Door weather strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336169-B2
Application number	US-201715664103-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2017
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Kanphade Bhushan A

Classifications

• B60J10/21 Primary

  having corner parts or bends · CPC title

• B60J10/86

  arranged on the opening panel · CPC title

• B60J10/24

  having tubular parts · CPC title

• B60J10/18

  provided with reinforcements or inserts · CPC title