Abstract: A sealing lip assembly exhibits improved load loss and compression set properties. In a first embodiment, a seal lip has a first end connected to a base and a second end extending outwardly from the base. A hinge is provided in the seal lip between the first and second ends to allow the second end to angularly rotate relative to the base wherein the base and seal lip are made from a single elastomeric material. In a second embodiment, a seal lip has a first end connected to a base and a second end extending outwardly from the base. A hinge is provided between the first and second ends to allow the second end to angularly rotate relative to the base. The base and seal lip are made from different hardness elastomeric materials. The seal lip has a first durometer portion over substantially an entire length between the hinge and the second end, and a second durometer portion from the first end to a knit line formed where the first and second durometer portions abut one another.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: A weatherseal assembly and associated method of forming same includes a generally U-shaped body including a base and first and second legs extending outwardly therefrom to form a glassrun cavity dimensioned to receive an associated window edge therein. First and second seal lips extend from the first and second legs, respectively, for engagement with opposed, first and second surfaces of the associated window. A first material is a stiffer, more rigid material than a second material that forms at least a portion of the second leg and the seal lips, such that at least a first portion of the first material forms the first leg extending outwardly from the base such that the first leg has a reduced thickness to provide a flush assembly of the weatherseal assembly, associated window and associated vehicle component.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: A method for reinforcing, baffling and/or sealing components of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The method includes providing a carrier and disposing masses of expandable material onto the carrier. The method further provides for providing a fastener connected to the carrier.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: An automotive pillar reinforcement system having a skeleton member designed to be secured to a vehicle pillar, such as an automotive “B” pillar. An expandable material, such as an epoxy-based reinforcing material, is disposed on the skeleton member. In one application, the system is utilized to reinforce structural portions of an automotive vehicle, such as a “B” pillar found in a vehicle, wherein the material expands and cures during an automobile assembly operation, bonding the reinforcement system to the pillar structure and the vehicle panels.

Abstract: A window seal assembly for attachment to a vehicle door around the door's window opening is provided. The window seal assembly includes a glass run channel and an inner flock seal both formed from extruded rubber or plastic and including metallic reinforcements. The glass run channel portion is attached to the frame along the pillars via a plurality of fasteners and the inner flock seal fits over a flange extending from the frame. Both the glass run channel and the inner flock seal include lips extending relatively toward the other to form a window pane receiving channel.