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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166708 | Integrated glass run and upper reveal with film An integrated reveal molding is provided for a motor vehicle door frame having a header section defining a window opening. The integrated reveal molding includes an upper reveal adapted to be mounted to the header section. The upper reveal includes a reveal surface ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8079180 | Sealing, trimming or guiding strips and reinforcements therefor A sealing, trimming or guiding strip for supporting a pane of window glass in a frame carried by the rear door of a vehicle in the region of the C-pillar of the vehicle. The strip is made of extruded material defining a channel which embracingly grips a flange. The ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8051607 | Weather strip and manufacturing method thereof A weather strip is mounted on a circumferential portion of a door opening for a vehicle door. The weather strip includes a trim portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a hollow seal portion, and a designed lip is formed on the trim portion so as to... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7997030 | Flange engaging strip with a carrier for engaging a flange having a varying thickness along a longitudinal dimension A flange engaging strip is provided for engaging a vehicle flange, wherein the flange has a varying thickness along a longitudinal dimension. The flange engaging strip has a closed end and projecting limbs and can include a carrier having a corresponding base and pr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7886487 | Weatherstrip having hybrid carrier A vehicle weatherstrip, beltstrip or door seal includes a hybrid carrier or core and extruded or molded elastomeric sealing features. The hybrid carrier includes lineal sections of diverse flexibility and compressibility which are achieved by upsetting the metal car... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7735263 | Weather strip for motor vehicle A weather strip for a motor vehicle, capable of being readily attached to a flange with a low extensibility, and securely preventing noises from being transmitted via the flange. The weather strip includes a base portion for attachment to the flange, and a seal port... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7467495 | Vehicle seal with discontinuous alterating soft and rigid u-shaped segments and method of forming same A strand-form vehicle seal is equipped with a flexible reinforcement with a substantially U-cross section. The flexible reinforcement includes at least two different substances formed of individual sections of a nonmetallic, soft-elastic material together with indiv... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7393451 | Water screen system with compressible boot seal A compressible boot seal for sealing the side of a vertical traveling water screen with flights. The boot seal is formed by a U-shaped, bent nylon plate having a bottom base that resides in the boot section at the lower end of the traveling water screen and two upwa... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7368175 | Metal band as an inlay for trim strips or sealing strips A metal band as an inlay for trim strips or sealing strips of flexible material, in particular of rubber or plastic, which is in particular bent to form a shape, having a plurality of slots, in particular periodically sequential slots in the longitudinal direction o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363749 | Upper auxiliary seal with positive attachment configuration A seal assembly is provided for sealing a motor vehicle defining an opening having a periphery, and having a flange extending about the periphery. The seal assembly includes a base. The seal assembly also includes spaced apart locking and positioning legs extending ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356967 | Weatherseal having a curvilinear polymeric backbone A weatherseal has a backbone, which is curvilinear in cross section to define a flange engaging channel and a window receiving channel, wherein the backbone is free of structural metal. The backbone is sufficiently curvilinear to sufficiently distribute stress loadi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340862 | Sealing gasket mounted on a motor vehicle door with at least one corner of the gasket having a small radius of curvature A sealing gasket-support combination includes a sealing gasket for mounting on a support on a motor vehicle door. The support includes at least one corner having a small radius of curvature. The gasket includes at least a flexible or semi-rigid fixing portion fixed ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329450 | Textile backed pile article and method for making same A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318613 | Long ornament member and method for manufacturing the same A long ornament member W1 has an attaching portion 1 and an ornamental portion 3 constituted by vulcanized rubber integrally formed on a surface of the attaching portion 1. The ornamental portion 3 has a surface roughened by pl... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7294386 | Glass run A glass run has extruded portions and molded portions. The extruded portions and the molded portions are made of TPO. The glass run is attached to sashes DS. Insert members made of PP are embedded respectively in a base portion of the glass run correspondingly to a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293820 | Weather strip for motor vehicle A weather strip for a motor vehicle, which is capable of being attached to a flange provided in an opening portion of a vehicle body or a closing member for closing the opening portion irrespective of a configuration of the flange. The weather strip includes a base ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290371 | Combined security strut apparatus and threshold cover for sliding doors and windows A locking strut for use on sliding doors, windows and other sliding closures. The locking strut is supplementary to any closure lock. The strut has at least one receiver in the bottom surface to receive one or more guide rails included in the guide channel of the ca... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281354 | Weather strip A weather strip mounted on a door open edge of a vehicle body has a hollow sealing portion which includes first and second hollow portions which are connected. The second hollow portion protrudes from a side of an attaching portion which is mounted onto a flange of ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7257924 | Weather strip for automobile A weather strip for an automobile includes an insert body which is made of resin and which includes a plurality of tooth portions and gaps formed between the tooth portions such that the insert body is roughly comb shaped. A filler at least partially fills the gaps ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252294 | Weather strip A weather strip has a trim part adapted to be mounted on a flange, a seal part having a hollow portion and a cover lip. The trim part has a bottom wall portion, and an interior and an exterior side wall portions which constitute a pair of side wall portions and is f... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234756 | Exterior accessory module for vehicular modular door An exterior accessory assembly or module for a vehicle door assembly comprises an exterior rearview mirror and/or door cap assembly, which may further include a cover member, a door handle, window frame, window seal and/or an exterior rearview mirror assembly. The v... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219899 | Collapse-controlled, rotation-resisting bulb seal The present invention provides a bulb seal capable of navigating both interior corners and exterior corners of an opening while maintaining consistent and adequate sealing capacity, the invention comprising a tubular member having internal strain-controlling cavitie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219471 | Refrigerator cabinet sealing assembly having a bellows-seal gasket A sealing assembly for a refrigerator which comprises a bellows-seal gasket and a profile as a single piece or as multiple pieces where the profile has a base having at opposite ends, sealing strips and has a groove for replacement of the bellows-seal gasket. The pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182394 | Weather strip for double door of automobile There is provided a weather strip for a double door of an automobile which has a center seal portion and a seal body. The center seal portion has a main seal and a closing seal, whereas the seal body is integrally formed with a roof seal, an end seal and a lower sea... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178809 | Roof weather strip for convertible car A roof weather strip for use in a convertible car is composed of a plurality of weather strip pieces corresponding to the folding of a sliding roof thereof. When the sliding roof is unfolded to form a roof of the convertible car, longitudinal end parts of adjacent r... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178856 | Mounting method of clip and weather strip There is provided a clip 30 for mounting an installation base member 22 of a weather strip 20 on a flange 100 provided along a body of an automobile, wherein said clip 30 is composed of a fixing piece 31 mounted on an expose... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155863 | Flush-mounted slider window for pick-up truck including seal carrier, bulb seal and/or applique A window structure which may be used as a rear window in a pick-up truck or the like. In certain example embodiments, the window structure includes a slidable window panel or sheet located between a pair of fixed window panels or sheets. The slidable window panel ma... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152374 | Composite extrusion for trim seal strip and method for forming same A composite extrusion for an automotive seal strip is formed of an extruded body, and a veneer extruded onto the body. The extruded body is composed of ethylene-propylene diene rubber compound. The veneer is composed of a polymer blend that includes the reaction pro... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144071 | Multi segment parts A part for reinforcement of hollow structures comprises a series of segments flexibly interlinked to enable the part to be adjusted to fit structures of irregular cross section and direction, the segments contain foamable material which can be activated to fill the ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140159 | Push-in refrigerator door seal and retainer system An in-turned annular flange of a refrigerator door panel is interconnected to an out-turned flange of a door liner through the use of individual seal and liner retainer elements which enable the liner to be snap connected to the door panel. More specifically, with o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135216 | Weather strip for car and production method thereof There is provided a weather strip for a car which is made up of a grip and a seal part. The grip is U-shaped in cross section and is attached to a flange. The grip has a holder part and an insert which is embedded in the holder part. The seal part performs a sealing... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124539 | Weather strip A weather strip includes a body side weather strip and an inner seal attached to opposite ends of a die formed part for use at a door opening edge of a car body. The inner seal has a grip with an embedded metal core for insertion into a body flange. The upper end of... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121046 | Sealing gasket for mounting around a motor vehicle door that presents at least one corner having a small radius of curvature A sealing gasket for mounting around a motor vehicle door presenting at least one corner of small radius of curvature, the gasket being mounted directly on its support without being subjected to any specific localized treatment operation in a support corner of small... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097180 | Weather strip A weather strip is attached over the entire surrounding part of a door opening of a vehicle. The weather strip is formed by extrusion-molding, and has a trimming portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a hollow seal portion. A first projection port... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093393 | Profiled frame A profiled frame, as a window frame and/or door frame of a motor vehicle door or lid, is manufactured as a roll formed profile from flat strip material, in particular from flat steel, with a preferably closed hollow profile and with preferably at least one flange fo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086201 | Door and/or window frame Frame for a door and/or window, particularly for a transport vehicle, comprising a seal support, and a seal which seals between at least part of a peripheral edge of the door and/or window and the seal support when the door and/or window is or are in the closed posi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082721 | Illuminating weatherseal An illuminating weatherseal (10) can seal a gap between confronting surfaces and illuminate the adjacent environment. The illuminating weatherseal includes a light emitting line (80) extending along a longitudinal dimension of the weatherseal (10 | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083212 | Applique for A-pillar area of vehicle 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 f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080485 | Gasket for refrigerator furniture units A gasket for forming a seal between an outer door member and an inner door member, as well as a cabinet of a refrigeration unit. The gasket is adapted to seal the inner door edge of the inner door member to the outer door member, as well as between the outer door me... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7062881 | Door threshold A door threshold may include upper and lower members for sandwiching carpet and/or carpet padding therebetween. The threshold may, in certain example embodiments, grip the carpet in order to prevent it from being pulled out from between the upper and lower threshold... | 06/20/2006 |
