Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – U-shaped member or portion mounts seal
Patent
1990-12-27
1994-04-26
Cuomo, Peter M.
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
U-shaped member or portion mounts seal
494961, E06B 716
Patent
active
053055535
ABSTRACT:
A weatherstrip structure for an automotive vehicle includes a reversed U-shaped main body to define a space which is open toward an upright mounting flange provided at a vehicle body opening edge. A first grasping lip is provided in the space extending from one of side sections of the main body defining the space. A second grasping lip is further provided extending into the space from a lower end of the other of the side sections. The second lip is adapted to make a tilting movement relative to the other of the side sections so as to facilitate insertion of the mounting flange into the space. A stopper projection is provided between the second lip and the other of the side sections for limiting the tilting movement of the second lip toward the other of the side sections so as to prevent the second lip from excessively tilting toward the other of the side sections. A sponge rubber projection may be provided independently of or along with the stopper projection at an inward tip portion of the second lip. The sponge rubber projection is adapted to be pressed against the mounting flange by a reaction force of the second lip after the second lip is tilted toward the other of the side sections to allow the insertion of the mounting flange into the space.
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Sakamaki Yuji
Shimizu Toshimitsu
Sugawara Tomio
Usuta Takahiro
Cuomo Peter M.
Kananen Ronald P.
Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.
Nissan Motor Company Limited
Redman Jerry
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