U-shaped Member Or Portion Mounts Seal Patents (Class 49/490.1)
  • Patent number: 11845324
    Abstract: In one aspect, a variable pressure weatherstrip assembly according to the present disclosure includes: a weatherstrip including a sealing portion having a closed cross-section therein and configured to seal a portion between a vehicle body and an opening/closing part of a vehicle, and a fixing portion integrated with the sealing portion and fixed to a panel of the vehicle; an air supply device configured to supply pressurized air to the sealing portion; an air line configured to allow the air supply device and the sealing portion to communicate with each other; and one or more control valves installed in the air line, disposed between the sealing portion and the air supply device, and configured to control the air to be supplied to the sealing portion from the air supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Myung-Hee Lee, Hyun-Sung Nam, In-Ki Eom, Dae-Hyun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11680126
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition includes about 80 parts by weight of an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) including 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and polyethylene, about 30 parts by weight to about 70 parts by weight of polypropylene, about 20 parts by weight to about 40 parts by weight of a filler, and about 60 parts by weight to about 90 parts by weight of a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HAWSEUNG Material Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Lee, JeeHoon Seong, Ho Dong Kim, Jonghwan Suhr, Bumyong Yoon, Seunghyun Cho, Kyoung-Min Hong, Sang Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11660945
    Abstract: A division set for sealing a first retractable frameless window of a car and a second window of the car, the second window adjacent to the first window. The division set includes a profile, to be secured to the second window, and a gasket for sealing the two windows. The gasket of a desired shape is made of a TPE material encapsulated with the profile of the division set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Philippe Muylkens, Robert Hick, Jiri Machacek, Roman Hynek
  • Patent number: 11642946
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a window and further includes window glass, an outer panel made of resin, and a belt molding. The outer panel is placed outwardly in the vehicle width direction from the window glass and faces the window glass in at least part of the peripheral edge of the opening. The belt molding is fixed to the inner surface of the outer panel facing the window glass and seals a gap between the window glass and the outer panel. The belt molding includes a base member and a belt molding body. The base member is bonded to the inner surface of the outer panel and has an attachment surface facing the window glass. The belt molding body is supported on the attachment surface of the base member via a plurality of fixed points provided such that the fixed points are distanced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Toyota, Sho Tsumita, Yoshiyuki Ryuno
  • Patent number: 11634018
    Abstract: The weatherstrip includes a molded part formed from an elastic material and the molded part has an insert panel embedded therein. The molded part includes: a molded part through hole in which a clip for attaching the molded part to a vehicle body can be inserted; and a thinner portion provided in an outer peripheral portion of the molded part through hole and having a thickness smaller than that of other portions of the molded part in an area of the molded part where the insert panel is embedded in. The insert panel includes a clip through hole provided at a location corresponding to the molded part through hole and having a diameter larger than that of the molded part through hole; and a first additional through hole provided spaced from the clip through hole in an area corresponding to the thinner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Sentani, Satoshi Maesaki
  • Patent number: 11479088
    Abstract: A glass run attached to a groove formed in a door frame includes: a basic frame including a bottom wall, a vehicle exterior side wall, and a vehicle interior side wall; an outer lip provided on the vehicle exterior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle exterior side of door glass; and an inner lip provided on the vehicle interior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle interior side of the door glass. The inner lip includes at least a first inner lip, and a second inner lip provided at a position closer to the bottom wall than the first inner lip is. Each of the first inner lip and the second inner lip extends toward the bottom wall, and does not come into contact with each other during sliding contact with the door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Nojiri
  • Patent number: 11453280
    Abstract: An insert for a run slide for a vehicle window. The insert may be overmoulded to form a connecting wedge between two strands of the run slide. The insert may be formed in one piece and is configured to cooperate with a portion of a vehicle door frame. The insert is further configured to cooperate with a portion of a hubcap to be attached to one of the strands. The insert includes a protruding pin configured to be engaged in a recess of a rabbet of the vehicle door frame to index the insert along an axis X substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the rabbet. The insert is configured to cooperate with the portion of the hubcap to ensure indexing the hubcap along the axis X and along an axis Z perpendicular to X and substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the hubcap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Emmanuel Petit, BenoƮt Prochasson, Pierre David
  • Patent number: 11433746
    Abstract: A protrusion is formed on a first part of an inner-cabin side wall of an installation base member of a protector with a sensor. The first part is closer to a connecting wall than a second part opposite the first part. The protrusion is on a virtual line in cross section. The virtual line is where convex substances, keys for example, hanging on passengers' clothes conceivably pass through. The virtual line extends toward a connecting point from a rear part of an automobile body closer to an interior of the automobile body than a reference line. The reference line is parallel with a direction in which a flange protrudes and extends from the connecting point. The connecting point is a part of an inner-cabin side end of a hollow part closest to an interior of the automobile body. The inner-cabin side end is connected with the installation base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishibashi, Masahiro Kojima, Michihiko Matsumoto, Wataru Hattori
  • Patent number: 11376929
    Abstract: Lift trucks can have an operator compartment designed with an ergonomically improved cab door having a door frame, a set of glass sheets, upper and lower hinges, a handle, a door catch assembly, a door support member, and one or more operator handlebars. The door support member and operator handlebars can be sized and/or positioned to provide structural strength to the door. The cab door can have an unobstructed door design to facilitate maximum operator visibility. The catch assembly can maintain the door in an open position and the operator can readily close the door when desired. In one embodiment, the door includes a vertical operator handlebar and a horizontal operator handlebar that facilitate easy entry into and exit from the operator compartment without unduly obscuring operator visibility through the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Pennings, Chris van de Werdt, Timo Kankaanpaa, Juha Kauko
  • Patent number: 11351847
    Abstract: A seal includes a base portion, a first retaining member extending from the base portion, and a second retaining member extending from the base portion. Each of the first and second retaining members is structured to be resiliently deflectable with respect to the base portion. A portion of the first retaining member extends opposite the base portion so as to define a first cavity therebetween. A portion of the second retaining member extends opposite the base portion so as to define a second cavity therebetween. The first cavity has an open side opening in a first direction toward the second cavity, and the second cavity has an open side opening in a second direction toward the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Praveen Kumar
  • Patent number: 11235653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door sealing device sealing a gap between a door leaf and a frame for a rail vehicle, where the door sealing device includes a flexible tubular hollow chamber formed by two opposite contact walls and two opposite side walls, where, in the mounted state of the door sealing device, a first contact wall of the contact walls faces the door leaf and a second contact wall of the contact walls faces the frame so that the hollow chamber is subject to compression in the event of a closing motion of the door leaf, thereby moving the contact walls towards each other, and where the sidewalls are formed to be buckled along predetermined buckle lines in response to the compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hirtenlehner, Peter Jetzinger
  • Patent number: 11230265
    Abstract: A window wiping assembly for removing moisture and debris from a side window of a vehicle includes a positioning element that is mountable to an exterior surface of a vehicle door having a window opening positioned therein. The positioning element extends substantially between opposed endpoints of a lower edge of the window opening. A wiper blade is engaged to and extends from an inner face of the positioning element so that an outer edge of the wiper blade contacts an exterior face of a window that is positioned in the window opening. The wiper blade extends substantially between opposed ends of the positioning element. The wiper blade removes moisture and debris from the exterior face of the window as the window is raised and lowered within the window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Starks
  • Patent number: 10913339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a window pane arrangement, especially a vehicle body window pane arrangement, including at least one pane of glass, and a profiled frame component surrounding the pane of glass, which is applied to one side of the pane of glass, on the edge of the pane. According to the invention, the profiled frame component includes a plurality of layers, a layer applied to the pane of glass being made of a hard material and at least one other layer being made of a soft material, and the profiled frame component includes, in the layer thereof made of a hard material, contact elements which can be brought into contact with the pane of glass and have application surfaces for an adhesive, and, in the layer thereof made of soft material, projections projecting over the layer of hard material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Kreye, Sascha Winter
  • Patent number: 10870338
    Abstract: A sealing member includes an attachment portion and a sealing portion in a cross-section, the attachment portion being attached to a flange portion provided to an opening edge of a vehicle body opening portion, and the sealing portion being integrated with the attachment portion. The sealing member is formed to be elongated and includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, the first portion having a first cross-sectional shape, the second portion having a second cross-sectional shape, and the third portion continuously and integrally connecting the first portion and the second portion to each other. The cross-sectional shape of the sealing portion having the second cross-sectional shape is smaller than the cross-sectional shape of the sealing portion having the first cross-sectional shape, and the third portion is formed such that a cross-sectional shape thereof changes along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Hiroe
  • Patent number: 10828971
    Abstract: A sealing member includes an attachment portion and a sealing portion in a cross-section, the attachment portion being attached to a flange portion provided to an opening edge of a vehicle body opening portion, and the sealing portion being integrated with the attachment portion. The sealing member is formed to be elongated and includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, the first portion having a first cross-sectional shape, the second portion having a second cross-sectional shape, and the third portion continuously and integrally connecting the first portion and the second portion to each other. The cross-sectional shape of the sealing portion having the second cross-sectional shape is smaller than the cross-sectional shape of the sealing portion having the first cross-sectional shape, and the third portion is formed such that a cross-sectional shape thereof changes along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Hiroe
  • Patent number: 10780971
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a panel for a vehicle that includes forming a stringer from separate charges. The method can include positioning a forming sheet between the charges that are aligned in an overlapping arrangement. The charges can be held together and the forming sheet can be used to separate the ends of the charges to form flanges that extend outward from a blade. While still secured together, the formed stringer can be moved to a panel and positioned with the flanges contacting against the panel. Filler material can be positioned in an opening formed between the ends of the flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: John Makoto Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10753671
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet having one end connected to the first plate member, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the heat resistance unit further includes a side frame connected to the conductive resistance sheet, the side frame defining at least one portion of the wall for the third space, the side frame includes a first mounting surface connected to the conductive resistance sheet and a second mounting surface connected to the second plate, and the second mounting surface is supported by the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Daewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 10751925
    Abstract: An extrusion die includes a die and a core, and the core includes a movable core portion that is movable along an extrusion direction and a fixed core portion. The movable core portion has non-similar cross-sectional shapes at front and rear two positions along the extrusion direction. A first portion of the elongated weather strip is molded in a state where the movable core portion is disposed at an advance position, and a second portion of the elongated weather strip is molded in a state where the movable core portion is disposed at a retreat position. During the molding of the second portion, a supply amount per unit time of a material for the sealing portion to a molding space for the hollow sealing portion that is secured between the core and the die is set to be larger than that during the molding of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Hiroe, Kotaro Oka
  • Patent number: 10549609
    Abstract: A door frame includes: an outer joint part of an outer member and an inner joint part of an inner member are welded at a plurality of welding portion; wherein, in a cross-section orthogonal to an longitudinal direction, the inner joint part includes an inner inside surface an inner outside surface and an inner side surface, and the outer joint part includes an outer inside surface and an outer side surface; wherein, in at least one of the welding portions, an inner notch is provided at an outer edge of the inner joint part and a weld path is formed between the inner side surface and the outer side surface; and wherein a weld bead, which is formed to fill the weld path, is attached to the inner outside surface, the inner side surface, the inner inside surface, the outer side surface, and the outer inside surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Otake
  • Patent number: 10246803
    Abstract: This invention provides a knitted wire carrier for use in constructing a (e.g.) automotive weather seal that incorporates a locking stitch formed from a relatively incompressible and expansion-resisting material that passes through at least one of the warp threads adjacent to the wire weft. In an embodiment, the locking stitch constructed from a steel (or another metal) wire that is solid or braided. In other embodiments, the locking stitch can be constructed from fiberglass, monofilament polymer or another similarly performing material. In an embodiment, the lockstitch wire is constructed from approximately 0.5-millimeter diameter steel and the wire carrier is constructed from approximately 0.5-0.91-millimeter diameter steel. The wire lockstitch can be woven through a center warp yarn that is surrounded by other knitted warp yarns along the overall weft of the wire carrier. The wire carrier is coated with an adhesive, e.g., latex to maintain the knit in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hope Global, Division of NFA Corp.
    Inventors: Jesus Aguilar, Alexander Martinez, Ildeberto Rosa
  • Patent number: 10035410
    Abstract: A parting seal includes: an assembly part; and a seal part. The assembly part is assembled on a rear door. The seal part is integrally molded with the assembly part and closes a parting portion between a front door and the rear door. The seal part is hollow and includes: a first hollow wall which faces the parting portion; and a second hollow wall which faces a body panel. A lip is formed on a position on which the first hollow wall and the second hollow wall come into contact with each other on a side of the front door. The lip protrudes toward an outer-cabin side. The first hollow wall and the lip are made of sponge material, the second hollow wall and the assembly part are made of solid material. The assembly part is free of a core, and is immovably assembled on the rear door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Taketomo, Hirofumi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10029550
    Abstract: A taped seal construction for a body part of a vehicle, with a seal with a main portion and a lip portion, the main portion being designed to extend on one side of the body part of the vehicle and the lip portion being designed to extend on another side of the body part of the vehicle thereby covering an edge of the body part, and a tape, the tape being attached to the main portion of the seal, wherein that the tape comprises a split liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Patrick Welter
  • Patent number: 9982478
    Abstract: A door seal fitting, such as for a garage door, may include a main body or mounting fitting; a cap, and the door seal itself. The mounting fitting has a back web or wall that is attached to a door post or door jamb. The cap seats on the mounting fitting to conceal the mounting hardware of the mounting fitting. The door seal is located in a T-shaped slot on the doorward end of the mounting fitting. It is secured by mechanical fasteners that are hidden behind the seal. The mechanical fasteners pass through a web of the mounting fitting and through a wing or internal leg of the cap. The fasteners are spaced along the length of the assembly to discourage axial shrinkage or shifting of the cap relative to the mounting fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Elton Manufacturing, a division of Ontario Door Sales Ltd.
    Inventor: Anthonie Boer
  • Patent number: 9759003
    Abstract: A protector with a sensor operatively coupled on a sliding door detects an object by touch between two conductive parts in a hollow part with a space therebetween. The two conductive parts including a conductive part on a lower part of the hollow part as a side of the installation base member and a conductive part on an upper part of the hollow part as a side of a top end are shaped and positioned in a manner that an inner-cabin side end and an outer-cabin side end of the space are continuously provided directly on an inner peripheral surface of the hollow part. A coating layer covers at least an outer peripheral surface of the outer coat of the hollow part having the inner-cabin side end and the outer-cabin side end of the space continuously provided directly on the inner peripheral surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzo Hirakawa, Kano Hikiji
  • Patent number: 9745794
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing an enclosure having a front and a back and an opening on the front. A door with an inner face and an outer face, and the door is rotatably mounted to the front of the enclosure and configured to cover the opening when the door is closed. A first rim surrounds a periphery of the opening and has a first outer edge. A first gasket is attached to the first rim and configured to form a watertight seal between the front of the enclosure and the door when the door is closed. A second rim on the door is sized to surround the periphery of the opening when the door is closed. A second gasket is attached the second rim and configured to form a watertight seal between the front of the enclosure and the door when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Ellingson
  • Patent number: 9738146
    Abstract: A hollow seal member integrally molded with an installation base member includes a first hollow wall with a first bent point as a part bendable toward an outside and a second hollow wall with a second bent point as a part bendable toward the outside. A protrusion is formed on an end of a second outer-cabin side wall, which is continuous with an outer surface of the second outer-cabin side wall, protrudes upward with respect to the first hollow wall, and makes elastic contact with a door. An end of a first outer-cabin side wall connects with a position on the second outer-cabin side wall as an inner side of the hollow seal member, from which the protrusion protrudes toward the outer-cabin side. A thick part, which protrudes toward an outer side, is formed on the first outer-cabin side wall as the outer side of the hollow seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Daio, Tomonori Nakamura, Noriyuki Otsuka
  • Patent number: 9358862
    Abstract: A weatherstrip includes a welt section in a substantially letter U shape cross section attached to a flange, and a trim lip formed on an outer surface of an inner side wall section to cover an end edge of a vehicular body trim. The flange is held from both sides by holding lips extending obliquely toward a summit section from the inner surfaces of the respective side wall sections. A projection section is projected on a back side of the outer holding lip. When the flange is fitted, the outer holding lip is struck on the projection section and positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KINUGAWA RUBBER IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi One
  • Patent number: 9316430
    Abstract: A thermal insulating material that is superior to blown-in polyurethane foam that has vertical insulating properties and lateral thermal conducting properties, and is made of alternating layers of aluminum metal foil and insulating foam that causes the temperature of a cold spot to increase at least 3 degrees F. when compared to an equivalent amount of blown-in polyurethane foam. This material is suitable for increasing the temperature of cold spots of the exterior of refrigerator/freezer doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Fairlane Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ragland, Kevin W. Malick
  • Patent number: 9169688
    Abstract: A sealing strip for a motor vehicle is provided. The sealing strip includes a sealing structure able to be brought into operative position against a window pane of the motor vehicle and a fastening structure for fastening the sealing strip on a body part of the motor vehicle. The fastening structure has a mount able to be fitted onto an end of the body part and has at least one connecting section. The connecting section is able to be brought into operative position against an abutment of the body part to form, with the sealing strip fitted on, a form-fitting locking of the sealing strip and the body part against one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Sebastian Wende
  • Patent number: 9073422
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a weatherstrip assembly may include forming an elongated reinforcement member, forming an elongated seal member, and trimming ends of the seal member and the reinforcement member. The reinforcement member and the seal member may be formed from first and second materials, respectively. The seal member may be formed around the reinforcement member such that the reinforcement member is at least partially embedded in the seal member. The seal member may include a plurality of sealing lips. The ends of the seal member and the reinforcement member may be trimmed using a laser cutter that is movable in multiple axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Mark Bartolomucci, Chao Xu
  • Patent number: 9051158
    Abstract: An elevator car includes supporting sections, which are arranged on a car frame. Each supporting section has a foot, a first arm and a second arm. The foot is fastened to the car frame, at their free ends the arms converge and form a slit-shaped constriction, into which panel sections of panels that form walls or a ceiling can be clipped. The arms possess spring properties and, at the constriction, can be moved apart against a spring force. The arms hold the panel sections in position in the area of the constriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Ying Jin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150135597
    Abstract: A frame assembly that includes a frame side, a channel disposed in the frame side and a Teflon guide disposed in the channel, the Teflon guide having a seal feature and a guide feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: RUSKIN COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul T. Gorman, Mark W. Bronson
  • Patent number: 9027284
    Abstract: A sealing member for a vehicle opening includes a first co-extrusion layer formed from a first elastomeric composition, a second co-extrusion layer formed from a second elastomeric composition, and a third co-extrusion layer formed from a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition. The first co-extrusion layer defines a mounting channel, a window channel, and a front face spaced from the mounting channel and the window channel. The second co-extrusion layer has a portion disposed on the front face of the first co-extrusion layer and a sealing lip disposed on the first co-extrusion layer abutting the portion and extending away from the first co-extrusion layer towards a distal end. The third co-extrusion layer is disposed on the portion and the sealing lip of the second co-extrusion layer for covering segments of the second co-extrusion layer that are visible from an exterior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Henniges Automotive Sealing Systems North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve J. Murree, Michael J. Lagerstrom
  • Patent number: 9003711
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is provided for an opening, in particular a door or window opening of a vehicle body, having a fastening flange delimiting the opening, which is used for fastening a peripheral seal profile part and is formed by at least one vehicle body part, the fastening flange provided with one or more projections arranged around the opening on at least one flange face and the seal profile part having at least one shoulder, which engages behind the projections, for fastening on the fastening flange. A seal profile part is also provided and a method is provided for the production of a seal arrangement. A seal profile part having at least one shoulder is applied to the fastening flange delimiting the opening. The at least one shoulder caused to engage behind one or more projections of the fastening flange to fasten the seal profile part on the fastening flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Klaus-Albert Priess, Michael Alhof
  • Publication number: 20150082709
    Abstract: A glass run capable of preventing noises from intruding into an automobile compartment from an interior of an automobile door via glass runs during running of an automobile. The glass run includes extruded parts and molded parts. Each of the extruded parts and the molded parts has a bottom wall, an outer side wall, and an inner side wall, which define a generally U-shaped cross-section. An outer seal lip and an inner seal lip respectively extend from open ends of the outer side wall and the inner side wall towards the interior of the glass run. A barrier rib is formed in at least one position of the molded parts between the inner side wall and the inner seal lip or between the outer side wall and the outer seal lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohiro DOSAKI
  • Publication number: 20150082710
    Abstract: When a thickest part of a flange is being inserted into an attachment portion of a weather strip, a main body portion of a holding lip having a smaller coefficient of dynamic friction than that of a contact portion firstly contacts with the flange. Therefore, a frictional force of the holding lip (main body portion) with respect to the flange is made small, and the insertion force is made small to that extent. When the attachment portion is attached to a thinnest part of the flange, the contact portion of the holding lip having a greater coefficient of dynamic friction than that of the main body portion contacts with the flange. Therefore, the frictional force of the holding lip (contact portion) is made large, and the holding lip is made difficult to slip with respect to the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO CO. ,LTD
    Inventors: Yo Hamada, Yosuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8984813
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Shurtech Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Vulpitta, Daniel Festa, Scott Sommers, Vageesh Bakhshi
  • Patent number: 8979164
    Abstract: A one-piece retainer assembly comprises a first retainer portion that operatively couples to a second retainer portion. The first retainer portion includes an outer show portion that extends from a first base portion, a retaining flange that protrudes from an inner surface of the show portion, and a first mechanical securing member provided in the first base portion. The second retainer portion includes a leg portion that extends from a second base portion, a retaining flange that protrudes form an inner surface of the leg portion, and a second mechanical securing member provided in the second base portion. An interior weatherstrip-receiving cavity is formed when the first retainer portion mechanically engages the second retainer portion. In the preferred embodiments, the male mechanical securing member includes a locking tab and the female mechanical securing member includes a locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventor: Paul G. Jabra
  • Publication number: 20150047264
    Abstract: A glass run channel includes a run channel main body including a bottom wall portion, an interior lateral wall portion, and an exterior lateral wall portion, and an interior seal lip and an exterior seal lips. At least one lateral wall portion and the bottom wall portion are formed from a sponge material. At least one lateral wall connecting portion among an interior lateral wall connecting portion and an exterior lateral wall connecting portion is formed from the sponge material thinner than the interior lateral wall portion, the exterior lateral wall portion, and the bottom wall portion so as to be capable of being bent when being mounted on the window frame. An outer peripheral side of the lateral wall connecting portion formed from the sponge material is covered with a covering portion made of a solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yosuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140373457
    Abstract: Systems, devices and components for the sealing of doors, including overhead doors at loading docks, and associated methods of manufacture and use are disclosed herein. A door sealing system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a seal extension having a body with a first edge and a second edge. The seal extension can include a bulb seal portion extending from the first edge to form a first seal between the door and a first surface extending adjacent to a side edge of the door. The seal extension can also include a blade seal portion extending from the second edge to form a second seal between the door and a second surface extending adjacent to an upper edge of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: William C. Eungard, Joshua James Brown, Ryan John Talbot
  • Patent number: 8910422
    Abstract: A seal assembly located at the intersection of an extension room and wall of a recreation vehicle, the seal assembly having a flap seal, a bulb snap-in member attached to the flap seal, and a bulb seal member attachable to the bulb snap-in member in a snap-fit manner. The bulb seal member may be attached to the bulb snap-in member by a living hinge. The flap seal may be made removable from the bulb snap-in member. Two flap seals may be used to attach to either side of the recreation vehicle wall. The two flap seals may be connectable with each other and adjustable via a longitudinal mating shaft on one flap seal and a longitudinal mating shaft receiving member on the second flap seal. The seal assembly may be manufactured by a multi-extrusion process so that various components can be made of different materials, such as different types of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Trim-Lok, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Siegel
  • Patent number: 8910423
    Abstract: A door weather strip for a vehicle includes a weather strip body, an upper rib, a lower rib and a sealing portion. The weather strip body has an assembly groove. The upper rib and lower rib extend outward from one side of the weather strip body at a predetermined distance in a height direction of the weather strip body. The sealing portion is integrally connected with the upper rib and the lower rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jong Hae Lee
  • 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: 8893438
    Abstract: A weather strip is provided. The weather strip is arranged so as to intersect a portion joined by overlapping a plurality of panels, and is provided with a tip projection portion which projects onto an extension line of the exterior side wall portion from the tip of an exterior side wall portion of an attachment portion. The tip projection portion is formed from a material which deforms easier than a material forming the sealing portion and is formed in a shape which becomes thin towards a projecting direction with a width dimension which does not exceed the thickness of the tip of the exterior side wall portion in a cross section along the width direction of the attachment portion, and when the attachment portion is attached to the flange, the tip projection portion stretches in the longitudinal direction of the attachment portion and comes into contact with the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Hamada, Takeyasu Horie, Yoshinori Miyake
  • Patent number: 8869456
    Abstract: A glass run includes a forked outer lip, wherein: one interval between a base root and an intermediate part of the inner lip is swelled and curved toward an inner-cabin side wall side and another interval between the intermediate part and a top end is swelled and curved toward an outer-cabin side wall side; a displacement point is on the connecting wall side compared with a top end of the outer-attaching lip of the outer lip; and the door glass abuts the inner lip and slidably moves toward the top end side and an outer-cabin side surface of the door glass abuts the outer-attaching lip and the inner-attaching lip while an inner-cabin side surface of the door glass abuts the inner lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshifumi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20140311040
    Abstract: A weatherstrip includes: a welt section in a substantially letter U shape in cross section attached to the flange; and a trim lip formed on an outer surface of an inner side wall section to cover an end edge of a vehicular body trim. The flange is held from both sides by means of holding lips extended obliquely toward a summit section from the inner surfaces of the respective side wall sections. A projection section is projected on a back side of the outer holding lip. When the flange is fitted, the outer holding lip is struck on the projection section and positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: KINUGAWA RUBBER IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi ONE
  • Publication number: 20140290143
    Abstract: An opening trim weatherstrip includes an attaching base portion that is attached to a flange formed on a vehicle body opening peripheral edge and a hollow seal portion that is provided integrally on the attaching base portion and is abutted to an outer periphery of a door frame or a door panel of a vehicle door to seal a gap between the vehicle door and the vehicle body opening peripheral edge. The hollow seal portion includes a proximal hollow portion and a distal hollow portion. The distal hollow portion includes a first distal hollow seal wall and a second distal hollow seal wall. The first distal hollow seal wall is formed in a curved surface with a curvature radius of 20 to 80 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu YAMADA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Mitsunobu TERAMOTO, Daisuke SAKAI, Hirofumi OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 8839564
    Abstract: A one-piece seal is used between the rear doors of a semi-trailer truck and the rear frame of the truck, the seal having a good compression set resistance. The seal is made from multiple extrusion members that are fused, welded, or otherwise integrally, monolithically connected at corner joints to form a central opening. The extrusion members have a sealing profile, or cross-section, that allows for the compression and deflection of a pair of sealing lobes to create inner and outer seals, respectively, between the trailer frame and the door structure at the rear of a semi-trailer truck, as well as between the doors themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Press-Seal Gasket Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Happel, Myron S. Worley, Katherine A. Bergfeld
  • Publication number: 20140260009
    Abstract: A wall jamb for a showering enclosure includes a plurality of legs configured to receive the shower door panel therebetween, a base connecting the plurality of legs such that the wall jamb is generally U-shaped, and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed at an exterior surface of the base. The pressure sensitive adhesive is configured to adhere to a wall of the showering enclosure. The plurality of legs and the base are formed of a resilient material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Ball, Kyle Kragenbring
  • Patent number: 8820711
    Abstract: A slide gate having a frame assembly including an intermediate cross member coupled between a first and second gate guide members defining a corresponding pair of side channel elements each containing an elongate side seal which abut opposed ends of an elongate top seal secured to the intermediate cross member to seal a gate slidely engaged in the pair of side channel elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Waterman Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Mikesell, Darryl Ray Pauls