Patent ID: 8881463

Claim:
A weather strip seal for an automotive vehicle which is provided for sealing between a first structure and a second structure and which comprises: a main leg made of at least one polymeric material, said main leg having one side and another side and terminating in a first end and second end, a first sealing portion which is designed to sealingly press against said first structure and which extends on said one side of said main leg adjacent said first end, and a metal carrier for retaining the shape of said strip seal which has an asymmetrical substantially U-shaped transverse cross-section having a first branch which reinforces at least one portion of said main leg and a second branch which extends from said second end on said another side and terminates in a second sealing portion designed to sealingly press against said second structure, said metal carrier having a metal surface, wherein said metal carrier is provided on at least said first branch with at least one ionomer tie layer located between said metal surface and said at least one polymeric material, which makes the latter adhere to said metal surface wherein said at least one portion of the main leg that said first branch of the metal carrier reinforces only consists of an upper portion of the main leg, and wherein said at least one polymeric material comprise at least one rigid thermoplastic material which extends from said first end of the main leg and at least one flexible elastomeric material which extends in said upper portion from said second and of the main leg, said at least one ionomer tie layer making said metal surface adhere to said rigid thermoplastic material and to said flexible elastomeric material.