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Patent No.:

US 11021115 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2019

Roof ditch sealing assemblies for vehicles including pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strips and methods of sealing roof ditches

Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Daniel G. Shriver, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Prasanth Mohankumar, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Gregory A Blankenship

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29K 27/06 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/06 (2013.01); B29C 39/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B29K 2027/06 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0061 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of filling a roof ditch of a vehicle roof assembly is provided. The method includes delivering a sealer material to a mold channel of a mold. The sealer material is heated within the mold channel at a pre-gel heating temperature forming a pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is removed from the mold. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is installed into the roof ditch of the vehicle roof assembly.

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Shriver, Daniel. (2021). Roof ditch sealing assemblies for vehicles including pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strips and methods of sealing roof ditches (U.S. Patent No. 11021115). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11021115

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