Plural Distinct Seals Patents (Class 49/484.1)
  • Publication number: 20080164373
    Abstract: A door arrangement for tightly closing a door opening comprises a door frame, a door which, when closed, is arranged in the door frame, and inner and outer sealing lips. The inner and outer sealing lips run next to each other along a periphery of the door opening between a first surface of the door and a second surface of the door frame, wherein the first and second surfaces face each other. The inner and outer sealing lips bound a space formed between them. The door arrangement further comprises a pressure-reducing device configured to reduce pressure in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Thorsten Roming
  • Publication number: 20080134584
    Abstract: A sealing device for sliding window and door openings with a self-sealing pass-through opening for electrical cords and the like includes a body having a generally planar panel with a pass-through aperture formed therein, and a perimeter frame surrounding the panel, and a self-sealing pass-through seal assembly connected to the panel of the body around and over the aperture. The seal assembly includes a brush seal with a pair of brushes disposed in opposing relation with each having bristles extending toward and meeting each other, and a web seal, formed of a thin flexible membrane with a slit formed therein, overlying the brush seal. Several embodiments of the seal assembly are provided. The panel may be formed of a single transparent pane, of double transparent panes, of screen mesh, or a combination thereof. The body length may be fixed or adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas M. McGhee
  • Patent number: 7325859
    Abstract: A door sash header for an automotive vehicle includes a glazing seal retainer, an external trim retention portion, and a multi-channel weatherstrip retention structure which utilizes upwardly and downwardly opening channels cooperating with the door sash to retain a weatherstrip upon the header without the need for additional fastening devices such as mechanical fasteners or adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Brancaleone, Ronald Machin, Greg Dobieralski, Michael Kozak
  • Publication number: 20080010904
    Abstract: A door assembly for disposition in a building includes a vertical member, a weather strip adjacent the vertical member, and a door selectively moveable to be adjacent the weather strip opposite the vertical member. A threshold extends below the door and the vertical member extends upwardly from a lower end. A corner pad is mounted to the lower end of the vertical member. The corner pad includes a base surface abutting the threshold, a first edge surface extending upwardly from the base surface between the vertical member and the weather strip, and a lower reservoir surface extending upwardly from the first edge surface. The lower reservoir surface extends inwardly into the corner pad defining a reservoir between the vertical member and the weather strip. The corner pad includes a second reservoir surface extending angularly from said lower reservoir surface for preventing the water from splashing out of said reservoir and into an interior of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: James W. Meeks, Brian S. Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20070289221
    Abstract: A combination sealing system and seal activation system for use with a combination of a panel and a frame includes a plurality of sealing systems and a seal activation systems. Each of the sealing systems include an anchor, at least one movable member, and an actuator. The anchor engages one of the panel and the frame, and the anchor movable from a first position to a second position towards the panel. The at least one movable member is positioned in an other of the panel and the frame and moves the anchor between the first position and the second position. The actuator is connected to the at least one movable member and drives the at least one movable member. The seal activation system is connected to each of the actuators of the plurality of sealing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: SPEYER DOOR AND WINDOW, INC.
    Inventors: William Kip Speyer, Jonathan D. Thielmann, Robby A. Marsh
  • Patent number: 7182119
    Abstract: A deformable screen for a window assembly including a sash movably coupled to a frame. The sash is moveable in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the frame. The deformable screen is coupled to the sash and includes at least one engagement portion slidably engaged against the frame. A spring member is coupled to the engagement portion and applies a restoring force to the engagement portion to seal it against the frame. In one option, the spring member includes a foam membrane. A method for making a screen assembly includes providing a frame and a sash disposed within the frame. A spring member is coupled around the sash and at least one engagement portion is coupled to the spring member. The engagement portion extends between the spring member and the window frame, in one option. In another option, the at least one engagement portion is slidably engaged against the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company
    Inventors: Bradley D. Woodward, Rebecca M. Huff, Russell A. Berstler, Ronald H. Pederson
  • Patent number: 6966601
    Abstract: A weather strip for a vehicle door for being fitted to an upper edge flange of a door inner panel forming a window opening edge of the vehicle door having a lifting/lowering window pane. The weather strip includes: a main body portion having an insertion groove to be fitted to the upper edge flange; a seal lip portion projecting from the main body portion to be in resilient contact with the lifting/lowering window pane; and a resilient retainer to be resiliently engaged with a door trim. The main body portion includes a fixing portion to be engaged with the upper edge flange. The resilient retainer is projected outward from the main body portion in a substantially horizontal direction and perpendicular to an attaching portion provided at an upper portion of the door trim, when the insertion groove is fitted to the upper edge flange substantially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuaki Nagai, Akihiro Tamaoki, Yuji Hisada
  • Patent number: 6938378
    Abstract: A weather strip for attachment along a side of a roof of a motor vehicle has a bottom portion to be attached to a door opening portion and a seal wall of which side ends are respectively connected to the bottom portion. The bottom portion and the seal wall define a tubular space of which the height is less than the width thereof. A widthwise inside half of the bottom portion is composed of a solid rubber, and is attached to the door opening portion via a base plate of a roof-side moulding. A widthwise outside half of the bottom portion and the seal wall are continuously formed of a sponge rubber. The widthwise outside half of the bottom portion serves as an extended part of the seal wall, and flexes along with the seal wall when the seal wall is pushed by a door glass upwardly, thereby sufficiently wrapping a peripheral edge of the door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nozaki, Shuji Nakano
  • Patent number: 6890022
    Abstract: An open air system (21) for an automotive vehicle includes a roof panel (23, 25), which can be retracted to a stowed position below a storage compartment cover (29). In another aspect of the present invention, two or more generally rigid roof panels (23, 25) are movable from above a passenger compartment (33) to below a generally horizontal plane (261). A further aspect of the present invention provides a back window (27), which can be raised and lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: ASC Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Doncov, Christopher J. Dilluvio, Donald R. Monroe, Jeffrey J. Murtfeldt
  • Patent number: 6810624
    Abstract: A structure of a molding part of a weather strip for use in a rear door by firmly attaching the molding part in the rear door so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs and ensures sufficient sealing property. The molding part is attached to a recess together with a slide arm 4. The recess is formed at the front lower end of the rear door. The molding part comprises merely a plate insert except sealing function parts. The sealing function parts elastically contact a car body side. The plate insert is fixed to the rear door by bolts and nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Fujimura, Isao Nakagawa, Yukihisa Matsuda, Yoshio Itou
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6640499
    Abstract: A door weather strip structure includes a first weather strip and a second weather strip, fitted into a door sash. A seal block kept in elastic contact with a retainer of the door sash is provided in the vicinity of a connection between a molded part which is a portion of the second weather strip, corresponding to the roof of an automobile, and an extruded part on the side of a pillar, positioned on a side opposite from an extruded part on the side of a center pillar. The seal block prevents water intruding on the molded part from flowing down through the gap passage formed among the first weather strip, the second weather strip, and the door sash making ingress into the interior of the automobile through the lower part of the front pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Masaki Soda
  • Publication number: 20030121210
    Abstract: There is provided a structure of a molding part of a weather strip for use in a rear door by firmly attaching the molding part in the rear door so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs and ensures sufficient sealing property. The molding part is attached to a recess together with a slide arm 4. The recess is formed at the front lower end of the rear door. The molding part comprises merely a plate insert except sealing function parts. The sealing function parts elastically contact a car body side. The plate insert is fixed to the rear door by bolts and nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshio Fujimura, Isao Nakagawa, Yukihisa Matsuda, Yoshio Itou
  • Patent number: 6536833
    Abstract: A weather strip has a base portion and seal lips. The base portion has a base bottom portion attached to a door frame, side wall portions extending from substantially opposite sides of the base bottom portion, and a bridge portion connecting the opposite side wall portions. A hollow portion is formed by these portions. An exterior-side seal lip is provided to extend from a substantially border portion between the exterior-side side wall portion and the bridge portion. An interior-side seal lip is provided to extend from the bridge portion more interior than the exterior-side seal lip. In the bridge portion, the opposite sides of the root portion of the interior-side seal lip are formed into thin portions respectively. Thus, when the door is closed, even if the gap is narrowed, the interior-side seal lip is bent and the bridge portion is deformed easily in the thin portions so that the repulsion stress is restrained from increasing conspicuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20030046873
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing material is attached to the bottom edge of a periphery of the lower portion of a car door 30. The material is positioned above the seal member 1 which makes a resilient contact with a body panel 20, and carries out the seal between the outside and the inside of the car. The material is made of a foam 10 having specific gravity of about 0.05-0.4. The material restrains the noise. The foam 10 may be provided with a plurality of protrusions 12 on the surface thereof, or it may be provided with a hollow part 13 along the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kohara, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Syuuji Raisu
  • Patent number: 6520571
    Abstract: A multi-part hollow chamber seal for sealing a rectangular cover (10) relative to the edge of a rectangular motor vehicle roof opening with a connecting part for connecting a sealing part (14) which runs around a curved comer to a sealing part (13) which adjoins it via a seam, in the form of a connecting tube (21) which penetrates the seam and which is inserted into the hollow chambers (19, 20) of the two sealing parts (13, 14). The connecting tube (21) extends along the entire bend of the sealing part (14) which runs around the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stemmer, Dirk Auerswald, Keith Bishop, Symon Lewis
  • Patent number: 6508034
    Abstract: A replaceable seal for water-tight and fire-resistant sliding doors, in particular for use on board ships and rigs, is roughly trapezoidal in shape having two opposite short sides, a long side therebetween, and a side of intermediate length opposite the long side. The intermediate length side of the seal is intended to lie against one of the arms of a Y-shaped support; one of the short sides of the seal is intended to lie against the upright of the Y-shaped support; the long side of the seat is intended to lie against a fastening device, preferably of a washer held with a bolt and nut; and the second short side forms the sealing surface of the seal for sealing against a door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: IMS A/S
    Inventor: Rolf Gunnar Nilsen
  • Patent number: 6397525
    Abstract: A seal structure mounted to an attachment stage of a car door panel comprising a weather strip and a dasher seal. The attachment stage includes a horizontal wall part at a lower end of the door panel and a vertical wall part provided continuously from the horizontal wall part at the lower end of the door panel. The weather strip has a base part that is attached to the horizontal wall part and a hollow part that elastically contacts a body panel of the car. The dasher seal has a base part that is attached to the vertical wall part and contacts the weather strip and a lip part that elastically contacts the body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishibashi, Jiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6332645
    Abstract: Sealing arrangement for a gap (3) between adjacent cover edges of two adjustable cover elements (1, 2) which lie behind one another in their closed position, i.e., cover elements of a motor vehicle sliding roof, sliding and lifting roof, spoiler roof, louvered roof or the like. In the gap area, at least one sealing element (6, 7) which is elastic at least in areas is attached to each of the two cover elements (1, 2) or to the frame parts (13 and 14) which are associated therewith. The two sealing elements (6, 7) are arranged symmetrically along the cover edges of the two cover elements (1, 2), and the two sealing elements overlap one another with sealing lips (11, 12) to form a seal in the gap area in the closed position of the cover elements (1, 2). The elasticity and shape of the sealing elements are such that the sealing elements allow mutual tilting and/or vertical adjustment movements of the two cover elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Schwarz
  • Patent number: 6314690
    Abstract: A high strength window screen frame that includes an extruded metal frame that fits within a window opening in a building. The frame is made up of a plurality of window frame units, each defining an opening and covered with mesh. A standoff leg portion of the window frame units provides a standoff separation of the mesh from a glass pane so that when objects strike the mesh and deflect the mesh, the glass pane is not impacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: CPI Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Lilie, Fred B. Arehart
  • Publication number: 20010034977
    Abstract: Each corner portion is formed between straight-lined portions so as to connect them. Each of the straight-lined portions has a trim portion having a substantially U-shape in section and a hollow seal portion. The corner portion has a molded trim portion and a molded hollow seal portion. The molded trim portion is formed of a hard material with predetermined hardness and flexibility so as to have a substantially U-shape in section. The molded hollow seal portion is composed of a soft material. The opening width between opposite side walls of the molded trim portion is formed to be narrower than the opening width between opposite side walls of the trim portion. Further an opening portion for drawing out a forming core member is formed at an edge of the molded hollow seal portion. Then, a flap portion is provided for abutting against the outer surface of the molded trim portion. Notch portions for facilitating the elastic deformation of the flap portion are formed in portions of the flap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Tsukasa Hattori
  • Patent number: 6247271
    Abstract: A door seal for an automotive vehicle that requires low insertion effort and high extraction effort, that makes correct insertion onto a weld flange easier, and that provides a complete seal even in tight corners without adversely affecting door closing effort. The seal attaches to a weld flange located around the perimeter of a side door opening of the automotive vehicle and has such features as a channel with hinged gripping fingers and digits, an anti-rotation member, a bulb shaped hollow sealing member, interior trim gap hiding lip and weld hiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Fioritto, David A. Okragly