Patent ID: 6487820
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B29C,B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
A seal for a vehicle, said vehicle including an opening and a movable member movably disposed in said opening to selectively close and open said opening, said seal comprising:a first portion made of a vulcanizable ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM) rubber; and a second portion made of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), wherein said first portion and at least a part of said second portion being integrated by coextrusion, wherein said rubber of said first portion is vulcanized as the seal passes through a vulcanizer, wherein said seal is mounted to one of said movable member and an inner edge surrounding said opening, wherein said first portion of said seal is elastically deformed when pressed against one of said movable member and said inner edge, wherein said movable member includes a door having a door frame, wherein said opening is a door opening, wherein said seal is a door opening weather strip, wherein said first portion of said door opening weather strip pressively contacts said door frame and is made of EPDM sponge rubber, wherein said second portion of said door opening weather strip has a support portion for supporting said first portion and is mounted on said inner edge surrounding said door opening, and wherein said support portion is made of a solid olefinic thermoplastic elastomer.