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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Hutchinson Sealing Systems, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jack Tallent, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Phil Park, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An encapsulated fixed window module for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The module includes a fixed window pane having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a peripheral edge extending between the exterior and interior surfaces. The module also includes an overmolded trim strip extending along at least a portion of the peripheral edge, the overmolded trim strip having an exterior edge, an interior edge, and peripheral edges extending between the exterior and interior edges. One of the peripheral edges of the overmolded trim strip covers at least in part the peripheral edge of the fixed window pane. The module further includes an esthetic component covering at least a portion of the exterior edge and extending along at least a portion of the overmolded trim strip, the esthetic component having an esthetic exterior face. The at least one of the exterior edge and the esthetic exterior face can be substantially coplanar with the exterior surface.