Plural Distinct Seals Patents (Class 49/484.1)
  • Patent number: 11859895
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, at least one gasket coupled to the door, and a heat loop conduit. The cabinet includes a front perimeter that surrounds an opening to a storage compartment within the cabinet. The door is operable between an open position to provide access to the storage compartment and a closed position to conceal the opening to the storage compartment. The at least one gasket is configured to be compressed between the door and the front perimeter of the cabinet in the closed position of the door. The heat loop conduit has a first conduit portion that extends around a majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet and a second conduit portion that extends around the majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Narendra Ashok Kapure, Jackson Felipe Karl, Abhay Naik, Abinash Sarma, Subrata Shannigrahi
  • Patent number: 11654759
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include seals, vehicles, and methods for providing a seal for a door that is configured to travel laterally relative to a door opening. In an illustrative embodiment, a seal assembly includes first and second upper and lower lateral seals configured to seal outer and inner surfaces of the upper and lower edges of the door, respectively, as the door laterally moved into a closed position. The seal includes first and second front and rear transverse seals configured to seal the outer and the inner surfaces of the front and rear edges of the door, respectively, in response to the door laterally moving into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Rick Bargardi, Mohit Nagallapuram, Jeffrey D. Elliott, David Tobon
  • Patent number: 11247545
    Abstract: A coupling part of a weather strip is fixed between a first anchoring part and a second anchoring part on an outer peripheral part of a sash of a door. A hollow seal member and an outer lip are integrally formed with the coupling part and make elastic contact with a second surface and a first surface of a door opening edge of a body panel, respectively, when the door is in the closed position. The weather strip is fixed to the sash only by fixing the coupling part. A pillar part couples the coupling part with the hollow seal member. A body seal lip is provided on the hollow seal member and makes elastic contact with the door opening edge when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tawada, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10829932
    Abstract: Flexible extrusions of selected die patterns may be slid or snapped together to create bundles of slidably-interlocked extrusions that may be used to create structural components for architectural and a plurality of other construction purposes. Components such as standard rectangular construction beams, arches, domes, architectural trees, cylinders, molds, puzzling mazes, furniture, rollercoaster track, and other applications are illustrated and described in embodiments herein. Bundles of slidably-interlocked extrusions may be formed into a straight beam, bent into an arch, or twisted into other forms as desired. Bundles of slidably-interlocked extrusions may for example, comprise subsets of different length bundles of extrusions that may extend the length create long-span support beams or that may branch away at an angle from the starting beam to form a treelike structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Winton Wennberg
  • Patent number: 10626665
    Abstract: A vehicle weather strip according to the present invention includes a base that is attached to a door, a protrusion (a first elastic contact section) that comes into elastic contact with a sash of the door further in a door outer side direction than the base, a protrusion (a second elastic contact section) that comes into elastic contact with the sash further in the door outer side direction than the protrusion (the first elastic contact section). The protrusion (the second elastic contact section) is in contact with at least a molding in the sash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai, Kazutaka Imamura, Akiyoshi Kubota, Toshifumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10473407
    Abstract: A water heater includes a combustion device, a primary heat exchanger, and a secondary heat exchanger. The combustion device burns gas to generate high-temperature air. The primary and the secondary heat exchangers are provided sequentially above the combustion device. When the high-temperature air passes through the primary heat exchanger, part of thermal energy is absorbed by exchange plates and a water pipe therein. When the high-temperature air continues to pass through the secondary heat exchanger, part of the rest thermal energy is absorbed by a heat tube set therein to preheat water flowing through the heat tube set. The preheated water then flows into the water pipe of the primary heat exchanger. The secondary heat exchanger includes a case and a cover board which detachably seals a bore on the case. Whereby, it is convenient for a user to clean pipes inside the secondary heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh, Kuan-Chou Lin
  • Patent number: 10421343
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a window having an internal opening defined by an angled edge forming a clear space generally shaped as a truncated pyramid. An operable window panel is slidable relative to the internal opening to define open and closed positions. A compressible elastic sealing member is disposed along the angled edge, wherein the sealing member defines a substantially convex profile when the operable window panel in the open position. A guide assembly is positioned adjacent an interior surface of the window and adapted to guide the operable window panel between the open and closed positions. The closed position is defined by an outer surface of the operable window panel being co-planar with an exterior surface of the window. The closed position is further characterized by the sealing member being deformed to occupy at least the seam defined between the window and the operable window panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 10406902
    Abstract: A glass run is attached to a door frame of an automobile to reduce intrusion of noise from an inside of a door of the automobile into an interior of the automobile through the glass run, while allowing a seal lip section to bend easily when a door glass is moved up and down. A partition wall having a reference surface is provided between a vehicle-interior-side seal wall and a vehicle-interior-side seal lip section. The reference surface contains: a first reference point located in the vicinity of a connection portion between the vehicle-interior-side seal lip section and the vehicle-interior-side side wall; a second reference point which is on the vehicle-interior-side side wall and located closer to a bottom wall than the connection portion; and a third reference point located in the vicinity of a tip of the vehicle-interior-side seal lip section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsuo Masumoto
  • Patent number: 9032668
    Abstract: A roll-up door seal that may be monolithically formed from a single material of uniform density. The seal is sized and adapted to assemble to a standard roll-up door frame without a separate or dedicated frame structure. The seal provides redundant sealing surfaces, positioned to cooperate with both the door and door frame, which ensure an effective and durable fluid tight seal between the cargo space enclosed by the roll-up door and the ambient environment. The seal may be produced by extrusion from a flexible, weather resistant material such as EPDM, thereby providing a low cost solution for sealing roll-up doors having industry standard door frame constructions. The seal is firmly engageable with the door frame, such that the seal may be installed with little or no secondary fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Press-Seal Gasket Corporation
    Inventors: Graham E. Blackwood, Michael R. Miller, John M. Kaczmarczyk
  • Publication number: 20150082705
    Abstract: A sealing system seals the perimeter of insulated hinged double doors. The sealing system includes first and second exterior seals made of a monolithic, resilient and elastically deformable material. The first exterior seal has an elongated lobe for contacting the exterior of said door, and both of the first and second exterior seals have an interior lobe which contact one another when the doors are closed. The sealing system further includes first and second inner seals made of a monolithic, resilient and elastically deformable material, each having a pair of spaced-apart sealing lobes. The inner seals are mounted to respective doors in a staggered fashion, such that the respective pairs of sealing lobes interact with one another to create a redundant, weather-resistant and thermally robust seal when the double doors are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: John M. Kaczmarczyk, Jim D. Gamble
  • Publication number: 20150082704
    Abstract: A roll-up door seal arrangement includes side seals, an upper seal and a lower seal to completely seal the periphery of a roll-up door when the door is in a closed position. The seals are sized and adapted to assemble to a standard roll-up door frame without a separate or dedicated frame structure. The seals provide redundant sealing surfaces, positioned to cooperate with both the door and door frame, which ensure an effective and durable fluid tight seal between the cargo space enclosed by the roll-up door and the ambient environment. The seal may be produced by extrusion from a flexible, weather resistant material such as EPDM, thereby providing a low cost solution for sealing roll-up doors having industry standard door frame constructions. The seal is firmly engageable with the door frame, such that the seal may be installed with little or no use of secondary fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jimmy D. Gamble, Robert R. Slocum, Graham E. Blackwood, Katherine A. Bergfeld
  • Publication number: 20150020451
    Abstract: The door is made with a triple-lite insulated glass unit and a frame of aluminum rails. The insulated glass unit has a stepped cross-section with the outer glass lite being larger than the inner glass lites. An opaque non-conductive ceramic frit forms a rectangularly shaped border to mask the mounting of the inner glass lite(s). An electrically conductive coating on the outer glass lite is insulated from the aluminum rails of the frame by a plastic strip disposed between the outer glass lite and each rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Thermoseal Industries, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Chubb, Ralph Wearsch
  • Publication number: 20140360101
    Abstract: A seal member (20) for selectively sealing the space between a thin swinging door panel (23L) and an adjacent structure (21L), includes: a U-shaped portion (33) adapted to embrace a marginal end portion of the panel adjacent the end face, having a web (34) arranged to face toward the panel end face, having a first and second legs (35, 37) extending away from the web; a boss or lug (53) extending outwardly from the U-shaped portion in a direction away from the proximate panel surface; a first seal lip (42) having proximal portion (43) extending outwardly from the boss or lug and away from the proximate leg, and a second seal lip (39) extending away from the web. The seal lips have a distal marginal end portions (41, 44) adapted to selectively engage portions of the adjacent structure when the door is moved to its closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Donald J. Whiting, JR.
  • Patent number: 8850747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door assembly comprising two opposite members, at least one of which being a rotatable door, and a closing system which is provided for being mounted to one of the opposite members, wherein the closing system comprises a holder profile, at least one engaging member for engaging a complementary edge part on the opposite member to maintain the door in closed position, the engaging member being at least partly elastically deformable to enable opening of the door in at least one direction, and a blocking member with which the opening of the door can be prevented in one direction or the other, wherein the engaging and blocking members are formed by mutually exchangeable strips which are to different extents compressible and which are releasably mountable to the holder profile of the closing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Liexco, S.A.
    Inventor: Rudi Dries
  • Publication number: 20140259953
    Abstract: A one-piece seal for use on the bottoms of doors or windows of uniform cross-section has a planar base and upwardly extending members on each side of the base with engagement members at the top of the upwardly extending members. The seal also has downwardly extending fins and semicircular walls to engage a threshold. The seal is held upon a door by action of the flexible engagement members being pressed against the sides of the doors by the upstanding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHURTECH BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Vulpitta, Daniel Festa, Scott Sommers, Vageesh Bakhshi
  • Patent number: 8782955
    Abstract: A sealing structure, of which an upper end part makes elastic contact with a roof weather strip which is installed along a side edge of a roof and extending in a front and rear direction, includes an installation base member installed on a quarter sash provided on a front side of a quarter window glass of a retractable roof vehicle, (that lifts and lowers together with the quarter window glass). The sealing structure also includes a hollow seal part which makes elastic contact with a side window glass, and a seal lip, An upper end part has a seal wall formed thereon, which covers a front side corner part of the upper end part from an inner-cabin side, which is protrudingly formed toward an outer-cabin side and makes elastic contact with the side window glass from an inner-cabin side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Mori, Hirofumi Ogawa, Shinya Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140196379
    Abstract: A sealing system for a vehicle includes a first and second seal. The first seal is attached to a first edge of a first flange of the vehicle. The first seal presents a first outer contact surface that extends in generally parallel relationship to the first edge. The second seal is attached to a second edge of a second flange of the vehicle. The second seal presents a second outer contact surface that extends in generally parallel relationship to the second edge. The first outer contact surface and the second outer contact surface are in sealing contact relationship with the movable pane of glass when the movable pane of glass is in a closed position. The first outer contact surface and the second outer contact surface are not in sealing contact relationship with the movable pane of glass when the movable pane of glass is in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Larry A. Filipczak, Stephen D. Rusnak, Robert Conner, John K. Itoney, Michael J. Wesner
  • Patent number: 8695279
    Abstract: Provided is a door frame assembly that enables a molding portion to be bent with ease and in which end portions of a door frame do not rust due to the entry of raindrops or the like. A second end portion B that follows on a second flange portion of a door frame is located between an inner wall portion of a glass run channel and a portion of a main frame portion that faces the inner wall portion. An engagement portion of the molding portion is partially connected to a third side wall portion at multiple locations along the direction in which a vertical door frame assembly extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20140069019
    Abstract: A device for providing a seal between a door and at least a part of a doorway includes a door sash having a length, a hinged edge, a front portion, a back portion, and a plurality of curls on the hinged edge. The device also includes a door jamb proximal to the hinged edge, a door stop, a weather strip configured to engage the door sash and adapted to provide a first seal when the door is in the closed position, and a plurality of sealing members extending from the curls and adapted to provide at least a second seal between the door sash and the jamb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Mark A. Back, Geoffrey C. Card
  • Publication number: 20140059933
    Abstract: A moveable wall panel system is disclosed. The movable wall panel system may include a bottom drop seal assembly that maintains a constant force relative to a floor portion of an environment through a damper. The movable wall panel system may include an automatic top seal assembly that seals a gap between the movable wall panel system and a ceiling of the environment without an actuation from an operator space of the environment, the top seal assembly being positioned above the operator space of the environment. The moveable wall panel system may include a plurality of seals positioned between adjacent panels to seal a gap between the adjacent panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Modernfold, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jones, Aaron Alexander, Phil Middaugh, Mark McDonough, Adam Burke, Mike Beeler, Robert K. Schuyler, Philip M. Watston, Matthew Puccio, Thomas L. Goldsmith, Bryan T. Welch
  • Patent number: 8646212
    Abstract: There is provided a seal structure for vehicle that includes a weather strip member 8 installed to a retainer member 9 provided to a circumference edge of a body aperture 7 and having a substantially “U” shape in section. The weather strip member 8 includes a primary seal lip 10 installed to an outer-cabin side surface part 9a of the retainer member 9 and makes a contact with an outer-cabin side surface 6b of a glass panel member 6, and a secondary seal lip 11 installed to an inner-cabin side surface part 9b and makes a contact with an inner-cabin side surface 6c of the glass panel member 6. The weather strip member 8 further includes a hollow seal part 12 installed near a bottom surface part 9c of the retainer member 9 and makes an elastic contact with an periphery end 6a of the glass panel member 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanji Matsuwaki, Kousuke Terada, Shinya Murakami
  • Patent number: 8522484
    Abstract: The present invention is a wide channel door frame cooperating with a wide width knife edge of a door and latching mechanism: to accommodate a gap between finger stock seals when the wide knife edge door is in the open position, to provide electrical connectivity between the door and door frame when the wide knife edge door is received into the wide channel door frame in the closed position, to accommodate ease of manufacturing a straight channel, to accommodate ease of cleaning the channel after installation of the finger stock seals, and to accommodate ease of closing/latching and opening/delatching the door. An alternative embodiment includes a third strip of beryllium copper finger stock seals attached to the base of the channel for increased electrical conductivity or the addition of weather seals for exterior applications. Wide channels and knife edges can be made of desirable material, for example 304 stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Gaven Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John J. Gaviglia
  • Publication number: 20130019538
    Abstract: A first seal installed on a first body structure has a first sealing surface extending in a vertical direction and a first sealing projection spaced apart from the first sealing surface. A second seal installed on a second body structure has a second sealing surface extending in the vertical direction and a second sealing projection spaced apart from the second sealing surface. With the second body structure in a closed position and adjacent the first body structure, the second sealing surface contacts the first sealing surface to form a first vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures and the second sealing projection contacts the first sealing projection to form a second vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures along at least upper portions of the first and second body structures by elastic deformation of at least one of the first and second sealing projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Watson, Adam David Tacey
  • Patent number: 8336535
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an oven cavity accessed through first and second French-style doors that are connected to the appliance through a door linkage system. The door linkage system establishes a particular timing of door openings and closings to minimize potential wear of a door gasket. That is, each of the doors has an associated gasket for use in sealing the oven cavity when the doors are closed. One of the doors is provided with an annular gasket, while the other door essentially incorporates a less that fully annular, preferably 3-sided or a three-quarter gasket. With this arrangement, each of the gaskets has three sides adapted to seal against a cabinet shell portion of the appliance, while the fourth side of the first gasket is adapted to seal against an extension provided on the other door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Larsen, David E. Levi, Mark A. Pickering
  • Patent number: 8282152
    Abstract: A collapsible roof assembly for a vehicle includes a collapsible roof and a sealing mechanism. The roof has a top rail with a frame element running along a longitudinal side of the roof. The sealing mechanism has a seal configured to receive and seal a window pane inserted therein, wherein the seal runs along the longitudinal side of the roof and is attached to the frame element. The seal has a similar cross-section between front, middle, and rear sections of the roof. The seal is attached to the frame element in a form-fit manner in the front section of the roof and is attached to the frame element in a force-fitted manner in the middle section of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Konrad Herz
  • Patent number: 8256162
    Abstract: A water management system for a double hung window prevents leakage between the lower sash and the frame of the window in a blowing rainstorm. The water management system comprises interior pressure-drop seals disposed between the vertical stiles of the lower sash and the jambs of the window frame and an interior pressure drop seal disposed along an interior edge of the bottom rail of the lower sash and the sill of the frame. Exterior shingling seals are disposed at least between outside edges of the sash and the jamb and the exterior shingling seals and the interior pressure-drop seals at least partially bound vertical channels. A vent communicates between the vertical channels and the outside environment to maintain the pressure in the vertical channels substantially the same as that of the outside environment. This prevents rainwater in a blowing rainstorm from violently breaching the exterior shingling seals and splashing onto the interior pressure-drop seals, which, in turn, prevents leaks into a home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Guy Reithmeyer, Ross McGruder, Wendy Polski, Tim Kelley
  • Publication number: 20120090246
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to refrigerator/freezer doors that include three substantially parallel, spaced apart glass substrates that effectively form two insulating glass units (IGUs), and/or methods of making the same. The substrates in the two IGUs have one or more surfaces coated with a low emissivity coating and also have one or more other surfaces coated with an antireflective coating. In certain example embodiments, one or more of the substrates may be low-iron substrates. For instance, certain example embodiments may include a center substrate that has an antireflective coating disposed on both major surfaces, whereas the outer substrates have low-E coatings disposed on inner surfaces thereof. Advantageously, certain example embodiments combine high energy efficiency with high light transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jose Nunez-Regueiro, Jim St. Jean
  • Publication number: 20120079771
    Abstract: A two-piece bottom seal assembly that adjusts to doors of different thicknesses during installation. The bottom seal assembly generally includes two frame components configured to close on the bottom of a door from opposite sides. The frame components are configured to interfit with one another at different fixed distances to accommodate doors of different thicknesses. In one embodiment, the frame components are generally L-shaped, each having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. One of the two horizontal legs may include a pair of spaced walls that define a channel dimensioned to receive the other horizontal leg. The leg may include a head configured to interlock with corresponding features on the inside of the channel Each of the frame components may support a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ISO-TRUDE, INC.
    Inventor: Michael J. Meulemans
  • Publication number: 20120023830
    Abstract: A sealing assembly is provided for a vehicle having independently opening and closing closure panels, such as first and second doors, which are hinged to a vehicle body with opposing hinges. The sealing assembly has a first seal that is mounted to the vehicle body to substantially surround a continuous door opening, and has a first membrane portion that extends over a first portion of the cutline. A second seal is mounted to a surface of the first door that faces the first membrane portion when the first door is closed. A third seal is mounted to a surface of the second door that faces the first membrane portion when the second door is closed. The first membrane portion is configured to be movable toward the closed first and second doors into contact with the second and third seals to seal the first portion of the cutline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Imad F. Bazzi, Ronald P. Mckenney, James S. Netherland, III, Raymond R. Lipowski
  • Patent number: 8091831
    Abstract: A door arrangement for tightly closing a door opening comprises a door frame, a door which, when closed, is arranged in the door frame, and inner and outer sealing lips. The inner and outer sealing lips run next to each other along a periphery of the door opening between a first surface of the door and a second surface of the door frame, wherein the first and second surfaces face each other. The inner and outer sealing lips bound a space formed between them. The door arrangement further comprises a pressure-reducing device configured to reduce pressure in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Roming
  • Publication number: 20110126473
    Abstract: In certain example embodiments of this invention, improved seal systems that include flexible seals that are integrally formed (e.g., co-extruded) with other vehicle components, and/or methods of making the same, are provided. In certain example embodiments, some or all sealing system components may be integrated into trim and/or other components of the vehicle such as, for example, more structural elements of the vehicle that generally are required to be present. For instance, in certain example embodiments, the current U-shaped seal that typically is used to receive the glass of a window may be replaced with seal members attached to elements of the overall vehicle construct. Certain example embodiments accomplish this integration, for example, by forming seal members together with the trim components, e.g., as a part of the roll form and/or extruding processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: David Prater, Troy Belliston
  • Publication number: 20110121595
    Abstract: A vehicle having a reconfigurable cargo area. A tailgate selectably closes off a rear portion of the vehicle and is positionable between a generally vertical closed position and a generally horizontal open position. A roof is bifurcated along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A fixed roof panel closes off a first portion of the roof. A movable roof panel is slidable along a transverse axis of the vehicle, and has a closed position edgewise adjacent to the fixed roof panel and an open position facially adjacent to the fixed roof panel. In its closed position the movable roof panel closes off a second portion of the roof. The second roof portion is exposed when the movable roof panel is in its open position. The cargo area is configurable to closed and open arrangements according to the positions of the tailgate and the movable roof panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michael A. Schrader
  • Publication number: 20110047884
    Abstract: Some aspects relate to weather seal systems for forming water barriers and air barriers. Some air barriers include a sill portion, a frame portion, and a transition portion extending between the sill and frame portions, where the transition portion extends inwardly and downwardly from the frame portion of the air barrier, toward an interior side of an associated door assembly, to the sill portion of the air barrier. The transition portion optionally provides a buffer zone, or transition zone of air at a greater spacing from the water barrier. In some embodiments, the transition zone is equilibrated to external pressures and supplies substantially dry air to air leaks in the air barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: PELLA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Paul D. Schroder
  • Publication number: 20110049175
    Abstract: A window having multiple integral seals, the window being formed of a substantially optically transparent flexible membrane window panel; a substantially continuous peripheral window seal mechanism surrounding the window panel with the window seal mechanism being a continuous peripheral slot having an opening facing away from the window panel and being structured to receive thereinto a substantially rigid inner peripheral window aperture frame; a contoured skirt completely surrounding the window sealing mechanism; a substantially continuous peripheral door seal mechanism formed adjacent to an edge of the contoured skirt; and wherein the window panel, the window seal mechanism, the contoured skirt and the door seal mechanism are mutually integrally formed of a substantially water-resistant and resiliently pliable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carnevali, Chad M. Remmers
  • Publication number: 20110016797
    Abstract: A combined seal activation system positioned within a panel for use with a combination of the panel and a frame includes a first seal activation system and a second seal activation system. The panel pivots relative to the frame. The first seal activation system activates a first sealing system positioned within the frame, and the second seal activation system activates a second sealing system positioned within the frame. The first seal activation system is positioned adjacent a first side of the panel, and the second seal activation system is positioned adjacent a second side of the panel different than the first side of the panel. The first and second seal activation systems having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SPEYER DOOR AND WINDOW, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. THIELMANN, Robert E. PRUSS
  • Patent number: 7870701
    Abstract: A radiation limiting opening for a structure includes a door with a gasket which seals against a door frame about the opening. Spaced apart channels in the door frame define a strike plate therebetween. A film made of a material galvanically compatible with the gasket to prevent corrosion is in intimate contact with the strike plate by a seal. This seal lodges an edge of the film in each channel to create a tortuous path for radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Prisco Tammaro, Edward I. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20100313485
    Abstract: A waterproof assembly for an electronic device includes a watertight door and a case. The watertight door includes a cover, a water absorbing ring, and a water blocking ring. The cover is provided for being disposed into an opening of the case. The water absorbing ring and the water blocking ring are disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the cover and an inner peripheral surface defining the opening. The water absorbing ring includes deformable material and water absorbent, such that the water absorbing ring expands by absorbing water and contacts the inner and outer peripheral surfaces. The water blocking ring is normally compressed and contacts the inner and outer peripheral surfaces. When water penetrating occurs, the water block ring blocks water preliminarily, and then the water absorbing ring block blocks fully water after completely expanding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsiu-Yu Kuo
  • Patent number: 7743814
    Abstract: A deformable screen for a window assembly including a sash movably coupled to a frame. The sash is moveable in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the frame. The deformable screen is coupled to the sash and includes at least one engagement portion slidably engaged against the frame. A spring member is coupled to the engagement portion and applies a restoring force to the engagement portion to seal it against the frame. In one option, the spring member includes a foam membrane. A method for making a screen assembly includes providing a frame and a sash disposed within the frame. A spring member is coupled around the sash and at least one engagement portion is coupled to the spring member. The engagement portion extends between the spring member and the window frame, in one option. In another option, the at least one engagement portion is slidably engaged against the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company
    Inventors: Bradley D. Woodward, Rebecca M. Huff, Russell A. Berstler, Ronald H. Pederson
  • Publication number: 20100109372
    Abstract: A folding tonneau cover including a first substantially rigid panel having a laterally-extending front edge at least partially defined by an elongate edge rail, and a second substantially rigid panel having a laterally-extending rear edge at least partially defined by an elongate edge rail, the first and second panels having opposed exterior and interior sides. The first and second panels substantially lie in a plane when the cover is unfolded, the first and second panel exterior sides generally facing in a direction away from a first side of the plane when the cover is unfolded, the first and second panel exterior sides adjacently superposed when the cover is folded. The cover includes a hinge assembly having substantially rigid first and second portions pivotally connected together along a first pivot axis located on the one side of the plane, the hinge first portion affixed to the first panel edge rail, the hinge second portion affixed to the second panel edge rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Dean Walser, Michael Willamson, Louis Simko, Scott A. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20100095599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing system for a door leaf with mobile glazing in a motor vehicle, to a method for making the sealing system, and to a vehicle including same. The invention relates to sealing systems including sealing profiles of the type including sliding and mobile-glazing sweeping seals, which can be used in any type of motor vehicle. The sealing system (105) of the invention for such a mobile-glazing door leaf (103) includes at least: an external fitting having a sliding seal (106a) with an outer trim (110), and an internal fitting for said door leaf including an inner seal (106b) with an inner trim (109), each of said fittings being formed of a single piece that is at least partially moulded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Laurent Coldre, Olivier Laude
  • Publication number: 20100088967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing gate (1) for strips for sealing a first chamber (2) in relation to a second chamber (3), a strip (4), in particular a metal strip, passing through both chambers (2, 3) and at least one sealing element (5) being provided for sealing the chambers (2, 3). The aim of the invention is to achieve an effective sealing action. To achieve this, the sealing element (5) has at least two gate elements (6, 7, 8, 9) that can be displaced in relation to one another and that have at least one sealing surface (10, 11, 12, 13), which is adapted to the edge contour of the strip (4) to be sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Lutz Kümmel, Andreas Gramer, Holger Behrens, Matthias Kretschmer, Ralf-Hartmut Sohl, Peter Kock
  • Patent number: 7651144
    Abstract: A seal between a base structure and a slide out structure of a recreational vehicle includes a panel section mounted to the base structure, the panel section including a front edge, a rear edge, a first side and a second side. A sealing element extends from the panel section, between the front edge and the rear edge, in a direction from the first side toward the second side of the panel section, the sealing element extending to contact the slide out structure and wipe moisture therefrom upon relative movement of the slide out structure and base structure. A catch flange extends upwardly from the rear edge of the panel section. A first side basin detail extends from the first side of the panel section, and a second side basin detail extends from the second side of the panel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Clark Rubber & Plastic Company
    Inventors: Gregory M. Clark, James T. Clark, II, Jeff A. Lippus
  • Publication number: 20090307984
    Abstract: A water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure configured to enclose at least one electronic module is provided. The water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure includes a base having a channel, a first L-shaped door rotatably attached to a first edge of the base, a second L-shaped door rotatably attached to a second edge of the base, a flange seal attached to a first flange on the first L-shaped door, and a compressible base-seal inserted into the channel. The compressible base-seal and the flange seal form an enclosure seal when the first L-shaped door and the second L-shaped door are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Thompson, Michael J. Wayman, Michael J. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20090293367
    Abstract: A sash window having a prefabricated guide channel for construction equipment is provided, in which a prefabricated guide channel for supporting sash glass is detachably fixed to a sash frame mounted on a cab, and thus, when the sash glass is damaged or replacement of the sash glass is required, the sash glass can be replaced in a state where the sash frame is fixed to the cab. The sash window having a prefabricated guide channel for construction equipment includes a sash frame mounted on a cab, a first seal seated in an inner seat groove of the sash frame to support an edge of a first sash glass, a guide channel located outside the first seal and detachably fixed to the sash frame, and a second seal seated in an engagement groove of the guide channel to support an edge of a second sash glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Jung Gun GWAK
  • Patent number: 7624539
    Abstract: A combined sealing system for connecting a panel to a frame includes a first sealing system and a second sealing system. The panel pivots relative to the frame. The first sealing system connects a first surface of the panel to a first surface of the frame, and the second sealing system connects a second surface of the panel to a second surface of the frame. The first surface of the panel is different than the second surface of the panel, and the first and second sealing systems have a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration upon the panel being positioned within the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Speyer Door and Window, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kip Speyer, Jonathan D Thielmann
  • Publication number: 20090265998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing element for sealing off component groups capable of being positioned in relation to one another, for use, in particular, in the vehicle and building technology sector, the sealing element has a first seal part 11 performing a sealing function and having a soft fraction and a second seal part 12 performing a reinforcing function and having a hard fraction. The sealing element is essentially an annular design and has an essentially accurately designed first seal part directed inward in the operating position, with a soft fraction, and an essentially frame-shaped second seal part arranged at the inwardly projecting end of the first seal part, with a hard fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Martin Wolff, Birgit Budde
  • Publication number: 20090178344
    Abstract: A combined sealing system comprises a frame, a panel, a first sealing system, a second sealing system, and a third sealing system. The panel is within and movable, relative to the frame, between at least an open position and a completely closed position, and the panel includes a plurality of subpanels hinged relative to one another. The first sealing system is configured to engage a sill rail of the panel with a sill of the frame. The second sealing system is configured to engage a stile rail of the panel with a jamb of the frame. The third sealing system is configured to engage a meeting rail of the first panel with a header of the frame. In the closed position, the first and second sealing systems movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Speyer Door and Window, Inc.
    Inventors: Don S. Salerno, W. Kip Speyer
  • Patent number: 7510055
    Abstract: In an elevator comprising an entrance frame provided on an entrance leading from a landing hall to a hoistway and having an upper frame (103) and a vertical frame (102, 102), and landing doors (110, 110) arranged on the entrance frame with a gap and to be guided by a sill (104) for opening-closing an opening of the entrance frame, the landing doors (110, 110) have smoke shielding members (120, 130, 111) which are provided on a top portion, side portion, and a bottom portion of the landing doors (110, 110) for preventing the infiltration of smoke. The smoke shielding member (130) on the side portion is in contact with the smoke shielding member (111) on the bottom portion at a lower position, and is in contact with the smoke shielding member (120) on the top portion at an upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Toyo Shutter Co., Ltd., Fujitec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Morotome, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Atsushi Irie, Mizuki Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20090025319
    Abstract: An installation system for use with a window assembly with a nailing fin in a rough opening of a wall, the rough opening including a sill. The system includes a sill drain mat including a barrier wedge with a front edge, a rear edge, a bottom surface and a top surface. A fiber layer includes a top surface and a bottom surface and an adhesive layer disposed on the bottom surface of the fiber layer. A first portion of the fiber layer is adhered to the top surface of the barrier wedge and extends inwardly, the first portion of the fiber layer including a sealing strip. A second portion of the fiber layer extends outwardly from the front edge and the bottom surface of the barrier wedge forms a mating surface with a sill of the rough opening. A gasket includes a first surface attached to an inner surface of the nailing fin, a second surface received adjacent an outer surface of the wall, and an outer edge comprising a protruding end extending along a length of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael E. Westfall, Budd W. Beatty, Wallace D. Corwin, Michael E. Stout
  • Patent number: 7434867
    Abstract: A U-shaped sealing strip arranged for mounting on a frame structure of a vehicle surrounds a space which is intended to receive a pane and which has a lengthwise changing depth dimension. The U-shaped structure comprises two L-shaped shaped parts of which at least one has a generally L-shaped configuration and comprises a base part intended for fixing on the frame structure and a side part extending perpendicular thereto. At least one of the two shaped parts is adjustably fixed on the frame structure for adjustment in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the pane in such a way that the contact pressure of the sealing lip is adjustable. The contact pressure of the sealing lips on the pane can be adjusted in a simple manner in accordance with specific requirements in order to secure a reliable sealing effect as well as to reduce wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Meteor Gummiwerke K.H. Badje GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Ingolf Matthies