These floating oil seals are installed on door panels and work in conjunction with the door frame floating oil seals to enhance their sealing function (closed-sealing type) and compensate for any inadequacies in the door frame seals. Such floating oil seals are typically mounted using pop rivets or adhesive tape.
2. Windshield Floating Oil Seal
These floating oil seals serve as a seal between the vehicle body and windscreen, also providing the function of fixing the glass. Unlike the aforementioned types, these are in a sealed state once installed and are always under tension, classifying them as static seals. They are commonly fixed in an embedded manner.
Currently, in China, the determination of the fixing method for floating oil seals and the selection of frame materials are primarily based on the requirements of整车manufacturers, i.e., selecting according to the product drawings provided by the整车manufacturers. However, observing the development trends of floating oil seal companies abroad, automotive parts are moving towards modularization. Issues such as the fixation method of floating oil seals to the body are gradually being decided upon and designed by整车manufacturers and floating oil seal factories together.
3. Door frame strips, luggage cases, engine hood strips.
These floating oil seals typically consist of a sealing section and a tension section. The sealing section commonly takes the form of a sponge-like tube (single tube, double tube), which is a type of variable floating oil seal. The fixed section is the clamping section (with or without a frame).
4. Guide slots, inner and outer strips.
These floating oil seals, being in glass lifting components, are typically covered with a velvet surface or a spray coating on the part that contacts the glass. This not only reduces friction resistance and noise, as well as aids in surface cleaning, but also serves as a sealing function with the sealing lip (a type of sliding seal).
Flocked: Available in single-sided or double-sided flocking, with the option to embed a frame. The flocking process is relatively complex and costly in terms of processing. Currently, many vehicle models use coatings, and these floating oil seals are typically fixed with an embedded design.
