Patent ID: 8479449

Claim:
An assembly for a window frame of a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a strip, a window pane fixed in position relative to the strip and having an interior side for facing an interior of the vehicle and an exterior side for facing an exterior of the vehicle, and the strip including a length of extruded material in contact with the exterior side of the window pane and molded material in contact with the interior side of the window pane and molded onto and connected to the extruded material along only part of the length of the extruded material, the extruded material including a channel for receiving a flange of the window frame and a rigid reinforcing carrier embedded within the extruded material in a region of the extruded material corresponding to the channel, the molded material forming a first window pane receiving surface at the interior side of the window pane, the extruded material having a second window pane receiving surface at the exterior side of the window pane and having a generally oppositely facing surface facing opposite the second window pane receiving surface at the interior side of the window pane, and the molded material supporting at least one clip spaced from the extruded material, said at least one clip extending from the molded material in a direction from the exterior side of the window pane toward the interior side of the window pane without extending through the extruded material for securing the molded material to the window frame.