Weatherstrips Patents (Class 296/93)
  • Patent number: 7118169
    Abstract: A front pillar garnish includes an ornamental head portion having an inward end, a groove wall protruding the ornamental head portion toward a window pane and defining a rain water gutter in cooperation with a surface of the window pane, and amounting leg portion protruding from the ornamental head portion toward a gap between the window pain and a front pillar for mounting the front pillar garnish. The groove wall includes first and second groove walls respectively positioned at an upper side and a lower side in a longitudinal direction of the front pillar garnish. A maximum distance in a direction toward an outer peripheral end face of the window pane from the inward end of the ornamental head portion to the second groove wall is larger than a maximum distance from the inward end of the ornamental head portion to the first groove wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignees: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Hara, Koichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7111889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gasket seal (1) in the form of a profile comprising a U-shaped groove (23), which is intended to claim the edge (9) of the window (3) and a flexible masking lip (25) which is used to conceal the gap (8) between the window and the body (5). The inventive seal also comprises a longitudinal rib (29) which is provided with local deformations (30) that act as positioners (17). The method of producing the aforementioned gasket seal comprises a step involving the extrusion of a profile which comprises a U-shaped groove, a flexible masking lip and a continuous longitudinal rib and, subsequently, a step whereby said rib is deformed locally in order to form the positioners. During said deformation step, the rib is flattened locally by a crushing or pinching in order to reduce the thickness thereof and increase the height of same in the relevant area. The invention is particularly suitable for manufactures of motor vehicle accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Rehau SA
    Inventor: Eddy Pennerath
  • Patent number: 7083212
    Abstract: A pillar applique for use at a pillar area (e.g., A-pillar area) of a vehicle. The pillar applique includes a substrate portion and a thermoplastic elastomer portion. Each of the substrate portion (21) and the thermoplastic elastomer portion (23) are formed via injection molding in certain embodiments of the invention, and the thermoplastic elastomer portion may be injection molded over the substrate portion during its forming process (or vice versa) so that the two portions may be bonded to one another without the need for additional adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Joseph J. Randazzo
  • Patent number: 7073842
    Abstract: A fitting structure of window molding 1 equipped with base part 2 fitted into the circumferential edge of window glass G, and seal lip part 3 which extends toward body panels P from the base part 2, to be contacted with the surface of the body panel P, wherein notch 12 is formed at an inside of a vehicle body between the base part 2 and the seal lip part 3, and seal member 11 is formed between the base part 2 side from the notch 12 and the body panes P in the window molding 1, to thereby prevent the fall of fitting rigidity of the window molding in fitting the window molding having a notch formed therein, and suppress a float force of a seal lip part, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mamoru Kagawa
  • Patent number: 7059656
    Abstract: A vehicle window molding for covering a gap between an outer peripheral edge surface of a vehicle windowpane and a vehicle body panel includes a molding body mounted in abutment against the outer peripheral end surface of the windowpane. An engaging member extends from the molding body to engage with the windowpane on the side of passenger compartment of the vehicle body. A seal lip extends from the molding body to abut against a stepped surface of the vehicle body panel. A support lip extends toward the molding body from a part of the seal lip where the seal lip abuts against said stepped surface. An abutting member is formed at a distal end part of the support lip to press the molding body in a slidable condition. A holding member has a holding surface that abuts against the support lip to hold the abutting member in a condition in which the molding is fitted to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Altia Hashimoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Mikkaichi, Tomoaki Okano
  • Patent number: 7045189
    Abstract: A molding for closing a recess between a pair of body panels includes a head portion, a stem portion, and at least one leg member. The head portion has a width sufficient to close the opening when the molding is installed in the recess. The stem portion can be formed of a harder plastic material than the leg member and has a width enabling the stem portion to pass through an opening in the recess. The leg member is formed of a softer material and extends from the stem portion for frictional engagement with the side wall of the recess. A living hinge can be formed in the leg member to facilitate deflection of the leg member during insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: General Motors of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Paul Hui, William J. Raymor
  • Patent number: 6986539
    Abstract: A fixing member (i.e., a connection cord fitting member), may be fixed to a counter-part member, such as a camera or an antenna, for retaining a fixed member, such as a connection cord. The fixing member includes a retention hole portion for retaining the fixed member, a cut portion or cutout portion for inserting the fixed member into the retention hole portion, and a clamp portion for clamping the counter-part member by resiliency. The fixing member can be used in a vehicle-mounted apparatus and a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Morimura
  • Patent number: 6979041
    Abstract: A molding for a window or windshield is described. The molding includes a channel for engaging a window or windshield. The molding includes a window or windshield contact portion that forms a portion of the channel and is made from a material having a greater elasticity than other parts of the molding. The molding reduces or eliminates visual flaws that may be encountered when a window or windshield is installed in an opening of a structure exposed to varying environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: REHAU Incorporated
    Inventors: Frederick May, Gennadiy Mesh
  • Patent number: 6973754
    Abstract: A windowpane is supported in a gasket by a support member so that a space for allowing the windowpane to shift therein is ensured between an end surface of the windowpane and a surface in a channel of the gasket facing the end surface, the gasket having the channel for receiving a peripheral edge of the windowpane, and the support member being removable from the gasket. The windowpane can be easily removed from a body panel by removing the support member and shifting the windowpane into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shigehiko Iguchi, Nobuyuki Tamai, Nobutaka Kojima
  • Patent number: 6971702
    Abstract: A windshield trim molding is affixed to the peripheral edge of an automotive windshield during the manufacturing process of mounting the windshield on an automobile chassis. The windshield molding incorporates an extruded strip of elastomeric material, such as ALCRYN or RAUPREN melt-processible rubber, at the contact surface of the molding where a windshield primer is applied to the glass prior to the installation of the molding. As a result, the elastomeric material becomes bonded to the windshield glass, rather than the plastic molding. The strip of extruded elastomeric material is softer than either the windshield glass or the plastic molding and absorbs any failure due to differences in thermal expression rates between the plastic molding and the windshield glass, thus preventing spalling at the peripheral edge of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tom Boettger, Mukta Mehandru, Kris Cockerel, Maria Hertaler, Carolyn Tatge
  • Patent number: 6946194
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chris Conway Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Senaka Kiridena
  • Patent number: 6926335
    Abstract: A window having with a first surface, a second surface and an edge face is provided. A mould having an upper section and a moulding bed with a mould surface, which together form a mould channel into which a polymeric material can be introduced to form the trim, is also provided. At least a part of the window is inserted into the mould channel so that the perimeter of first window surface contacts the moulding bed and the window surface extends parallel to the mould surface. The polymeric material is introduced into the mould channel and the polymeric material adheres to the perimeter of the second surface of the window to provide a trim section which projects beyond the second surface and covers the edge face of the window, while preventing the adhesion of the trim section to the edge face of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Thomas Orten, Thomas Bischof, Ulrich Behrend
  • Patent number: 6883847
    Abstract: A flange cover with a trim lip is provided for finishing a vehicle flange, wherein the flange cover can include a seal. The flange cover is affixed to a single side of the flange and the trip lip projects from an opposed side of the flange to be spaced from the flange. The trim lip can be sized to contact an interior trim piece of the vehicle to occlude a gap between the flange and the interior trim piece. A seal can be operably located on an outside surface of a flange engaging leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Schlegel Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin R. Willett
  • Patent number: 6860067
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Conway Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Senaka Kiridena
  • Patent number: 6860539
    Abstract: A window 30 is a two-color molding comprising a transparent section 32 and a frame section 31 integrated with the transparent section 32, the frame section 31 and the transparent section 32 are formed with a first material and a second material respectively, and the first material is a thermoplastic resin with the linear thermal expansion coefficient in the MD direction lower by 1×10?5 to 3×10?5 (mm/(mm.K)) than that of the second material, and also with the MD/TD ratio for the linear thermal expansion coefficient in the range from 0.6 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignees: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Watanabe, Tomomi Hasegawa, Akio Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 6854784
    Abstract: In an integral drip molding in which a window guard section 21 along the front window W and a roof guard section 22 along the roof R are integrally formed, a lip section that contacts the front window W or the roof R is of a double construction, having an outer lip section 25 and inner lip section 26. The inner lip section 26 in the roof guard section 22 is positioned within a concave groove 28 formed at the portion where the roof R and the side panel 3 are connected, so that water that is forced into the rear section of the window guard section 21 flows into the concave groove 28 through a space S between the two lip sections 25 and 26. Thus overflow of water from the rear end of the window guard section to the side window is reliably prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kagawa, Hiroyuki Sase, Tetuji Tamura
  • Patent number: 6854786
    Abstract: A beam (2, 22) is provided for use as an A-pillar (21) and roof rail (1) of a vehicle. The beam is a closed profile elongated element defining a longitudinally extending recess (3, 23) for housing a weather strip (4, 24). The recess (3, 23) includes a base (14, 34), an inner wall (15, 35) and an outer wall (16, 36) and the weather strip (4, 24) is attached to the recess (3, 23). The weather strip (4, 24) is attached to the base (14, 34) of the recess by a double-sided adhesive tape (17, 37) pre-applied to the weather strip (4, 24) which adheres to the base of the recess on contact or by application of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Accra Teknik AB
    Inventors: Göran Berglund, Ingemar Wallström, Mats Lindberg
  • Patent number: 6849310
    Abstract: A contiguous surface film for a composite strip, such as a weatherseal is disclosed, wherein the surface film is formed of a colliquefied powder coating. The surface film can be located on a carrier, sealing or trim portion of the weatherseal, wherein the surface film can be colored, and selected to provide a desired surface characteristic such as reduced coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Schlegel Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin R. Willett
  • Patent number: 6846034
    Abstract: A weather strip for use between a closure panel and the body of a vehicle includes a foundation bulb extending about the periphery of an opening in the body and a contactor bulb supported entirely by the foundation bulb and having a compliance which is less than the compliance of the foundation bulb such that the configuration of the contactor bulb remains relatively invariant as sidewalls of the foundation bulb deform in response to a compressive load imposed by the closure panel and the body opening panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Angus, Matthew Partsch, Tadeusz J. Siedlecki
  • Patent number: 6826883
    Abstract: Flexible molding for use in eliminating a gap between a windshield and an opening, or a pane and an opening, is accomplished by a unique hinge groove between an exterior surface member of the molding and a seat member. By pinching the two members together, the channel that receives and attaches to the windshield is widened, making it much easier to attach the molding to a windshield. Also, inside the channel are one or more barbs that ensure good retention of the molding to the windshield or pane. The barbs also provide better gripping for any adhesive used in the channel when securing the molding to a windshield. Also provided are primer ridges for improved adhesion of the molding to the car body or other structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Rehau Incorporated
    Inventors: Nelson Guzman, John Kimball
  • Patent number: 6824197
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a preferred embodiment of a panel retention device is provided. A further aspect of the present invention includes a base portion having a rib extending from less than an entirety of a periphery of a first surface to define an open recess. In another aspect of the present invention, the retention device has a pivot axis defining an elongated center of a torsion bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventor: Steven Michael Benedetti
  • Patent number: 6814385
    Abstract: Molded articles (10, 10′) are designed to be received within a space (S) between a window frame (2) of a vehicle body panel (1) and a window panel (7) attached thereto. The molded articles may include a molding body (11) arranged and constructed to partially contact the window panel when the molded article is received within the space. The molded article further may include an elastic lip (30) continuously extending from the molding body and arranged and constructed to partially elastically contact the window frame and to elastically deform when the molded article is received within the space. Moreover, a connecting strip (31) may continuously extend between the elastic lip and the molding body. The connecting strip is preferably arranged and constructed to apply a force to a portion of the molding body when the elastic lip is elastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20040217620
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plastic window for an automotive vehicle in which a hollow frame portion is separately molded from a main optical panel the frame portion bonded to the perimeter of the main panel as by melt bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Exatec, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark M. Matsco, Michael E. Sykes, David Kusuma
  • Patent number: 6810635
    Abstract: An automotive window trim molding for fixed glass windows is formed from a flexible polymeric material and has a channel section for receiving an edge of a fixed glass window. A double-sided adhesive foam tape is provided on an interior wall of the channel section to bond the molding to a glass panel received within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Steven R. Meizlish
  • Publication number: 20040212216
    Abstract: A fitting structure of window molding 1 equipped with base part 2 fitted into the circumferential edge of window glass G, and seal lip part 3 which extends toward body panels P from the base part 2, to be contacted with the surface of the body panel P, wherein notch 12 is formed at an inside of a vehicle body between the base part 2 and the seal lip part 3, and seal member 11 is formed between the base part 2 side from the notch 12 and the body panes P in the window molding 1, to thereby prevent the fall of fitting rigidity of the window molding in fitting the window molding having a notch formed therein, and suppress a float force of a seal lip part, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Mamoru Kagawa
  • Patent number: 6802666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing connecting element, a sealing end piece and a seal. In practice different seals are known which are produced as three dimensional structures and then given to the customer. The production, wherein profile strips are ready-made by cutting and adhesion to form the three dimensional structures or wherein the three dimensional structure is obtained by means of corner injection molding, is very costly. In order to simplify the production of seals, it is provided in accordance with the invention that sealing connecting elements and/or sealing end pieces are to be produced as separate molded parts made of a thermoplastic elastomer and these molded parts to be connected, shortly before the installation of a seal, to sealing profile strips to form a complete seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Meteor Gummiwerke K.H. Badje GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Josef Bormann, Gero Wedderkopf
  • Patent number: 6769700
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for vehicle windscreens (10) comprises a profiled element (20) to be attached to a lower marginal area (12) of the windscreen. A spring member (25) serves for sealed locking engagement with a snapper fin (16) of a water box cover (14) and has a sealing lip (30), fitting between the bottom edge (13) of the windscreen and the upper edge (18) of the water box cover (14). The sealing lip 30 is substantially flush with external surfaces A and G and is bonded to, or integral with, an inclined surface (22) that projects outwardly from a supporting or wedge-shaped rib (21) and has a resiliently deformable, preferably wedge-shaped curved element which is clamped between, and supported by, the bottom edge (12) of the windscreen and the fin (16). The profiled element (20) and/or the sealing lip (30) can be composite elements which are soft on the outside and hard on the inside. Stiffeners 26 and 26′ increase the elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ortmüller, Günter Gründel
  • Patent number: 6726978
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is the development of a support strip, which lends a seal, made from a rubber material, a stiffness adequate for production and assembly, has good extension and compression properties, has an adequate mobility in order to be able to follow the given directional curves of the chassis components and lends the seal a clamping force sufficient for a secure and durable seating of the seal on the attachment flange of the chassis components. Said aim must be achieved with the proviso of a lowest possible weight and low production costs for said support strip. The aim is achieved by means of an asymmetric arrangement of short (2) and long (3) wedge-like recesses and slots (4) in the support strip as in FIG. 1, permitting a low weight and low production costs in fulfilling the said aims. The invention further relates to an asymmetric strip which can be used as reinforcing support for a seal made from rubber material in chassis production of automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Saar Gummi GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Sehr
  • Patent number: 6723414
    Abstract: A vehicle glass run is formed with a horizontal-side extrusion part, vertical-side extrusion parts, and corner molding parts for connecting the terminal ends of those in an L shape by molding. The horizontal-side extrusion part and the vertical-side extrusion parts are made of a first material of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer. The corner molding parts are made of a second material which is an olefin thermoplastic elastomer and has a viscosity lower than that of the first material. The material swiftly reaches the terminal ends of the extrusion parts, and heat welds them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Aritake, Hitoshi Omori
  • Patent number: 6719351
    Abstract: In a window (1), which is intended in particular to be fitted in a bodywork opening (11) of a vehicle, which is equipped on at least a main surface, intended to face inwards in the fitted state, with a profiled bead (2) which comprises, as lateral covering attachment, a lip (5) projecting beyond the edge of the pane (1) with a sealing rib (7) which can be applied against an adjacent wall part (13) when the window is fitted, there is provided on the lip (5), according to the invention, parallel to the first sealing rib (6) which can be applied against the wall part (13), at least one second sealing rib (7) which can be applied against the edge (21) of the window without adhesion contact. In this way, a covering of the lateral space is obtained effecting in practice a closure flush with the main surface of the pane and with the adjacent wall or bodywork surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Gerd Cornils, Florian Fischer, Frank Bihn, Ulrich Behrend
  • Patent number: 6719365
    Abstract: An integrated molding of an automobile and a method of manufacturing thereof, into which separated conventional molding pieces manufactured hitherto in various ways, such as a drip rail molding and a rear piece drip rail molding, are incorporated, and which is integrally manufactured in a unified single manufacturing way including the insert-injection molding and pressing. In the integrated molding, clips, which are separately manufactured from and assembled with conventional moldings and assembled with a vehicle frame or a drip rail attached to the vehicle frame or assembling holes formed through the vehicle frame, are integrally with the integrated molding by insert-injection molding, so that the integrated molding can be assembled with an automobile simply by inserting the clips into holes formed through the vehicle frame. Therefore, the process of manufacturing the integrated molding is simplified, and the integrated molding can effectively prevent wind noise and water-introduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Hwan Deok Lee
  • Patent number: 6715818
    Abstract: In a sealing element for a movable roof section of a vehicle which seal element includes a pocket delimited by a sealing wall of the sealing element and is open toward one side for receiving cables, a cable guide channel is formed on the inside of the sealing wall so as to be accessible by way of the open side of the pocket and a sealing lip extends over the open side of the pocket and forms, between the outside of the sealing wall and the sealing lip, a seal channel for receiving a part of the movable roof section when the movable roof section is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Raisch, Reiner Hess
  • Patent number: 6715821
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a first ornamental molding (2), comprises a second molding (10) independent of the first ornamental molding (2) and integrally fixed to and along the periphery of a window glass (1), and a molding clip (6) for holding the first molding (2). The molding clip (6) is fixed to the second molding (10 upon a molding process of the second molding. The molding clip (6) includes a body portion (17) defining therein a space for receiving an engagement portion (29) of the first molding, an engagement pawl (18) disposed on the inside of the body portion and adapted to engage with the engagement portion (29) of the first molding, and a flange (19) formed on the outside of the body portion and enclosed in the second molding (10) so as to fix the molding clip (6) to the second molding (10). The molding clip (6) is adapted to be positioned in a gap between the periphery of the window glass and a window frame (11) of a vehicle body by placing the window glass (1) on the window frame (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Hideki Kanie, Toru Koike
  • Publication number: 20040021334
    Abstract: A windshield assembly having a windshield outer periphery and including a first transparent member, a second transparent member and a transparent interlayer disposed between the first transparent member and the second transparent member. The assembly includes an insert having a first portion and a second portion, and the insert extends a portion of the windshield assembly outer periphery. A portion of the first portion of the insert extends between the first transparent member and the second transparent member. An insert for a windshield assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Calvin B. Blevins, Shaun E. Jessup
  • Patent number: 6685252
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is used for a folding roof of a hardtop vehicle, which has a front roof part, a rear roof part and a frame. The rear roof part can be moved from a closed position into a storage position inside a rear luggage space. The frame has a rear window and is pivotable in relation to the lateral roof pillars. The seal arrangement includes a sealing strip at least partially disposed in a region adjacent to a front end of the rear window, and an additional seal extending under the rear window and from the region of the pivoting axis to a rear edge of the rear window. The sealing strip extends under the front roof part and the lateral roof pillars and into a region of a pivoting axis of the rear window. The sealing strip includes a main seal having a surface, a comfort seal, and a channel disposed between the main seal and comfort seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
  • Publication number: 20040012220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure and manufacturing device for a sealing strap of windshield with variable section, more specifically, to a structure and manufacturing device used as a connecting device to connect a windshield frame and a windshield, also to a structure and manufacturing device which can be manufactured by modeling technology. Said invention comprises a main body, on the end thereof with a windshield frame connecting part which enable the present invention to be fixed on said windshield frame. On the front end of said main body, a containing slot for windshield is placed and with detachable dual-side tape and non-dry glue being placed within said containing slot. Beside said containing slot of said main body on two sides of said windshield, water blocking blades are placed, and in the inside bottom thereof, there is drain slot being placed to drain out huge volume of water generated suddenly in heavy rains or a storm in which a driver driving a car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: YIH-TAIR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yung-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 6676194
    Abstract: A window arrangement for a vehicle has a viewing window and a window support frame which is fastened to the interior side of the window facing a vehicle interior, the window arrangement also having a sealing strip for the window edge, which sealing strip is fastened by means of a fastening extension to the window support frame. In order to permit a fast mounting of the sealing strip on the viewing window, the window support frame has a receiving recess for the fastening extension of the sealing strip, the fastening extension being held by at least one clamping element in the receiving recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Pfertner, Reiner Armbruster
  • Publication number: 20030218351
    Abstract: In an integral drip molding in which a window guard section 21 along the front window W and a roof guard section 22 along the roof R are integrally formed, a lip section that contacts the front window W or the roof R is of a double construction, having an outer lip section 25 and inner lip section 26. The inner lip section 26 in the roof guard section 22 is positioned within a concave groove 28 formed at the portion where the roof R and the side panel 3 are connected, so that water that is forced into the rear section of the window guard section 21 flows into the concave groove 28 through a space S between the two lip sections 25 and 26. Thus overflow of water from the rear end of the window guard section to the side window is reliably prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Mamoru Kagawa, Hiroyuki Sase, Tetuji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20030214146
    Abstract: A movable modular window assembly, having as a component thereof, a flexible seal, having a base portion and two arm-like projections, secured to a major surface of a transparent substrate material, is disclosed. A peripheral gasket, and the seal, spaced inwardly from the gasket, are, preferably, molded onto the transparent substrate in a single molding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Robert R. Frutig, Charles E. Ash
  • Patent number: 6644718
    Abstract: A structure of a roof-side portion of a motor vehicle has a roof-side garnish composed of a synthetic resin, which is attached to the roof-side portion including a front pillar. The garnish has a band-shaped main portion, and an attaching portion which protrudes inwardly from about a widthwise center of an inside surface of the main portion in a direction perpendicular thereto. The attaching portion is secured to a door-opening surface of the roof-side portion, which defines a door opening in a vehicle body, such that an upper part of the main portion covers a roof-side surface of the roof-side portion, and a lower part of the main portion extends downwardly of an outside end of the roof-side surface. A retainer is secured to the attaching portion of the garnish on the inner side of a closed door glass so as to face the lower part of the garnish through the closed door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Nozaki
  • Patent number: 6643984
    Abstract: A frame-attached window panel wherein a frame member comprises a base portion attached firmly to a peripheral portion of a window panel and a primary molding molded integrally with the base portion, and the primary molding is made of a material different from the material for the base portion. The generation of noises can be suppressed by the presence of the frame member which can be formed at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kato, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Takanobu Kondo, Nobuyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6641204
    Abstract: A molding attaching structure includes a sash provided on an automobile door, an outer sash mounted to the sash, and a molding mounted to the outer sash. When a door glass of the door is fully closed, the molding has its one side end laid over an edge of the door glass. The molding has its outer surface substantially flush with an outer surface of an automobile body. The outer sash includes a molding attachment part projecting outwardly therefrom. The molding attachment part includes an extension part and an edge part. The edge part includes a first portion extending from the extension part away from the door glass and having a distal end bent back, and a second portion extending from the distal end across the extension part towards the door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Sankei Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Mikio Suzuki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takashi Yamanaka, Hideaki Sugimoto, Kazunari Iida
  • Publication number: 20030200717
    Abstract: Flexible molding for use in eliminating a gap between a windshield and an opening, or a pane and an opening, is accomplished by a unique hinge groove between an exterior surface member of the molding and a seat member. By pinching the two members together, the channel that receives and attaches to the windshield is widened, making it much easier to attach the molding to a windshield. Also, inside the channel are one or more barbs that ensure good retention of the molding to the windshield or pane. The barbs also provide better gripping for any adhesive used in the channel when securing the molding to a windshield. Also provided are primer ridges for improved adhesion of the molding to the car body or other structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Nelson Guzman, John Kimball
  • Publication number: 20030200718
    Abstract: The double glazed panel assembly comprises a glass holder frame which includes an inner annular glass supporting surface and an outer annular glass supporting surface which extends along an outer periphery of the inner annular glass supporting surface in a laterally spaced relationship and is raised relative to the inner annular glass supporting surface, and the outer and inner glass sheets are supported by the outer and inner annular glass supporting surfaces, respectively. Therefore, the outer peripheral part of the outer glass sheet provides an inwardly facing surface (facing the corresponding glass supporting surface of the glass holder frame) that is available as a surface for bonding onto the glass holder frame so that the outer glass sheet as well as the inner glass sheet can be firmly attached to the glass holder frame, and a required integrity of the assembly can be ensured even though the panel assembly presents a flush outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 6565148
    Abstract: A holding part of a cowl inner panel is disposed below a hood seal part of a cowl louver main body away therefrom by a predetermined distance, and the hood seal part is deformed by the impact force of a predetermined size or larger from the hood panel so as to reduce the deformation load on the hood panel. In the case impact force of a predetermined size or larger is applied on the hood panel, the impact force is transmitted to the hood seal part so that the hood seal part is deformed. Accordingly, the hood panel can be deformed drastically so that the impact to be applied from the hood panel onto the opposite party of the collision can be alleviated. Further, both end parts of a seal main body made from an elastic soft material, having a substantially U-shaped cross-section is fixed with a cowl louver and a flat plate part, respectively as well as the cowl louver and the flat plate part are fixed on the car body directly or indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Teramoto, Tetsumi Ichioka, Daiichiro Kawashima, Yasuo Shibuya, Kazutoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20030090122
    Abstract: An automotive window trim molding for fixed glass windows is formed from a flexible polymeric material and has a channel section for receiving an edge of a fixed glass window. A double-sided adhesive foam tape is provided on an interior wall of the channel section to bond the molding to a glass panel received within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Steven R. Meizlish
  • Publication number: 20030075947
    Abstract: Molded articles (10, 10′) are designed to be received within a space (S) between a window frame (2) of a vehicle body panel (1) and a window panel (7) attached thereto. The molded articles may include a molding body (11) arranged and constructed to partially contact the window panel when the molded article is received within the space. The molded article further may include an elastic lip (30) continuously extending from the molding body and arranged and constructed to partially elastically contact the window frame and to elastically deform when the molded article is received within the space. Moreover, a connecting strip (31) may continuously extend between the elastic lip and the molding body. The connecting strip is preferably arranged and constructed to apply a force to a portion of the molding body when the elastic lip is elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6513854
    Abstract: A method for adhering/bonding a frame profile (e.g., weather strip, water seal, spacer, etc.) to a substrate (e.g., glass or plastic substrate) in the context of a vehicle window unit. An extruded frame profile is cut, notched, and/or heated in order to create a corner portion thereof that will more easily conform to a corner area of the substrate. In certain embodiments, a V-shaped notch may be cut in the profile, while in other embodiments the profile may be mitered. In still further embodiments, the profile may be heated in order to enable a corner area thereof to more easily bend/stretch at a corner area of the substrate to which it is bonded/attached. The profile may be bonded/attached to the substrate via double sided tape, via selectively heat-activatable adhesive, or any other suitable adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignees: Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.), Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Herve Lagrue, Craig A. Baldwin, Laurent Dahm, Frank Thurau
  • Publication number: 20030006623
    Abstract: A device is provided for assembling a fixed-mount vehicle window glass, particularly a windshield, with a component contiguous with one edge of the vehicle window glass, such as a water tray. A profiled part is fixed to the edge of the window glass. The profiled part may be a profiled strip that adheres to the vehicle window glass, and has a lip which joins smoothly and continuously with the free main face of the vehicle window glass. On its underside, the lip may include means of assembly with the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Gerd Cornils, Florian Fischer, Ulrich Behrend, Thomas Orten
  • Patent number: 6491334
    Abstract: A sealing profile having a profile base for attachment by insertion into a receiving orifice of a bodywork part and has a sealing portion which is attached to the profile base. The profile base is provided with a structural part and a holding limb which is formed as one piece therewith. The holding limb is formed for the purpose of engaging behind a first projection of the bodywork part and is formed so as to be able to fold in a resilient manner in the direction of the structural part. The profile base includes a holding surface which faces away from the holding limb and opposite which lies an edge of a fabric top. A locking strip is attached to the edge and in the assembled state is disposed inside the receiving orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Meteor Gummiwerke K.H. Bädje GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Jens Anders