Car roof cover panel seal is anchored firmly in undercut recesses on panel as sprayed with sealant using inbuilt stiffener for firm seal anchorage.

摘要

The cover panel (10) has one or more undercut recesses (18) to admit the sealing material (16) as sprayed into the roof panel or applied in one piece to the panel edge (24). Coating can also be in a step (26) or groove on the edge of the cover panel (10). The seal material (16) of the roof seal (12) has an inbuilt stiffener stiffer than material (16). The seal (12) seals off the panel (10) at the roof opening edge (14) or the edge of an adjoining cover panel.