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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413099 | Sealing element with a protruding part approximately obliquely outward and a hermetic container using the same A fit-holding groove is formed by notching the outer periphery of a door element to be fitted to close a container body. A sealing element interposed between the container body and door element is composed of an endless portion to be fitted into the fit-holding groo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401439 | Adjustable draft excluder An adjustable draft excluder includes at least a first draft blocking body for sealing a gap between architectural members such as a bottom of a door, window, or the like, and an adjacent surface. The draft blocking body includes an elongated sleeve having first and... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395576 | Wiper opening cover A wiper cover is mounted in an opening in a vehicle housing and receives a wiper arm which pivots within the opening. The cover has a hollow body mounted in the opening, a rear flap which projects upwardly and forwardly from a rear side of the body, and a front flap... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313888 | Device for and method of preventing rattling of door window glass for vehicles A device for preventing rattling of a door window glass for vehicles. In an activated condition, i.e. upon the upward and downward movement of the window glass, smoother upward and downward movement of the window glass is enabled, thereby eliminating noise due to fr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7258347 | Discrete active seal assemblies Active seal assemblies employing active materials that can be controlled and remotely changed to alter the seal effectiveness, wherein the active seal assemblies actively change modulus properties such as stiffness, shape orientation, and the like. In this manner, i... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7204568 | Sealing structure of refrigerator A sealing structure for a refrigerator is provided. The structure includes a gasket formed at a door of the refrigerator and at least two air pockets provided in the gasket. There is at least one connector, which separates the at least two air pockets from each othe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7178810 | Mounting arrangement for inflatable seals A closure seal for doors, hatches and the like comprising a pneumatically inflatable sealing element of generally known configuration housed in a specially constructed channel-shaped retainer. The sealing element comprises a flat, relatively stiff base portion of pr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178293 | Gasket having elastic connection portion for refrigerator doors A gasket for a refrigerator includes a pivotable flexible gasket main body extending in a longitudinal direction, the gasket main body having a front contact side portion and a rear side portion opposite to the front contact side portion, the front contact side port... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150358 | Shaker screen clamping and sealing assembly An assembly for sealing a shaker screen assembly in a shaker separator includes a substantially inflexible gasket affixed to each screen support and a flexible gasket affixed to each screen support such that the screen frame rests atop the gaskets on the support aro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150089 | Enhanced heat transfer for housings An apparatus that has housing for containing objects. The housing has two heat-conducting partial-boundaries having an interface between them. The apparatus also has a medium for enhancing heat transfer across the interface. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7125927 | Paint compositions for elastomers Paint or varnish composition comprising, as solids: from 10 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polyurethane in aqueous emulsion form; from 10 to 30 parts by weight of at least two acrylic polymers or copolymers ... | 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 |
| 7073294 | Weather strip for door provided with latch There is provided a door weather strip attached to a door frame of an automobile provided with a latch. An automobile body is equipped with a door provided with a latch and a door not provided with a latch. The automobile body is not equipped with a center pillar. A... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066473 | Glass seal weatherstrip There is provided a glass seal weatherstrip 20 installed to an automobile and having seal lips 22, 23 which does not damage a door glass in particular, does not produce strange noise and prevents seal lips of the weatherstrip from being entangled by th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052072 | Sealing for an opening closure on a car body, especially in space-frame design In order to attach a seal on an aperture rim of a motor vehicle body in the space-frame design, wherein said aperture rim is edged by a profile frame and is closable by means of a door or flap, for the purpose of minimising the installation effort as well as the wei... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052021 | Sealing, trimming and finishing strips and vehicle doors incorporating such strips A vehicle door has inner and outer panel parts (5, 6) defining the hollow interior (16) of the door which supports a rigid frame (not shown) for a window glass (18) which slides into and out of the hollow interior (16) through a waist gap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044474 | Wiper seal method and apparatus A wiper seal apparatus for forming a weather seal between a vehicle and a loading dock is provided. The wiper seal apparatus includes a seal member which bends toward a support mounted on a warehouse wall when deflected toward the wall, and applies a pressure on the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959848 | Tailgate sealing gasket A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformable and a so... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948716 | Waterstop having improved water and moisture sealing features An improved waterstop having the important added feature of a hydro expansive compound which expands when subjected to water. By expanding, the hydro expansive compound effectively blocks the passage of water that leaks into the gaps created during the shrinkage of ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945540 | Sealing connection element, sealing end piece and a seal 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 c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6921089 | Battery module gasket A gasket sealing system for providing a gasket seal disposed between a lid removably connectable at a receiving module containing electrical circuitry and/or batteries. The lid includes a perimeter surface that is removably insertable against a rim bordering an open... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6896268 | Shaped seal for sealing a power-operated closing device The invention relates to a shaped seal for sealing a power-operated closing device comprising a jam-protection zone, which has at least two electrically conductive areas, situated at a distance from each other. According to the invention, to save space and reduce we... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6889985 | Core metal insert for weatherseals A core metal insert is provided for reinforcing a weatherseal. The core metal insert has a generally U-channel shaped cross-section and has first and second tines extending from a longitudinally extending backbone strip. The tines are bent to provide the U-channel s... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6802513 | Sealing section for a lamp A sealing profile serves to seal a casing with respect to a cover disk of a lamp. The sealing profile is inserted into a groove on the casing having a groove base. The sealing profile has a seal section which includes lateral contact surfaces and interacts with the ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6777068 | Door weather strip A door weather strip having an extruded member and a molded corner for connecting ends of the extruded member. The extruded member is composed of a foamed thermoplastic olefin elastomer which has an average cell diameter of 30 to 70 μm and an expansion ratio of 150... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773019 | Tailgate sealing gasket A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformable and a so... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6769700 | Sealing system for vehicle window panes 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 ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6655698 | Sealing member having magnet A sealing member to be attached along a periphery of a door with a continuous good sealing performance against a facing opening portion even in a corner of the periphery of the door. A bar-shaped magnet is provided in a tubular seal portion of the sealing... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6629696 | Plastic section for sealing gaps between two motor vehicle body parts A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enamelling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500'; 50... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6623832 | Sealing strips A sealing strip, such as for fitting to the frame of a door opening in a motor vehicle body, comprises a longitudinally extending channel-shaped mounting portion incorporating a channel-shaped reinforcing carrier. The hollow tubular longitudinally extendi... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612585 | Elastomeric strand-shaped sealing profile An elastomeric strand-shaped sealing profile including at least one continuous transverse beam located in a region between the base and rear side surfaces of the profile and having two sidewise projecting cantilever arms, two sealing lips provided on the ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6530630 | Panel seal for an air handling unit An air handling system containing sections each having a framework made up of tubular structural elements defining each perpendicularly aligned openings each of which shares a common structural element with its neighbors. The openings are closed by panels... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527278 | Corner mold and seal system A corner mold is provided for use in a seal system which protects the corner of a structure from damage and deterioration and creates a barrier covering the gap between adjacent structures. The corner mold includes two external members distanced apart by ... | 03/04/2003 |
