Sealing strip for a motor vehicle, in particular window shaft seal strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9169688-B2
Application number	US-201313888695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2013
Priority date	May 10, 2012
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

A sealing strip for a motor vehicle is provided. The sealing strip includes a sealing structure able to be brought into operative position against a window pane of the motor vehicle and a fastening structure for fastening the sealing strip on a body part of the motor vehicle. The fastening structure has a mount able to be fitted onto an end of the body part and has at least one connecting section. The connecting section is able to be brought into operative position against an abutment of the body part to form, with the sealing strip fitted on, a form-fitting locking of the sealing strip and the body part against one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sealing arrangement for a window well of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle door, comprising:
an outer skin of the vehicle door having a substantially U-shaped upper end, and
a reinforcing structure reinforcing the outer skin within the U-shaped upper end of the outer skin, the reinforcing structure comprising an abutment standing laterally inwards from the reinforcing structure relative to the outer skin of the vehicle door; and

a window well sealing strip sealing an inlet of the window well, the window well sealing strip comprising:
a sealing structure able to be brought into operative position against a window pane of the motor vehicle;
a fastening structure configured to fasten the sealing strip onto the vehicle door, wherein the fastening structure comprises a mount configured to fit onto the substantially U-shaped upper end of the outer skin, the mount having a detent element having a tooth profile including a plurality of teeth configured to ratchetly engage the abutment of the reinforcing structure to lock the window well sealing strip to the vehicle door.

2. The sealing strip according to claim 1 , wherein the detent element is one of connected with a wall of the mount, arranged on a wall of the mount, and formed on a wall of the mount.

3. The sealing strip according to claim 1 , wherein the mount and the detent element consist of different materials.

4. The sealing strip according to claim 3 wherein the detent element is formed on the mount on a wall of the mount.

5. The sealing strip according to claim 3 , wherein the detent element comprises a more elastic material than the mount.

6. The sealing strip according to claim 1 , wherein the mount and the detent element consist of plastic.

7. The sealing strip according to claim 6 , wherein the mount comprises a thermoplastic and the detent element comprises an elastomer or a thermoelastic elastomer.

8. The sealing strip according to claim 1 , wherein the mount and the detent element consist of the same material.

9. The sealing strip according to claim 8 , wherein the detent element and the mount consist of plastic.

10. The sealing strip according to claim 8 , wherein the detent element and the mount comprise a thermoplastic.

11. The sealing strip according to claim 1 wherein the detent element is formed on the mount on a wall of the mount.

12. A motor vehicle comprising;
a vehicle door, comprising:
an outer skin of the vehicle door having a substantially U-shaped upper end, and
a reinforcing structure reinforcing the outer skin within the U-shaped upper end of the outer skin, the reinforcing structure comprising an abutment standing laterally inwards from the reinforcing structure relative to the outer skin of the vehicle door;

a window pane; and
a window well sealing strip sealing an inlet of the window well, the window well sealing strip comprising:
a sealing structure configured in an operative position against the window pane of the motor vehicle; and
a fastening structure configured to fasten the sealing strip onto the vehicle door, the fastening structure comprises a mount configured to fit onto the substantially U-shaped upper end of the outer skin of the vehicle door, the mount having a detent element having a tooth profile including a plurality of teeth configured to ratchetly engage the abutment of the reinforcing structure to lock the window well sealing strip to the vehicle door.

13. A sealing arrangement of a motor vehicle comprising:
a vehicle door, comprising:
an outer skin of the vehicle door having a substantially U-shaped upper end, and
a reinforcing structure reinforcing the outer skin within the U-shaped upper end of the outer skin, the reinforcing structure comprising an abutment standing laterally inwards from the reinforcing structure relative to the outer skin of the vehicle door; and

a window well sealing strip comprising:
a sealing structure in an operative position against a window pane of the motor vehicle, and
a fastening structure configured to fasten the window well sealing strip onto the vehicle door, wherein the fastening structure comprises a mount configured to fit onto the substantially U-shaped upper end of the outer skin of the motor vehicle, the mount having a detent element having a tooth profile including a plurality of teeth configured to ratchetly engage the abutment of the reinforcing structure to lock the window well sealing strip to the vehicle door.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Inc

Inventors

• Wende Sebastian

Classifications

• B60J10/33

  characterised by the configuration of the retaining lips · CPC title

• E06B7/22 Primary

  by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient edgings, e.g. felt or plush strips, resilient metal strips (E06B7/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J10/75

  for sealing the lower part of the panes · CPC title

• B60J10/265 Primary

  the surface being primarily decorative · CPC title

• B60J10/0051

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic