Door sealing assembly

a door and mirror technology, applied in the field of automobile body seals and moldings, can solve the problems of prior art sealing, difficult sealing of the vehicle body at the pillar (the roof pillar adjacent to the vehicle door), and difficulty in sealing the surface of the door glass, so as to reduce wind noise and water leakage, improve sealing performance, and be more robust
US20050200160A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-15GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
Publication Date
2005-09-15
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present invention is a door sealing assembly for sealing a vehicle door to a body. The door includes a frameless door glass and a mirror patch adjacent a front edge of the door glass. The assembly includes a first seal member that is adapted to be attached to the vehicle body and sealingly engages the mirror patch, and a second seal member that is adapted to be attached to the vehicle body and sealingly engages the door glass. A third seal member is adapted to be attached to the mirror patch and sealingly engages the door glass and the second seal member.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates in general to automobile body seals and moldings and, in particular, to an assembly for sealing a vehicle door to a body.

[0002] Seals and seal assemblies are used extensively in the automotive industry to, for example, prevent water and foreign objects from entering the vehicle interior and decrease the level of wind noise experienced by the vehicle's passengers. Frameless glass and door assemblies are becoming more common in production vehicles because of customers' preference of their aesthetically pleasing look as well as the requirements for convertible vehicles and the like. A common problem with frameless glass and door assemblies, however, is that sealing the surfaces of the door glass, the vehicle door and mirror patch (a sheet metal extension from the vehicle door to which the side view mirror assembly is attached), and the vehicle body at the A pillar (the roof pillar adjacent the vehicle door) is difficult ...

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