Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – Tubular or tubular portion
Patent
1997-03-14
1998-12-29
Stodola, Daniel P.
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
Tubular or tubular portion
494901, E06B 722
Patent
active
058528989
ABSTRACT:
An extruded weather strip having a tubular configuration and adapted to be bonded to a body wall along a roof side of a vehicle body, which defines a door opening thereof, with a double-sided adhesive tape. The weather strip includes a bottom portion adapted to be bonded to the body wall with the double-sided adhesive tape, and a seal wall including sides that are connected to both side ends of the bottom portion. The weather strip further includes first and second internal bridge members which interconnect the bottom portion and the seal wall. One end of the first bridge is connected to the seal wall at a position inside of where a door window pane will push on that seal wall while the other end is connected to an outer side end of the bottom portion. One end of the second bridge is connected to the seal wall in a position similar to the first bridge while the other end is connected to an inner side end of the bottom portion.
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Hikosaka Atsushi
Nozaki Masahiro
Cohen Curtis
Stodola Daniel P.
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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