Elastic sealing foil

US5702785A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Markus Kuebler · Bad Liebenzell, DE
• Peter Hofmann · Radeberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1997
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2902
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

According to the invention, an elastic sealing foil for an inside door panel of a motor vehicle door is formed to provide a receiving device which can be changed from a manufactured position into an installed position. In the manufactured position, the receiving device is composed of two formed-out portions which are arranged above one another, have a cross-section with an approximately U-shaped profile and extend in the opposite directions. These formed-out portions are connected to one another by way of a common wall section. In the installed position, the receiving device projects through an opening of the inside door panel, and downward into the hollow space of the door body, and envelopes an audio or accessory part inserted into the receiving device, providing a water-tight seal with respect to the hollow space of the door body. The receiving device can be displaced from its manufactured position into its installed position by applying an outwardly and downwardly directed force to the lower formed-out portion.