Gencorp Property, Inc.

Laird Holdings Limited

Henricus Van Den Oord

A sealing arrangement comprising a channel-shaped mounting portion which includes a support member supporting a seal portion. A covering covers the seal portion and a portion of both the mounting portion and the support member. The support member includes a metal reinforcement for preventing wrinkling of the seal portion at bends of the sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement further includes an anisotropic web made of a textile or similar material which connects the mounting portion to the support member to counteract the forces of gravity on the seal portion. The web is more stretchable in a longitudinal direction of the web than in a lateral direction of the web.

Anisotropic weatherstrip

A sealing strip ( ), such as for a vehicle door frame, comprises a gripping part ( ) of channel-shape and a tubular sealing part ( ). The sealing part ( ) is made of material ( A) at least part ( A) of which is verty soft to improve the sealing properties of the strip and to reduce weight. The hollow interior of the sealing part ( ) is divided by an interior wall ( ). In order to resist partial collapse or wrinkling of the sealing part ( ) when the strip ( ) is bent to follow a curve in the door frame, the interior wall ( ) incorporates reinforcement ( ) which may be metal wire or sheet. This is longitudinally compressible but stiff in the perpendicular direction.

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's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Henricus Van Den Oord