Patent ID: 6405500
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B60J,E06B

Abstract:
In a motor vehicle, a fixedly mounted window assembly comprising:(a) vehicle structure defining a window opening; (b) a window pane having a margin corresponding to said window opening in shape and size; (c) a seal attached to said structure defining said window opening and engaging and supporting said window pane in said window opening by engaging said margin of said window pane, said seal including a main body of elastomeric material having an exterior side and an interior side, said main body including a pair of walls defining a pane-holding channel; and (d) said seal including a resiliently flexible sealing lip integral with said main body and having a root spaced outwardly apart from said pane-holding channel and a-margin including a sealing surface spaced apart from said root, said sealing lip being elastically biased toward said interior side of said main body and said sealing surface bearing upon a surface of said window pane at a location spaced a predetermined distance apart from said pane-holding channel.