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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Cooper Standard Gmbh, Linda/Bodensee, DE;
Fritz Krause, Hergatz, DE;
Cooper Standard GmbH, Lindau/Bodensee, DE;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a material strand (), particularly for sealing, trimming or fastening of doors () or windows () of a motor vehicle (), comprises the steps of: a) extrusion of an extruded strand (); b) testing the extruded strand () after the extrusion, thereby identifying first segments () comprising manufacturing defects () and second segments () being free from manufacturing detects; c) cutting out the first segments () from the extruded strand (), thereby causing faces () at the second segments (); d) joining cut faces () of second segments () to obtain a joint () and to form a material strand (), the joint () having a position within the material strand (), wherein a minimum distance (Δd) is maintained between the positions of adjacent joints (); e) identifying the position of each joint (); and f) forming a transport unit () having a predetermined maximum length by winding the material strand ().