Patent ID: 6548163
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A sealing strip adapted to seal a gap between a body of a motor vehicle and an edge of a body panel that has an inner surface and is moveable between open and closed positions relative to the body of the motor vehicle, said sealing strip comprising:an elongate sealing portion of resiliently compressible material and an elongate attachment portion having at least a part extending laterally from the sealing portion, the sealing portion having a cross-section with a convex surface along a first side thereof and having an adhesive surface on the convex surface and/or on the opposite surface thereof, and the attachment portion having an adhesive surface on said part extending laterally from the sealing portion and facing in substantially the same direction as said convex surface of the sealing portion, the laterally extending part of the attachment portion having a substantially uniform thickness in a direction normal to said adhesive surface of said part; and the adhesive on the attachment portion adapted to adhere to the inner surface of the body panel with the sealing portion projecting beyond the edge of the body panel when the body panel is in the open position such that the sealing portion seals the gap between the edge of the body panel and the motor vehicle when the body panel is moved to the closed position, wherein a width of the attachment portion is in the range of 10 mm to 50 mm and/or a combined width of the sealing portion and the attachment portion is in the range of 20 mm to 90 mm, said widths being defined in a direction in which the attachment portion extends laterally, and wherein the sealing portion and the attachment portion are formed as a single integral piece.