Patent ID: 7740307
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: B29C,B29L,B62D

Abstract:
1. A unitary cowl top ventilator component for a motor vehicle, said component comprising: a body of a rigid polymeric material defining a structural member of said component; a first body of an elastomeric polymer bonded to a first portion of the structural member, said first body of elastomeric material defining a first sealing member which is configured to engage a windshield; and a second body of an elastomeric polymer bonded to a second portion of the structural member so as to define a hood seal which is a hybrid blade seal, wherein said second portion of the structural member is a blade-like extension portion thereof, and said second body of an elastomeric polymer is a blade-like body which is fusion bonded to the blade-like extension portion, wherein said extension portion underlies a major portion of the second body of elastomeric polymer, so that when said hybrid blade seal engages said hood, the body of elastomeric polymer provides a tight environmental seal against the hood, and the underlying extension portion stiffens and supports the elastomeric polymer so as to prevent it from taking a set; said structural member further including a third portion configured to support a seal which engages a plenum of a motor vehicle.