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Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,093 · App. 17/193,270 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Automotive door sealing member

Inventors: Shinji Nishikawa (Hiroshima, JP); Satoshi Maesaki (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
B60J10/86B60J10/24
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Patent No.
US 11,535,093
App. No.
17/193,270
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sealing performance is improved without deteriorating appearance. A pillar P side of a roof-side seal lip 34 and a roof R side of a pillar-side seal lip 43 are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of a vehicle when a door 110 is open. The pillar P side of the roof-side seal lip 34 is formed so as to be closer to the roof R side of the pillar-side seal lip 43 toward an end of the pillar P side. When the door 110 is closed, the roof-side seal lip 34 comes into contact with the pillar-side seal lip 43.

Claims (26)

1. An automotive door sealing member to be attached to an upper side of a window frame of the automotive door and to a vertical side of the window frame, the vertical side extending downward from a longitudinal end of the upper side, the automotive door sealing member comprising:

a roof-side part extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle along the upper side; and

a pillar-side part extending in a vertical direction along the vertical side, wherein

the roof-side part includes: a roof-side base attached to the upper side; and a roof-side seal wall that is integral with the roof-side base and which comes into elastic contact with a roof of a vehicle body while being pressed and deformed downward by the roof when the automotive door is closed,

the pillar-side part includes: a pillar-side base attached to the vertical side; and a pillar-side seal wall that is integral with the pillar-side base and which comes into elastic contact with a pillar of the vehicle body while being pressed and deformed by the pillar toward an outside of a passenger compartment when the automotive door is closed,

the roof-side seal wall includes, on an outer surface thereof, a roof-side seal lip that comes into elastic contact with the roof when the automotive door is closed, the roof-side seal lip protruding outward from the roof-side seal wall and extending continuously in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to reach an outer surface of an upper end of the pillar-side seal wall,

the pillar-side seal wall includes, on an outer surface thereof, a pillar-side seal lip that comes into elastic contact with the pillar when the automotive door is closed, the pillar-side seal lip protruding outward from the pillar-side seal wall and extending continuously in the vertical direction to reach the outer surface of the roof-side seal wall,

a pillar side of the roof-side seal lip and a roof side of the pillar-side seal lip overlap each other when viewed in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction so as not to come into contact with each other when the automotive door is open, and the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip comes into contact with the roof side of the pillar-side seal lip when the automotive door is closed,

the pillar-side seal lip is closer to an inside of the passenger compartment than the roof-side seal lip is, and

the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip curves so as to be closer to the inside of the passenger compartment toward an end of the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip.

2. The automotive door sealing member of claim 1 , wherein

when the automotive door is closed, the end of the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip comes into contact with a surface of the pillar-side seal lip facing outside the passenger compartment.

3. The automotive door sealing member of claim 1 , wherein

the roof-side seal lip protrudes upward from the roof-side seal wall and is inclined so as to be closer to the outside of the automotive passenger compartment toward an upper end of the roof-side seal lip.

4. An automotive door sealing member to be attached to an upper side of a window frame of the automotive door and to a vertical side of the window frame, the vertical side extending downward from a longitudinal end of the upper side, the automotive door sealing member comprising:

a roof-side part extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle along the upper side; and

a pillar-side part extending in a vertical direction along the vertical side, wherein the roof-side part includes: a roof-side base attached to the upper side; and a roof-side seal wall that is integral with the roof-side base and which comes into elastic contact with a roof of a vehicle body while being pressed and deformed downward by the roof when the automotive door is closed,

the pillar-side part includes: a pillar-side base attached to the vertical side; and a pillar-side seal wall that is integral with the pillar-side base and which comes into elastic contact with a pillar of the vehicle body while being pressed and deformed by the pillar toward an outside of a passenger compartment when the automotive door is closed,

the roof-side seal wall includes, on an outer surface thereof, a roof-side seal lip that comes into elastic contact with the roof when the automotive door is closed, the roof-side seal lip protruding outward from the roof-side seal wall and extending continuously in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to reach an outer surface of an upper end of the pillar-side seal wall,

the pillar-side seal wall includes, on an outer surface thereof, a pillar-side seal lip that comes into elastic contact with the pillar when the automotive door is closed, the pillar-side seal lip protruding outward from the pillar-side seal wall and extending continuously in the vertical direction to reach the outer surface of the roof-side seal wall,

a pillar side of the roof-side seal lip and a roof side of the pillar-side seal lip overlap each other when viewed in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction so as not to come into contact with each other when the automotive door is open, and the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip comes into contact with the roof side of the pillar-side seal lip when the automotive door is closed, and

the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip protrudes from the roof-side seal wall by an amount, and the amount of protrusion of the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip decreases toward an end of the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip.

5. The automotive door sealing member of claim 4 , wherein

when the automotive door is closed, the end of the pillar side of the roof-side seal lip comes into contact with a surface of the pillar-side seal lip facing outside the passenger compartment.

6. The automotive door sealing member of claim 4 , wherein

the roof-side seal lip protrudes upward from the roof-side seal wall and is inclined so as to be closer to the outside of the automotive passenger compartment toward an upper end of the roof-side seal lip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: NISHIKAWA, SHINJI; MAESAKI, SATOSHI
To: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055553/0101 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-076554 · Apr 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210331568A1 · Oct 28, 2021
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