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Granted Patent B2
US 12,263,723 · App. 18/524,292 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Glass run

Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu (Kiyosu, JP); Masatoshi Nojiri (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60J10/76B60J10/16
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Patent No.
US 12,263,723
App. No.
18/524,292
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The glass run includes: a bottom wall; a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall, and is configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass. In the glass run, a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall. The hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip.

Claims (33)

1. A glass run attached to a door frame of a door of a vehicle, the glass run comprising:

a bottom wall;

a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall;

a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall;

a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and

a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall,

the glass run configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass, wherein

a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall,

the hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip,

the vehicle outer side wall includes a hard-portion-forming portion where the hard portion is formed,

the hard portion is formed only within an area bounded in a vehicle inner side-vehicle outer side direction by a vehicle inner side of the vehicle outer side wall and the vehicle outer seal lip, and

the hard-portion-forming portion abuts the door frame.

2. The glass run according to claim 1 , wherein

the hard portion is formed inward from a vehicle inner surface of the vehicle outer side wall.

3. The glass run according to claim 1 , wherein

the hard portion is formed protruding toward the vehicle inner side from a vehicle inner surface of the vehicle outer side wall.

4. The glass run according to claim 1 , wherein

a vehicle outer hard portion is formed on a vehicle outer surface of the vehicle outer side wall, and

the vehicle outer hard portion abuts the door frame.

5. The glass run according to claim 1 , wherein

the hard portion is formed including a neutral axis of the vehicle outer side wall.

6. A glass run attached to a door frame of a door of a vehicle, the glass run comprising:

a bottom wall;

a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall;

a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall;

a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and

a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall,

the glass run configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass, wherein

a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall,

the hard portion is formed only through the vehicle outer side wall from a vehicle inner side toward a vehicle outer side, and

the hard portion abuts the door frame.

7. The glass run according to claim 6 , wherein

the hard portion is formed including a neutral axis of the vehicle outer side wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: SHIMIZU, YASUHIRO; NOJIRI, MASATOSHI
To: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065715/0225 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-206403 · Dec 23, 2022 · national
JP 2023-145097 · Sep 7, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240208310A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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