Glass run for automobile
A glass run capable of preventing noises from intruding into an automobile compartment from an interior of an automobile door via glass runs during running of an automobile. The glass run includes extruded parts and molded parts. Each of the extruded parts and the molded parts has a bottom wall, an outer side wall, and an inner side wall, which define a generally U-shaped cross-section. An outer seal lip and an inner seal lip respectively extend from open ends of the outer side wall and the inner side wall towards the interior of the glass run. A barrier rib is formed in at least one position of the molded parts between the inner side wall and the inner seal lip or between the outer side wall and the outer seal lip.
1. A glass run for an automobile, which is adapted to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of an automobile door for guiding a door glass into a glass run as the door glass is raised and lowered, comprising:
extruded parts formed by extrusion, and molded parts, each adapting to connect said extruded parts to each other by molding, wherein
each of said extruded parts and said molded parts includes
a main body having a bottom wall, an outer side wall that extends from an outer side edge of said bottom wall, and an inner side wall that extends from an inner side edge of said bottom wall, which define a generally U-shaped cross-section, a longitudinal direction of the glass run being perpendicular to the generally U-shaped cross-section,
an outer seal lip and an inner seal lip are respectively provided in said outer side wall and said inner side wall so as to respectively extend from open ends of said outer side wall and said inner side wall in an interior of said main body with the generally U-shaped cross-section,
a barrier rib is formed in at least one position of said molded parts at least one of between said inner side wall and said inner seal lip and between said outer side wall and said outer seal lip, the barrier rib is disposed on said inner side wall or said inner seal lip on a line along said inner side wall or said inner seal lip, said line being oblique or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the glass run, and
said barrier rib, as viewed in a cross-sectional view which shows the U-shaped cross-section, has a generally triangular-plate shape, a side of said generally triangular-plate shape being disposed on said line which is oblique or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the glass run.
2. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said barrier rib formed between said inner side wall and said inner seal lip is formed continuously with one of said inner side wall and said inner seal lip so as to define a barrier gap against the other one of said inner side wall and said inner seal lip, and said barrier rib formed between said outer side wall and said outer seal lip is formed continuously with one of said outer side wall and said outer seal lip so as to define another barrier gap against the other one of said outer side wall and said outer seal lip.
3. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said barrier rib is formed away from said bottom wall.
4. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said barrier rib is formed so as to be inclined to the longitudinal direction of said glass run.
5. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said extruded part includes an upper side part adapted to be attached to an upper side of the door frame, and vertical side parts adapted to be attached to vertical sides of the door frame, and said molded parts include corner molded parts adapted to connect said upper side part to said vertical side parts and to be attached to corners of the door frame, and vertical side molded parts adapted to be connected to said vertical side parts in a vicinity of a belt line thereof.
6. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said barrier rib is formed in both said vertical side molded parts and said corner molded parts.
7. A glass run as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said barrier rib has a thickness ranging from 0.8 mm to 2 mm.
8. A glass run for an automobile, which is adapted to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of an automobile door for guiding a door glass into a glass run as the door glass is raised and lowered, comprising:
extruded parts formed by extrusion, and molded parts, each adapting to connect said extruded parts to each other by molding, wherein
each of said extruded parts and said molded parts includes
a main body having a bottom wall, an outer side wall that extends from an outer side edge of said bottom wall, and an inner side wall that extends from an inner side edge of said bottom wall, which define a generally U-shaped cross-section, a longitudinal direction of the glass run being perpendicular to the generally U-shaped cross-section,
an outer seal lip and an inner seal lip are respectively provided in said outer side wall and said inner side wall so as to respectively extend from open ends of said outer side wall and said inner side wall in an interior of said main body with the generally U-shaped cross-section,
a barrier rib is provided in at least one position of said molded parts at least one of between said inner side wall and said inner seal lip and between said outer side wall and said outer seal lip, the barrier rib is disposed on said inner side wall or said inner seal lip on a line along said inner side wall or said inner seal lip, said line being oblique or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the glass run, and
said barrier rib between said inner side wall and said inner seal lip is continuous with one of said inner side wall and said inner seal lip so as to define a barrier gap against the other one of said inner side wall and said inner seal lip, and said barrier rib between said outer side wall and said outer seal lip is continuous with one of said outer side wall and said outer seal lip so as to define another barrier gap against the other one of said outer side wall and said outer seal lip.