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US 9,649,922 · App. 15/036,330 · Granted May 16, 2017

Door seal-equipped vehicle body structure

Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai (Wako, JP); Futoshi Kobayashi (Wako, JP); Kinji Hoshikawa (Wako, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B60J10/86B60J10/21B60J10/22B60J10/24B60J10/25B60J10/36B60J10/40
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Patent No.
US 9,649,922
App. No.
15/036,330
Granted
May 16, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle structure with a door seal in which a door is openably and closably supported by a door opening of the vehicle body, the vehicle structure with a door seal comprising:

an upper-edge seal member which is attached to the vehicle body along an upper edge of the door opening; and

a vertical seal member which is vertically separated from the upper-edge seal member, extends vertically, and is attached to an end portion of the door in a door width direction, wherein:

the vertical seal member includes:

a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape;

an upper-end opening which is open upward on an upper side of the hollow portion; and

an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and of which an upper end is open and enlarged;

the door is supported by the vehicle body to be turnable about one end of the door;

the door includes a door lock mechanism for fixing the door to the vehicle body, and the door lock mechanism is positioned on the one end side from the vertical seal member; and

the vertical seal member includes:

a closing wall which is provided at a position vertically higher than the door lock mechanism and vertically divides the hollow portion; and

an exhaust port which is provided at the same height position as a position of the closing wall in a door thickness direction of the door, and communicates with the upper-end opening.

2. The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein

the vertical seal member is attached to the other end of the door.

3. The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein

the closing wall is inclined toward the exhaust port.

4. The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein

the vertical seal member includes:

a hole portion which is formed at a portion of the hollow portion in the door thickness direction when the hollow portion is formed; and

a lip-shaped portion which vertically extends between the hole portion and the exhaust port and protrudes outward.

5. The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 4 , wherein

the lip-shaped portion is positioned in the vicinity of the exhaust port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2016
From: AMAGAI, TOYOHISA; KOBAYASHI, FUTOSHI; HOSHIKAWA, KINJI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039144/0726 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-237031 · Nov 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160368356A1 · Dec 22, 2016