Abstract: To reduce splash of water that has entered a gap between an upper end of a door and a vehicle body onto a locked portion. A part of a vertical side sealing portion 4 from a part including a water inlet 71 to at least a part above a hollow portion R3 is a die-molded portion. In the die-molded portion, a core removing hole 79 for removing a core used in molding is open at a cabin outer side relative to an attachment plate 80. A guide portion 90 for guiding water that has entered from the water inlet 71 to a cabin inner side relative to the core removing hole 79 is provided above the core removing hole 79 on the inner surface of the hollow portion R3.

Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container having a first wall, a second wall, and a rear wall angled to each other. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food. An ice maker has a housing, and the housing is formed by a wall area of the first wall of the interior container and a wall area of the second wall of the interior container in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit with a wall element being a component separate from the interior container and having an L-shape in cross-section. The wall element has a first wall plate and a second wall plate, which together form the L-shape. An elongated seal with a hollow portion is disposed on an edge of the wall element and seals the wall element to the interior container.

Abstract: A sealing structure and a refrigerated container having same. The sealing structure comprises a base, a protruding portion, a deforming portion, and connections through holes. The base is a bar having a predetermined thickness. The protruding portion and the deforming portion are on a sealing surface of the base, and are configured to protrude outwards relative to the sealing surface and extend lengthwise along the base. The deforming portion extends by the same length as but higher than the protruding portion. When the deforming portion is subjected to a force toward the sealing surface, the height decreases. The holes are between the protruding portion and the deforming portion along the base. The holes are spaced apart from each other in the lengthwise direction of the base. The performance of the sealing structure improves hermeticity of products, reduces quality risks, and ensures pressure-resistance installation and anti-weathering performance that extends service life.

Abstract: A cover for a door frame includes: a sealing member mounted to the door frame; and an inner cover covering at least a portion of the sealing member and at least a portion of the door frame, where a portion of the corner cover is embedded in the sealing member so that the inner cover and the sealing member form a unitary one-piece structure.

Abstract: A seal for sealing between first and second grooves, the seal comprising a first sealing part for sealing against the first groove and a second sealing part extending from the first seal, the second sealing part having a convex cross-section relative to the seal for providing at least two sealing contact points against the second groove. The second sealing part provides a mandibular structure with chin-like protrusions which may improve conformation to the natural surface irregularities of the sealing surfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structure in which no gap that allows water entry between a weather strip and a glass run is formed in a situation where the weather strip at an upper frame portion of a window frame extends gradually downwardly apart from the glass run. An upper glass run portion is provided with a door panel sealing lip. The door panel sealing lip is provided with a gradually varying portion such that a downward protruding length of the door panel sealing lip increases. The gradually varying portion is disposed so as to contact an outer sealing lip of the weather strip.

Abstract: A fire door clearance system is disclosed that includes a non-flammable material that is fastened at a first portion thereof on an inner side thereof to any of a door and door frame, and an intumescent material applied to the inner side of the non-flammable material at a second portion thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a draft stopper for a sliding door system. The draft stopper including a longitudinally extending body having a front end, a rear end, a top, and a bottom with a longitudinally extending flap portion hingedly attached to the top of the body. The longitudinally extending flap portion is configured to substantially fill a recess of the sliding door system in an engaged position and abut at least one door of the sliding door system preventing drafting air from entering a structure.

Abstract: To provide a cover member excellent in edge safety, and a display device in which said cover member is used. A cover member which covers a display panel of a display device and which has a front surface that does not face the display panel and a rear surface that faces the display panel, said cover member being a laminate in which a first glass plate constituting said front surface and a second glass plate constituting said rear surface are bonded via an intermediate film interposed therebetween, wherein the first glass plate has a first inside chamfer which is a chamfer on the intermediate film side, and the first inside chamfer and the second glass plate or the intermediate film are bonded by a resin.

Abstract: An assembly structure of a door weather strip includes a roll sash with a projection, a press sash without a projection and joined to the roll sash, a decorative molding which covers the sashes, and an end cap fit on the decorative molding. An outer seal lip of the door weather strip includes: an upper side protrusion and a lower side protrusion which extend outwardly toward an exterior of an automobile and are parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction; and a channel between the protrusions, which is open outwardly toward the exterior of the automobile. The protrusions are connected by a connecting wall on a front end of the channel, slid toward a front side of a door from a rear side, and guided into a space between the press sash and the end cap with a projection on the end cap guided into the channel.

Abstract: A glass run includes a main body corresponding to an extrusion molding part and a glass run corner part, formed with a vehicle outside groove part between a vehicle outside sidewall and a vehicle outside cover lip, the main body being formed with a vehicle inside groove part between a vehicle inside sidewall and a vehicle inside cover lip, and tips of a door frame being inserted into the vehicle outside groove part and the vehicle inside groove part. In the glass run corner part, an engagement bead part is formed in at least one side surface, which faces the vehicle outside groove part, of the vehicle outside sidewall and the vehicle outside cover lip, a long caulking sponge member is inserted into the vehicle outside groove part, and the engagement bead part compresses an end part of the caulking sponge member to be engaged with the end part.

Abstract: A profile strip arrangement includes a profile strip made of a profile material. The profile strip has a first connecting area configured to form a connection to an edge area of a windshield of a motor vehicle, and has a second connecting area configured to form a connection to a part that is adjacent to the windshield. The first connecting area has a lower connecting section which interacts with an inside of the edge area of the windshield and which has at least one free surface section that is free of the profile material. The at least one free surface section is formed by a surface of an additional element that is made of a material that differs from that of the profile strip.

Abstract: A weather strip that is designed to prevent appearance degradation, designed to prevent a decrease in sealing properties, and designed to prevent a decrease in sound insulating properties at a peripheral section of a sashless door opening. In particular, the weather strip (1) includes a base, a seal lip section (first seal lip section (12)) and a protruding section (13) supporting the seal lip section (first seal lip section (12)) in a state where a door opening is closed.

Abstract: A seal assembly is mounted to a floor portion of an RV with a slide out room. The slide out room has a wall and a floor that is separated from the floor of the RV. The seal assembly has a floor portion, a separate wear bar and a separate bulb seal. The floor portion has a mounting portion that receives the wear bar and an exterior leg that connects the bulb seal using a tongue and groove. Fasteners connect the wear bar and floor portion to the floor of the RV. The floor portion includes a wiper that extends upwardly from an inner lateral edge. A catch wall extends adjacent the wiper and cooperates with it to form a trough for drainage. The catch wall can receive a corner piece to direct drained water to the outside of the RV.

Abstract: A roof vent includes a continuous elongate mat composed of a mesh of randomly oriented fibers. The mat has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first longitudinally extending side surface. A portion of the mat proximate to and forming the first longitudinally extending side surface is configured as a wind baffle. The wind baffle includes a wind deflector lip, formed from the mesh, which extends above the top surface of the mat.

Abstract: The invention provides a sunroof device with good overall appearance. The sunroof device having: a first panel, a second panel and a weather strip, which is located between the first panel and the opening and between the second panel and the opening, and mounted along an inner peripheral edge portion of the opening. The weather strip has a first weather strip portion disposed at a position corresponding to a part of the opening and a second weather strip portion disposed at a position corresponding to another part of the opening, wherein, a first protrusion amount that the first weather strip portion protrudes from the inner peripheral edge portion of the opening toward the first panel is smaller than a second protrusion amount that the second weather strip portion protrudes from the inner peripheral edge portion of the opening toward the second panel.

Abstract: A composite carrier is disclosed for warpage management as a temporary carrier in semiconductor process. Warpage is reduced for a product, semi-product, or build-up layer processed on the temporary composite carrier which is peeled off the temporary carrier in a later step. The composite carrier comprises a top substrate and a bottom substrate, an adhesive layer is configured in between the top substrate and a bottom substrate. One of the embodiments discloses the top substrate of the composite carrier having a lower CTE and the bottom substrate of the composite carrier having a higher CTE.

Abstract: The invention aims to make aircraft doors easier to open by preventing ice formation or, at the very least, favoring rapid breaking of the ice on the door edges connected to the skin of the fuselage. To that end, it is provided to supply energy along the door when specific conditions are met. According to one embodiment, an anti-icing/de-icing system for an aircraft door (1) according to the invention includes an excitation energy source and devices (81 to 83) for dissipating such energy extending parallel to a side surface (11) of the aircraft door (1), along a sealing gasket (4) support (5) secured to the door (1) across from a fuselage (2) side surface (21) framing (20) the door (1). The sealing gasket (4) of the door (1) is compressed against bearing (6) from a side surface (25) of the fuselage (2) when the door (1) is closed.

Abstract: A molding structure and associated method includes a baseboard and a seal. The baseboard has a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and a bottom surface extending between the front and back surfaces, the back surface configured to be mounted against a wall, the bottom surface configured to be positioned spaced apart from a floor adjoining the wall. The seal is mounted on the bottom surface of the baseboard and configured so that, when the molding structure is installed at a wall, the seal is compressed between the baseboard and a floor. The baseboard can include a channel along the bottom surface of the baseboard, and the seal can include a flange receivable in the channel to mount the seal to the baseboard. When the molding structure is installed, the baseboard can be separated from the floor and the seal can prevent flow of air between the baseboard and the floor.

Abstract: An opening trim weatherstrip includes: a mounting base portion which is mounted on a flange; and a hollow seal portion, which is configured to be brought into abutment with a door frame or an outer circumference of a door panel of a motor vehicle door to seal a gap between the motor vehicle door and a vehicle body opening portion circumferential edge, including: a hollow root portion which is formed from the mounting base portion; and a hollow extension portion which is provided so as to extend transversely outwards from the hollow root portion; wherein a deformation rigidity of the hollow extension portion at a portion where the opening trim weatherstrip is mounted on a portion of the vehicle body opening portion circumferential edge which lies near a door hinge is higher than a deformation rigidity of the hollow extension portion at the other portion.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicular door structure that can enhance the effect of noise insulation for a noise gaining entrance from an end portion of a weather strip while ensuring the drainability by the weather strip. The vehicular door structure is provided with a weather strip body that is arranged along a lower edge portion of a door body, that has a hollow interior, that has communication holes communicating with a drainage hole at the lower edge portion of the door body, and that serves as a drainage channel. This weather strip body is provided with partition walls that partition the hollow interior, at a plurality of locations from an end portion of the weather strip body to the communication holes. The partition walls are provided with drainage portions that penetrate the partition walls to enable drainage, respectively.

Abstract: A sealing system for doors and windows includes a reservoir device, a sealing tube configured to expand and to contract, and a transfer valve configured to couple the reservoir device to a first end of the sealing tube. Responsive to either of a door or window closing, a medium may be transferred from the reservoir device via the transfer valve to the sealing tube. Responsive to receiving the medium, the sealing tube may expand to substantially seal a gap between an edge of either of the door or the window and a surface in proximity to the edge. Responsive to either of the door or window opening, the medium may be discharged from the sealing tube via the transfer valve. The sealing tube may contract in response to discharging the medium.

Abstract: A planar article in the form of a thin strip is shown. The article, comprising a fabric and a polymer, can be formed into a variety of shapes. A hollow profile made from the article by forming a seam using opposing edges of the strip to enclose a volume. A thermoplastic extrusion formed composite structural member and method for making is disclosed. In one embodiment, the composite structural member includes a first web made from a first material and a first resin, a second web made from a second material different from the first material, a third web made from a third material and a third resin, and a fourth web made from a fourth material.

Abstract: The subject invention provides for a weatherstrip assembly for sealing between a frame and a closure member of a vehicle. The assembly includes a trim portion having a body and a flange extending from the body. The flange is capable of moving between an initial position and a final position. A seal extends from the body for abutting and sealing the closure member. An adhesive is disposed on the body for coupling the trim portion to the frame. The adhesive is disposed opposite the seal such that the seal extends away from the adhesive. A retaining member is selectively mounted to the flange and spaced from the adhesive for selectively engaging the frame to selectively hold the flange in the initial position relative to the frame. The retaining member is removed from the flange while concurrently moving the flange toward the final position.

Abstract: This door handle device is provided with: a handle base; an introduction opening that is opened in a door handle and that supports the handle base; an operation handle that is connected to the handle base; and a gasket that is disposed between the handle base and the operation handle. A handle stopper, of which one end passes through the introduction aperture and is borne by the handle base, and of which the other end contacts the operation handle, is integrally provided to the gasket.

Abstract: Provided is a door for a refrigerator. The door includes an outer door manufactured by pressing and deforming a metal sheet. The outer door includes a first surface, second to fifth surfaces extending from the first surface, and a plurality of flanges extending from the second to fifth surfaces. The first to fifth surfaces are integrated with each other and defined based on the pressing and deforming of the metal sheet. A door liner is coupled to surfaces of the plurality of flanges of the outer door, and an insulation material is disposed in a space defined between the door liner and the outer door.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a garage door stop and seal system that allows for expansion and contraction, enables replacement of the seal, and provides hidden, or concealed, fasteners. The system includes a door stop that removeably snaps into a receiver, wherein the door stop conceals the fasteners used to connect the receiver to a door jamb. In addition, the door stop includes a receiving space for a replaceable seal.

Abstract: A roll-up door seal that may be monolithically formed from a single material of uniform density. The seal is sized and adapted to assemble to a standard roll-up door frame without a separate or dedicated frame structure. The seal provides redundant sealing surfaces, positioned to cooperate with both the door and door frame, which ensure an effective and durable fluid tight seal between the cargo space enclosed by the roll-up door and the ambient environment. The seal may be produced by extrusion from a flexible, weather resistant material such as EPDM, thereby providing a low cost solution for sealing roll-up doors having industry standard door frame constructions. The seal is firmly engageable with the door frame, such that the seal may be installed with little or no secondary fixation.

Abstract: A trim or weatherstrip assembly secured to an associated vehicle. The assembly includes a cover portion that overlies an associated vehicle adjacent an edge. A connection member is defined on the cover portion. A fastener portion includes a detent connection member having first and second portions for operatively and alternatively engaging the connection member in a shipping, first position and in an installed, second position.

Abstract: It is a sealing member that seals a gap between one member and the other member, including: a mounting section that has a portion coming into contact with the other member; and an extension section that extends from a side of the mounting section to a side of the one member and is configured to approach the mounting section while coming into contact with the one member by receiving a force from the one member; and a recess that is provided between the mounting section and the extension section and is formed from a part of the mounting section to a part of the extension section, and is recessed from a surface of the mounting section on the side of the one member and a surface of the extension section on a side of the other member.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a fan drive shaft in a vacuum heat treating furnace is disclosed. The sealing apparatus includes a housing having an annular body and a central opening. An inflatable first seal surrounds the central opening of the annular body. A second seal surrounds the central opening and is adjacent to the inflatable first seal. The sealing apparatus also includes a channel formed in the annular body adjacent to the second seal for conducting a purging fluid into the central opening. A means for injecting the purging fluid into the central opening is operably connected to the channel. A vacuum heat treating furnace and a fan drive system incorporating the sealing apparatus are also described.

Abstract: A door weather strip includes an upper extrusion molded part installed on a door sash on a roof side; a molded part without a slit thereon, connected to the upper extrusion molded part on a door corner part; and a lower extrusion molded part installed on a vertical part of the door sash and detachably inserted into the molded part; the upper and lower extrusion molded parts and the molded part having a base bottom part and a hollow seal member formed thereon, in which: a seal bead is formed on the molded part, the seal bead extending from an inner-cabin side toward an outer-cabin side relative to the base bottom part of the molded part on the roof side and descending along an outer-cabin side of a part of the molded part on the vertical part side of the door sash.

Abstract: A draft guard balancer is provided that attaches to, or is otherwise mechanically coupled to, or an integral part of, an existing balance shoe or balancer for a fenestration product such as a double hung window. The draft guard balancer creates a weatherstop along the track of the fenestration product that resists air, water, dirt, dust, pollen, and insects from entering the track and then the building. The draft guard balancer may be used with a balancer having a variety of springs, spring assemblies, balancer shoes and pivot bar arrangements. The draft guard balancer creates a seal that also prevents the increased friction that results from dirt and debris entering the track, thus making for a more energy efficient, easier to operate fenestration product. The draft guard balancer is equally applicable to both top and bottom sashes of a double hung window as well as other fenestration products.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door inner panel that has a header portion that at least partially defines a window opening. A reinforcement panel is configured to abut the door inner panel along the header portion and further defines the window opening. The door inner panel and the reinforcement panel each have a respective first flange extending at least partially outboard and a respective second flange extending at least partially inboard. The first flange of the door inner panel abuts the first flange of the reinforcement panel and the second flange of the door inner panel abuts the second flange of the reinforcement panel. A trim member is secured to the reinforcement panel and to the header portion to cover the second flanges without contacting the second flanges and has an inboard-facing planar portion as a furthest inboard extent of the trim member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing the doorbelt molding including: forming an anodized layer on a surface of an aluminum alloy plate by performing an anodizing treatment on the aluminum alloy plate; forming a clear coating layer on the anodized layer by performing a clear coating treatment on the aluminum alloy plate on which the anodized layer is formed; molding a sectional shape of an outer frame by roll-forming the aluminum alloy plate over which the anodized layer and the clear coating layer are formed; forming a molding intermediate member in which the outer frame and an inner molding are integrally formed by integrally injection-molding a synthetic resin into the outer frame formed by the roll-forming, wherein the synthetic resin is a material of the inner molding; bending and cutting the molding intermediate member to manufacture the doorbelt molding.

Abstract: A combined sealing system for connecting a panel to a frame includes a first active sealing system and a first passive seal. The first active sealing system engages a first surface of the panel or a first surface of the frame. The first passive seal engages a second surface of the panel and a second surface of the frame. Upon the panel being in a single closed position relative to the frame, the active sealing system has a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, and the active sealing system in the locked configuration causes the first passive seal to be further engaged.

Abstract: A device (100) for closing an opening in a room has a frame (102) in the reveal of the room opening and at least one leaf (104) which is arranged movably with respect to the frame (102) and is movable with respect to the frame into a closure position in which there is, between the frame (102) and the leaf (104), a gap (112) which can be sealed by means of a deformable and/or movable sealing member (114). A sealing member actuating device (120), by means of which the sealing member (114) can be deformed and/or moved, is arranged in the frame (102) and/or in the leaf (104) in order to seal the gap (112).

Abstract: An aircraft galley cart bay door includes a door main structure having an inwardly facing peripheral inner edge with an inner surface, and a surface seal on the inner surface of the inwardly facing peripheral inner edge of the inner wall. A substantial majority of the main structure of the door is formed from a high strength molded carbon fiber composite material. The door main structure may optionally define a recess, and insulation material can be disposed in the recess defined by the main structure of the door.

Abstract: The subject invention provides for a weatherstrip assembly for sealing between a frame and a closure member of a vehicle. The assembly includes a trim portion having a body and a flange extending from the body. The flange is capable of moving between an initial position and a final position. A seal extends from the body for abutting and sealing the closure member. An adhesive is disposed on the body for coupling the trim portion to the frame. The adhesive is disposed opposite the seal such that the seal extends away from the adhesive. A retaining member is selectively mounted to the flange and spaced from the adhesive for selectively engaging the frame to selectively hold the flange in the initial position relative to the frame. The retaining member is removed from the flange while concurrently moving the flange toward the final position.

Abstract: For sealing a door, a jamb interface with a specified width connects to a jamb interior face of a jamb along a longitudinal axis of the jamb interior face. The jamb interface includes a plurality of fingers with a proximal edge of each of the fingers in the range of 4 to 6.5 centimeters (cm) from an intersection of the jamb interface and a flap. Each finger has a specified finger height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm. Each finger is separated from adjacent fingers by a specified spacing height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circumferential seal or/and covering on a door or/and opening flap of a vehicle body, comprising a flexible strand (2) having an elastomer material and an adhesive material layer (3) extending in the longitudinal direction of the strand and connecting the strand (2) to the vehicle body (1). According to the invention, the strand (2) can be torn off from the body (1), leaving behind a sufficiently smooth adhesive surface for adhering the body (1) to a replacement part strand.

Abstract: To reliably prevent entrance of electro-magnetic waves in a door that closes an opening portion formed in an airframe of an aircraft. A gasket seal 20 which is arranged between an opening portion 12 formed in an airframe of an aircraft and a door 13 for closing the opening portion 12, includes: a gasket seal body that is made of a rubber material; and conductive fiber 24 that covers a surface of the gasket seal body. When the door 13 is in a closed state, the gasket seal 20 whose surface is made conductive is abutted against a striker 30 provided on a skin 11 side of the airframe and made of a conductive material. The door 13 and the skin 11 of the airframe are electrically connected together via the conductive fiber 24 and the striker 30, and electro-magnetic waves can be reliably shielded.

Abstract: A flexible electrical circuit assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The flexible electrical circuit assembly also includes a second flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface of the second flexible substrate abuttingly joins with the second surface of the first flexible substrate. A flexible circuit member is arranged between the first and second flexible substrates. The flexible circuit member includes an input end and an output end. A first connector is electrically connected to the input end of the flexible circuit member. The first connector is configured and disposed to electrically connect with a source of electrical energy. A second connector is electrically connected to the output end of the flexible circuit member. The second connector is configured to electrically connect with an electrical component in the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A tangent 140 on a contact part 80 on which a hollow seal member 32 of a weather strip 30 mounted on a side door 21 first touches a roof door 23 is a straight line which divides an angle ?2 on an acute angle side between an advancing locus 110 of the side door 21 and an advancing locus 120 of a roof door 23 into a substantially half angle ?1, the two advancing loci intersecting on the contact part 80.

Abstract: A weather strip seal is provided for sealing between first and second structures, and a method for manufacturing such a strip seal. The weather strip seal includes a main leg made of a polymeric material, having one side and another side and terminating in first and second ends, a first sealing portion designed to press against the first structure and extending on the one side of the leg adjacent the first end, and a metal carrier for retaining the shape of the strip seal which has an asymmetrical substantially U-shaped cross-section having a first branch reinforcing a portion of the main leg and a second branch extending from the second end on the another side and terminating in a second sealing portion designed to sealingly press against the second structure. An ionomer tie layer is located between the metal surface and the at least one polymeric material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door assembly comprising two opposite members, at least one of which being a rotatable door, and a closing system which is provided for being mounted to one of the opposite members, wherein the closing system comprises a holder profile, at least one engaging member for engaging a complementary edge part on the opposite member to maintain the door in closed position, the engaging member being at least partly elastically deformable to enable opening of the door in at least one direction, and a blocking member with which the opening of the door can be prevented in one direction or the other, wherein the engaging and blocking members are formed by mutually exchangeable strips which are to different extents compressible and which are releasably mountable to the holder profile of the closing system.

Abstract: A frame for a window intended to serve either as a stationary frame or as a sash frame according to the invention comprises an insulating abutment list on aside surface of at least one of the top, bottom or side members intended to face a side surface of another frame of the window. The insulating abutment list is made from a material having a thermal conductivity of less than 0.08 W/(m·K), preferably less than 0.04 W/(m·K). Preferred materials for the insulating abutment list are expanded polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS). In a window with such a frame, an insulating abutment list on the sash frame preferably extends from a hinge part to the bottom member of the sash frame and an insulating abutment list on the stationary frame preferably extends from a hinge part to the top member of the stationary frame.

Abstract: A water shield for the door of a vehicle. The water shield includes a sheet of a water impervious material configured to extend over a portion of the door's inboard panel to be attached thereto. An access opening cover of expanded foam is directly attached to the sheet. The cover's perimeter portion circumscribes the access opening. The cover is secured, around the access opening, to the inboard panel, resulting in sealing of the access opening and mass dampening of the inboard panel.

Abstract: A weatherproof surround, for a jettisonable panel (5) of a vehicle (1) such as a helicopter, possesses four confinement flanges (17-20) integrally formed with a projecting ridge for spring-clipping a corresponding locking strip. Longitudinal foldable shoulders connect the confinement flanges (17-20) to a central trunk (13). Each confinement flange (17-20) can be folded back through pivot angle (31) of at least 90°.

Abstract: Active seal architectures adapted for producing a variable sealing and/or closing force between a closure panel and perimeter, includes a mounting clip, a flexible outer layer fixedly connected to the clip, defining an interior space, and longitudinally extending along the perimeter; and an interior structure comprising and reconfigurable by an active material disposed within the space, and operable to impart differing first and second forces upon the layer and panel when the material is activated and deactivated respectively.