Seal structure for motor vehicle door
A beltline sealing member includes a block portion that comes into contact with a glass run to assemble the beltline sealing member in a normal position in the longitudinal direction of the beltline sealing member.
1. A seal structure for a door of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a cabin and the door having a window frame configured to support a window glass, the seal structure comprising:
a pair of glass runs extending vertically, the glass runs being assembled to the window frame while being spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
a beltline sealing member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along a beltline of the door, the beltline extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the glass runs, the beltline sealing member being assembled to the beltline, wherein
the beltline sealing member has opposite front and rear ends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the front end including a front sealing lip-shaped portion, the rear end including a rear sealing lip-shaped portion, the front sealing lip-shaped portion receiving one of the glass runs, and the rear sealing lip-shaped portion receiving the other one of the glass runs;
the front sealing lip-shaped portion protrudes upward and toward a front end of the vehicle, is inclined upward and toward the front end of the vehicle, and forms a substantial U shape that opens toward the front end of the vehicle when viewed from above the vehicle and that receives the one of the glass runs,
the rear sealing lip-shaped portion protrudes upward and toward a rear end of the vehicle, is inclined upward and toward the rear end of the vehicle, and forms a substantial U shape that opens toward the rear end of the vehicle when viewed from above the vehicle and that receives the other one of the glass runs, and
at least one of the front and rear sealing lip-shaped portions includes an assembled position determination contact portion, the assembled position determination contact portion having an end face that comes into contact with a respective one of the glass runs, wherein the assembled position determination contact portion is continuous with the at least one of the front and rear sealing lip-shaped portions.
2. The seal structure of claim 1 , wherein
the assembled position determination contact portion is a block portion continuous with the beltline sealing member.
3. The seal structure of claim 1 , wherein
the beltline sealing member includes a side wall portion extending along the beltline,
wherein at least one portion of the assembled position determination contact portion overlaps with the side wall portion.
4. The seal structure of claim 3 , wherein
the assembled position determination contact portion has a contact surface, and
a size of the contact surface in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is greater than a size of the side wall portion of the beltline sealing member in the horizontal direction.
5. The seal structure of claim 1 , wherein
the beltline is inclined downward toward the front end of the vehicle, and
the front sealing lip-shaped portion has the assembled position determination contact portion.
6. The seal structure of claim 1 , wherein
the beltline sealing member includes a sealing portion made of an elastic material and a core made of a material harder than the elastic material forming the sealing portion, and
the core is inflexible in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.