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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Gregory James Grudzinski, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Livonia, MI (US);
Azfar Qamar, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory James Grudzinski, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Livonia, MI (US);
Azfar Qamar, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A weatherstrip for the outer belt of a an automotive door includes a controllably compliant sealing element configured with tip-conjoined leaves which afford controllable, selectively discontinuous compliance along not only the distance from the roots to the tip of the leaves, but also along the length of the sealing element.