Patent ID: 8657300

Claim:
A sealing element for sealing off an air outlet of a vehicle door, the sealing element comprising: a first seal part performing a sealing function and having a soft fraction; and a second seal part performing a reinforcing function and having a hard fraction, the second seal part cooperating with the first seal part to provide the air outlet, wherein the sealing element has a closed ring design, wherein the first seal part has an arcuately-shaped cross sectional profile extending between a first distal end that includes a sealing surface and an opposite second distal end that is directed inward in the operating position, the second distal end having a thickness in a radial direction, wherein the second seal part extends from the second distal end of the first seal part in a direction away from the first seal part, the second seal part permits distortion of the sealing element at the sealing surface to create a seal and reduces deformation of the profile of the first seal part, wherein the arcuately-shaped cross sectional profile of the first seal part extends continuously through to the second distal end and the second seal part extends from the second distal end as a continuation of the arcuately-shaped cross sectional profile, wherein the second seal part is integrally formed with the first seal part, such that the second seal part extends with a continuous thickness along the arcuately-shaped cross sectional profile, and wherein the continuous thickness of the second seal part is substantially the same as the thickness of the second distal end.