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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Paul Macdonald, Dover, NH (US);
David Castle, Nottingham, NH (US);
Kevin Klemarczyk, Newfields, NH (US);
Morgan Mills, Madbury, NH (US);
Paul MacDonald, Dover, NH (US);
David Castle, Nottingham, NH (US);
Kevin Klemarczyk, Newfields, NH (US);
Morgan Mills, Madbury, NH (US);
Hutchinson Sealing Systems, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A weather strip seal is provided for sealing between first and second structures, and a method for manufacturing such a strip seal. The weather strip seal includes a main leg made of a polymeric material, having one side and another side and terminating in first and second ends, a first sealing portion designed to press against the first structure and extending on the one side of the leg adjacent the first end, and a metal carrier for retaining the shape of the strip seal which has an asymmetrical substantially U-shaped cross-section having a first branch reinforcing a portion of the main leg and a second branch extending from the second end on the another side and terminating in a second sealing portion designed to sealingly press against the second structure. An ionomer tie layer is located between the metal surface and the at least one polymeric material.