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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noah B Mass, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
49377 ; 494901 ;
Abstract
A structural door belt seal (56) for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes an elastomeric seal member (60) mounted on a belt edge portion (51) of the door (50) and a stiffening member (70) carried within the elastomeric seal member (56), and further including a reinforcing member (72) extending outwardly from the elastomeric seal member (56) with the stiffening member (70).