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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350849 | One-piece plastic retainer with integrated water management feature A one-piece retainer is preferably an injection molded that receives and retains a weatherseal therein. The retainer assembly includes first and second portions that are bonded together to form the one-piece retainer. Fasteners further aid in securing the portions t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7302780 | Modular rail system A modular rail system for holding a panel includes individual components that can be mixed and matched making it easy to customize to fit any length and provides for the use of an array of accent materials. The modular rail system includes at least first and second ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7269887 | Method of making applique for 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... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7124540 | Sealing device A sealing device includes an elongated sealing member and a plurality of fasteners spacedly mounted along the sealing member. The sealing member includes a tubular heat sealing layer and a tubular supporting frame, having a flexible ability, coaxially received in th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093838 | Gaskets and gasket-like devices including fasteners for gaskets and a method of making and using the same A gasket for sealing between a wall and a gasket support surface, such as between an oven housing and an oven door. The gasket includes a clip, the clip typically being made from a single strand of wire. The wire is bent into a head and a base, the base for engaging... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083222 | Mounting structure of weather strip There is provided a mounting structure of a weather strip comprising a weather strip 2 mounted on a door panel 1A or a body panel 1B of an automobile. The weather strip 2 comprises a fin portion 4 formed in a die molded part 3 | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055291 | Clip for sash molding of vehicle door A clip for a sash molding comprises an elongated end cap adapted to be inserted into an end portion of the sash molding, a fastener adapted to be fixed to a door pillar, and a lip for filling a gap between the sash molding and the door pillar. The fastener and the e... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7014195 | Sealing profile for a motor vehicle A sealing profile between the body of a motor vehicle and a moveable window includes a receiving groove into which an edge side of the window, which side interacts with the sealing profile, enters during closure of the window, a profiled section forming the groove b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010886 | Fixing structure of a door weather strip There is provided a fixing structure of a door weather strip which comprises a weather strip for a car and an insert clip for fixing a molding part of the weather strip to a door panel. The weather strip comprises a molding part having an insertion hole, and bag-sha... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966590 | Two-part seal for a slide-out room A resilient seal is mountable around the edge of an opening in a sidewall of a mobile living quarters through which a slide-out room travels. The seal includes two parts that slide together—a mounting portion and a-bulb seal portion—with the bulb seal portion be... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942225 | Seal arrangement A seal to seal a gap between two cooperating components is disclosed. The seal includes a grip rail attachable to the first component. The grip rail has opposite edge portions to which multiple latching regions are attached. A base having opposite sides is positione... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928696 | Actuator for improving seal for overhead doors The invention includes a clasp that can be mounted to the roller track of an overhead door and a shim that can be mounted to the overhead door or the shaft of the roller. The clasp includes a portion for attaching to the roller track and a blocking portion that is s... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6499257 | Retainerless weather strip A retainerless weather strip attached to a full door type door panel of an automobile by an attaching element except for a retainer, which comprises: a base portion to be fixed to an attaching portion of the door panel by at least one of a clip and an adh... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6073936 | Vehicle seal A vehicle seal (1) comprises an elastic molded sealing member (19) with holes through which clips (16) on a fastening rail (11) made of plastics material extend into anchoring holes in a vehicle body. The molded sealing member (19) is made in a molding to... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6058657 | Plastic material profile for refrigerators having a rigid deformable base A plastic material profile (1) for refrigerators and freezers include a door (30) and an inner door (31) having a bellows gasket (20) portion which provides a seal between the door and the cabinet (32). The profile and the gasket portion are coupled toget... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5974739 | Clip for door seal A clip for securely retaining a weatherstrip in the upper mounting channel of an upper door frame of an automotive vehicle is described. The clip possesses a plurality of tines that engage various portions of the weatherstrip and the upper mounting channe... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950367 | Sealing device between movable parts in mutual contact A device for sealing between two assembly parts that are movable relative to one another, especially between two damper blades or a damper blade and a stop of a flue gas armature. The device includes an elastic sealing element formed by a spring-steel str... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5732998 | Drain clip for weather strip and weather strip with a drain clip The present invention provides a drain clip for use in combination with a weather strip for an automobile to drain water leaked into the weather strip attached to the flange of the body of the automobile, capable of being securely attached to a weather st... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5709390 | Elastomeric sealing gasket for cooking oven doors An elastomeric sealing gasket particularly for cooking oven doors, to be placed between a front edge of the oven and the door of the oven itself, comprising a continuous strip, provided with metal elements, having respective hooks for engagement in corres... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5634644 | Gasket based on elastomer, plastic, or like material, a method of manufacturing such a gasket, and a method of mounting it on a support A constant section gasket based on elastomer, plastic, or like material, the gasket comprising a constant section element that is extruded or molded in at least one material selected from elastomers, plastics, thermoplastic elastomers, and the like materi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5592782 | Polymeric sealing/spring strip and exTrusion method of producing same A polymeric sealing/spring strip and method of producing same. The polymeric sealing/spring strip of the present invention has several various embodiments which are based upon the incorporation of silicone rubber. Some of the embodiments are based on the ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5499475 | Door seal A door seal has a base portion comprising straight sections joined at their ends to form corner joints with another section, at least four first seal sections each of which are disposed at a respective one of the corner joints, and a plurality of second s... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5471793 | Adjustable astragal weathering for operable doors and windows An adjustable astragal weathering for operable doors and windows is disclosed. The weathering comprises a carrier configured to be received within a groove formed in a lateral edge of a door or window. A weathering element is mounted to the carrier and pr... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5466508 | Seal for a rigid panel for a vehicle roof opening In order to facilitate manufacture and assembly of a rigid cover for a vehicle roof with a peripheral seal opposite of the roof opening there is provided according to the invention that the gap seal (3) is manufactured from an elastomer and in the shape o... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5465532 | Lower edge door seal A seal for precluding an entrance of rodents or debris underneath a door. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly securable to a lower edge of a door, such as a security door or the like. A flexible seal is supported by the mounting means so as ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5435104 | Seal assembly for retractable door A seal assembly for use in combination with a retractable door includes a replaceable seal strip for positively sealing the gap between the door frame and the retractable door. The seal strip is flexed about a fold line in response to compression by trans... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5396735 | Apparatus for attachment of seals to garage doors A garage door bottom seal assembly includes a garage door bottom panel presenting a pair of elongated, laterally spaced apart bottom wall sections, and an elongated intermediate wall section extending between the bottom wall sections and presenting a rece... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5395126 | Braided tubular gasket with integral attachment means Gaskets suitable for high temperature use and having applicability for sealing oven doors are provided. The gaskets are interbraided from a wire such as stainless steel and a thermally insulating yarn formed, for example, from spun glass fibers. Continuou... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5376423 | Automotive weather stripping clip A clip for joining end pieces of weather stripping in abutting relationship to form a continuous loop. The clip forms around an attachment portion of the weather stripping such that it does not interfere with the use of weather stripping in sealing. A pai... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5372184 | Heat exchanger seal apparatus A seal apparatus for a heat exchanger used in an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The seal apparatus includes a closed loop of flexible material, the loop defining four substantially orthogonal edges configured to contact the respective sides of the heat ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5369914 | Weather strip A weather strip having a fine outward appearance at the periphery of a gap seal and easily attachable to a door sash. The weather strip is attached to a door sash and elastically contacts an opening edge of a body for sealing a gap between the body and a ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5341601 | Gaskets for sealing a space between surfaces and clips for mounting gaskets to surfaces Woven tubular gaskets for sealing the space between an oven and oven door in a self-cleaning oven. A clip for securing an oven gasket to a surface on an oven comprises a shoulder for interfacing to the surface on the oven and securing the gasket to the su... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5333424 | Loading dock door seal extender A loading dock door seal structure wherein compressible members or pads are located adjacent the top and sides of the door to engage the rear end of a truck cargo body that is backed into loading and unloading position. The pads serve to provide a seal, h... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5331768 | Door seal device A door seal device capable of narrowing the width of the outer appearance of the door cutline seal so that it looks better and capable of preventing a noise generated at the outdoor side from entering the room whereby the room gets quiet. The door seal de... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5327680 | Adjustable fastening device for securing a sensing edge to any of a plurality of doors A fastening device for securing a sensing edge to a door edge includes a mounting plate having a first surface facing the door edge and a second surface facing the sensing edge. At least three elongated clamping members are spaced from each other and exte... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5299387 | Sensing edge for a gate A sensing edge for a gate to protect persons, equipment and the gate from impact damage. The sensing edge includes a mounting member which is snap-fit to the leading member of the gate and extends around a portion of the external surface of the leading me... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5289657 | Refrigerator gasket and retainer A retainer and seal gasket is disclosed for a thermally insulated cabinet having a door. The configuration reduces the gap between the door and cabinet, and eliminates exposure of metal components to the cabinet interior. The retainer clamps the shell and... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5219382 | Sealing and guiding strips A sealing and guiding strip, for a motor vehicle door having a slidable window pane, comprises a length of rubber and a rigid metal support. The sealing strip extends around the sides and top of the frame of the window and down into the hollow lower part ... | 06/15/1993 |
