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Sealing device including a tubular section element in particular for a motor vehicle

US5511343A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1994
Grant dateApr 30, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60J10/33
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing device comprising a fixing element (11) for fixing it to a support (T), in particular the framework or the bodywork of a motor vehicle, and a tubular section element (12) with which a moving portion of the vehicle such as a door, an engine hood, or a trunk cover of the vehicle is suitable for cooperating in sealed manner. The tubular section element (12) is disconnected from the fixing element (11) in predetermined discrete zones (31, 32), which are preferably the zones in which the device closely fits curved portions of the support on which it is designed to be mounted by means of its fixing element.

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