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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12188297 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2022

Method for manufacturing a micro-cellular foam weather seal

Applicant:

Ultrafab, Inc., Farmington, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alan J. DeMello, Newmarket, NH (US);

Kyle Hayward, Hilton, NY (US);

Daniel Babin, Billerica, MA (US);

Assignee:

ULTRAFAB, INC., Farmington, NY (US);

Attorneys:

BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC

George R. McGuire

Primary Examiner:

Leo B Tentoni

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/24 (2006.01); B29C 44/22 (2006.01); B29C 44/50 (2006.01); B29C 44/56 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/12 (2019.01); B29C 48/16 (2019.01); B29C 48/49 (2019.01); B29C 48/90 (2019.01); B29C 48/92 (2019.01); E06B 7/23 (2006.01); F26B 5/00 (2006.01); G01G 9/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/22 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 7/2314 (2013.01); B29C 44/22 (2013.01); B29C 44/50 (2013.01); B29C 44/5627 (2013.01); B29C 44/5681 (2013.01); B29C 44/605 (2013.01); B29C 48/0012 (2019.02); B29C 48/12 (2019.02); B29C 48/49 (2019.02); B29C 48/905 (2019.02); E06B 7/2312 (2013.01); B29C 2948/92 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92428 (2019.02); B29C 2948/9258 (2019.02); B29C 2948/926 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92923 (2019.02); B29D 99/0053 (2013.01); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/26 (2013.01); B29L 2031/265 (2013.01);
Abstract

A weather seal includes an elongated micro-cellular foam bulb, and an elongated micro-cellular foam fin element attached to an extending along the length of the foam bulb. The fin elements includes a spine having opposed planar surfaces and at least one microcellular foam barb extending outwardly and at a downward angle from each surface and along the length of the spine. As an alternative to barbs, another option is to use a higher durometer foamed thermoplastic elastomer in a hollow circle shape that would push into a retention pocket. A t-slot version that has a foamed bulb and a polypropylene base is another option.

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