Weatherstrip assembly for sealing between a frame and a closure member and a method for producing the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9475374
APP PUB NO 20150239328A1
SERIAL NO

14642398

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A weatherstrip assembly for a vehicle. The assembly includes a body having a base and first and second legs which define a channel. The body includes an interior base surface, a first interior leg surface, and a second interior leg surface disposed within the channel. The assembly includes at least one sealing lip having an abutment surface and a wearstrip disposed along at least one of the interior base surface, the first and second interior leg surfaces, and the abutment surface and formed of a thermoplastic polyethylene material. The wearstrip has a plurality of alternating wear sections and gaps that define a series of alternating semi-rigid and flexible sections, respectively, with each wear section having first and second surfaces. The first surface of one of the wear sections and the second surface of an adjacent wear section face each other to define the gap.

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HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE SEALING SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA INC251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE WILMINGTON DE 19808

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Krueger, Robert Grosse Ile, US 14 291
Libriani, Alessandro Commerce Township, US 7 77
Murree, Stephen J Macomb, US 8 60

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