 49497, 49498, 1563031, 156293, B60J 7195

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048262323

ABSTRACT:
Hollow chamber seal for sealing an edge gap between an edge of a fixed roof section and a movable cover of a vehicle roof in which both a deformation of the hollow chamber and an additional deformation of the seal are possible to compensate for the gap tolerances. In accordance with preferred embodiments, to produce the additional deformation, at least one hollow chamber part is connected to a sealing body for pivotal movement around a bending axis that extends substantially parallel to the major surfaces of the cover in a direction parallel to the edge of the cover. Using such a seal, in accordance with process aspects of the invention, surface tolerances of a movable cover of an automobile roof can be compensated for by inserting the cover with the attached hollow chamber seal into a template, bringing the hollow chamber part into a pivoted position that corresponds to predetermined external measurements of a roof unit including the cover and the hollow chamber seal, and by attaching the hollow chamber part to the sealing body in this pivoted position. In accordance with this process, a roof unit is produced which will appropriately fit in sealed relation to an edge of a fixed roof section defining a roof opening to be closed by the cover despite tolerance variations in, e.g., the dimensions of the cover.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2963754 (1960-12-01), Herman
patent: 2988788 (1961-06-01), Saponara
patent: 4312534 (1982-01-01), Jardin et al.
patent: 4676493 (1987-06-01), Helbig

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