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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:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas S. Hicks, Allen, MI (US);
Thomas M. Lingle, Temperance, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas S. Hicks, Allen, MI (US);
Thomas M. Lingle, Temperance, MI (US);
Assignee:
Pilkington North America, Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P019/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seal attachment fixture and method are provided for attaching a seal to an encapsulated gasket disposed on a work piece, for example, an automotive window assembly. The seal attachment fixture includes fixture members, which slidably move into contact with openable lip portions on the gasket, thus exposing a retention slot defined therein. With the gasket retention slot open, a seal is then inserted within the slot.