Panel-Shaped Members with Strips Joined to Them, and Associated Methods

Abstract

A windscreen glass ( 10 ) is secured in position adjacent a body panel ( 12 ) of a windscreen opening in a motor vehicle body by a bead of suitable adhesive ( 14 ), such as extruded material. In order to provide a seal between the edge ( 10 A) of the window glass ( 10 ) and the body panel ( 12 ), a strip ( 16 ) made of suitable resilient flexible material is secured to the surface of the window glass ( 10 ) by means of bonding material ( 20 ), preferably polyurethane, which is injected or otherwise placed into an open-mouthed channel ( 18 C) in the strip ( 16 ) and thus adheres both to the material of the strip ( 16 ) and to the adjacent surface of the window glass ( 10 ). The strip ( 16 ) has a flexible sealing lip ( 18 B). The polyurethane material ( 20 ) may be injected from a longitudinal end of the channel ( 18 C). In a modification, the polyurethane material ( 20 ) may be injected through an opening through the window glass ( 10 ).

1 . A panel-shaped member and strip combination, the member having a surface, the strip defining a region, a bonding material, the bonding material being disposed in the region to secures the strip to the surface of the member the bonding material being covered by the strip, and optionally comprising a primer applied to the surface of the member before the application thereto of the bonding material.  
   
   
       2 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein bonding material is polyurethane material.  
   
   
       3 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein the strip comprises a surface in contact with the surface of the member, and the region is a channel in the material of the strip, the channel being connected to the surface of the strip which is in contact with the surface of the member.  
   
   
       4 . The combination according to  claim 3 , wherein the channel comprises a narrowed mouth connecting the channel to the said surface of the strip  
   
   
       5 . The combination according to  claim 4 , wherein the channel comprises sides and inwardly directed wall portions, the sides of the channel being connected to the narrowed mouth by the inwardly directed wall portions which extend to the mouth in directions inclined away from the said surface of the strip to provide a mechanical interlock between the material of the strip and the bonding material.  
   
   
       6 . The combination according to claims  3 , wherein the bonding material is injected into the channel or groove from at least one end thereof.  
   
   
       7 . The combination according to  claim 3 , wherein the panel-shaped member comprises an aperture, the bonding material being injected into the channel through said aperture in the panel-shaped member  
   
   
       8 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein the surface of the panel-shaped member is or includes an edge surface thereof.  
   
   
       9 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein the panel-shaped member comprises at least a partial surround, and the strip comprises a sealing portion extending therefrom for sealing against said at least partial surround of the panel-shaped member.  
   
   
       10 . The combination according to  claim 9 , further comprising a decorative part and wherein the strip carries the decorative part.  
   
   
       11 . The combination according to  claim 10 , wherein the decorative part is clipped to the strip.  
   
   
       12 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein the panel-shaped member is made of transparent or translucent material.  
   
   
       13 . The combination according to  claim 8 , wherein the panel-shaped member is made of transparent or translucent material for a window and the surround is part of the frame of a window opening.  
   
   
       14 . A method of joining a panel-shaped member to a strip comprising the step of forming a recessed region in a surface of the strip to be secured to a surface the member, and placing bonding material in the region, securing the strip to the member with the bonding material being covered by the strip.  
   
   
       15 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein the bonding material is polyurethane material.  
   
   
       16 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein the region is a channel in the material of the strip, the channel being connected to the surface of the strip which is in contact with the surface of the member.  
   
   
       17 . A method according to  claim 16 , wherein the channel is connected to the surface of the strip by a narrowed mouth.  
   
   
       18 . A method according to  claim 17 , wherein the sides of the channel are connected to the narrowed mouth by inwardly directed wall portions which extent to the mouth in directions inclined away from the said surface of the strip to provide a mechanical interlock between the material of the strip and the bonding material.  
   
   
       19 . A method according to  claim 17 , wherein the placing step comprises the step of injecting the bonding material into the channel from at least one end thereof.  
   
   
       20 . A method according to  claim 17 , wherein the placing step comprises the step of injecting the bonding material into the channel through at least one aperture in the panel-shaped member.  
   
   
       21 . A panel-shaped member and sealing strip combination, the member having a surface, the sealing strip being formed of a material, having a surface which is in contact with the surface of the member, and defining a region, a bonding material, the bonding material being disposed in the region to secure the sealing strip to the surface of the member, the bonding material being covered by the sealing strip, the region being a channel in the material of the sealing strip, the channel having a narrowed mouth connecting the channel to the surface of the sealing strip.  
   
   
       22 . The combination according to  claim 1 , wherein the bonding material adheres to the strip.  
   
   
       23 . The combination according to  claim 21 , wherein the bonding material adheres to the strip.  
   
   
       24 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the bonding material adheres to the strip.  
   
   
       25 . The combination of  claim 1 , further comprising a second primer, the second primer being disposed between the bonding material and the strip.  
   
   
       26 . The combination according to  claim 21 , further comprising a primer disposed between the bonding material and the strip.  
   
   
       27 . The method according to  claim 14 , further comprising the step of disposing a primer between the bonding material and the strip.