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Granted Patent B2
US 10,336,169 · App. 15/664,103 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Door weather strip

Inventor: Bhushan A Kanphade (Troy, MI)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60J10/21B60J10/24B60J10/86
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Patent No.
US 10,336,169
App. No.
15/664,103
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door weather strip includes a molded portion and an insert member. The molded portion includes an attachment base, an extension, and a sealing portion. The sealing portion includes a sealing lip and a molded hollow sealing portion. The extension is divided by a slit into an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion. The insert member includes a base extending in the circumferential direction in the attachment base, an intermediate section extending in the circumferential direction in the inner peripheral portion, and a stay portion extending to the outer peripheral side in the outer peripheral portion. The width of at least the section of the stay portion that crosses the molded hollow sealing portion in the circumferential direction is set smaller than the widths in the circumferential direction of the base and the intermediate section.

Claims (31)

1. A door weather strip configured to seal a gap between an outer periphery of a door that selectively opens and closes an opening of a vehicle body and a peripheral edge of the opening, the door weather strip comprising:

a molded portion formed by molding using a mold, wherein the molded portion is arranged in a corner of the door corresponding to a joint portion between a roof and a pillar of the vehicle body in the peripheral edge of the opening; and

an insert member that is embedded in the molded portion, wherein

the molded portion includes

an attachment base that is attached to an inner periphery of the corner,

an extension that extends from the attachment base to an outer peripheral side of the corner, and

a sealing portion that is formed in the extension,

the sealing portion includes

a sealing lip that extends in a circumferential direction, and

a molded hollow sealing portion that has a hollow portion and extends in the circumferential direction on an inner side of the extension and on an inner peripheral side of the sealing lip,

a slit through which an inner core for forming the hollow portion is removed is formed in a connecting portion of the molded hollow sealing portion that is connected to the extension,

the extension is divided by the slit into an inner peripheral portion on the inner peripheral side of the slit and an outer peripheral portion on the outer peripheral side of the slit,

the insert member includes

a base that extends in the circumferential direction in the attachment base,

an intermediate section that is continuous with the base and extends in the circumferential direction in the inner peripheral portion, and

a stay portion that is continuous with the intermediate section and extends to the outer peripheral side in the outer peripheral portion, and

a width in the circumferential direction of at least a section of the stay portion that crosses the molded hollow sealing portion is set smaller than widths in the circumferential direction of the base and the intermediate section.

2. The door weather strip according to claim 1 , wherein a width in the circumferential direction of a section of the stay portion that does not cross the molded hollow sealing portion is set smaller than the widths in the circumferential direction of the base and the intermediate section.

3. The door weather strip according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner core is a first inner core,

the door weather strip further comprises a second inner core,

the first inner core and the second inner core are arranged to be adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, and

only one of the first inner core and the second inner core is arranged to cross the stay portion.

4. The door weather strip according to claim 1 , wherein the slit is split into a first slit and a second slit that extend in the circumferential direction and are arranged on opposite sides of the stay portion in the circumferential direction.

5. The door weather strip according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment base includes a positioning portion that positions the molded portion with respect to the corner in the circumferential direction by being engaged with an engagement portion formed in the corner.

6. The door weather strip according to claim 5 , wherein

the positioning portion is configured by a projection projecting from the attachment base, and

the engagement portion is configured by a cutout portion with which the projection is engaged.

7. The door weather strip according to claim 6 , wherein

the base includes a projecting portion, and

the projecting portion is embedded in the positioning portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2017
From: KANPHADE, BHUSHAN A
To: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190031004A1 · Jan 31, 2019
Cited By (2)
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