Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – Plural distinct seals
Patent
1997-04-21
1999-09-14
Pedder, Dennis H.
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
Plural distinct seals
494921, 494981, 296218, 296 93, 296213, 29621607, B60J 1012
Patent
active
059503661
ABSTRACT:
A seal structure is provided for a vehicle having a removable roof member. Advantageously, the single integral seal structure seals between a front end of the roof member, an upper edge of a windshield, and a header rail. The seal structure includes a base retainer portion secured to the header rail and a windshield lip portion covering and sealing against the upper edge of the windshield. The windshield lip portion is integrally coupled to the base retainer portion. The seal structure also includes a weatherstrip portion integrally coupled with the windshield lip portion and the base retainer portion for sealably engaging the front end of the roof member. Preferably, the weatherstrip portion includes at least one hollow weatherstrip bulb for sealably engaging the forward end of the roof member. Also preferably, a living hinge portion hingedly couples the weatherstrip portion to the windshield lip portion at the intersection with the base retainer portion such that the weatherstrip portion is rotatable about the living hinge portion for ease of assembly.
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General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Marra Kathryn A.
Pedder Dennis H.
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