Patent · US Expired

Sealing for an opening closure on a car body, especially in space-frame design

US7052072B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 2002
Grant dateMay 30, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S277/921
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

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 weight, the invention provides for a profile seal (13a, 14a) comprising a lip (13a, 14a) to be jammed between the profile frame (1) and a cover panel (11) which edges the outside of the profile frame (1) and is attached to said profile frame (1), wherein said seal is supported at the rear by the profile frame (1), which is profiled accordingly, so that the closing force which is exerted on said profile seal (13, 14) by the door (T1, T2) or flap can be absorbed.

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