Automobile door sealing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11254198-B2
Application number	US-201916658039-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2019
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

If a sealing member is mounted to a planar sealing member-mount extending from a window frame toward outside of the cabin, separation of a terminal portion of the sealing member from the window frame is to be reduced. A fixing member made of a hard material is provided on a terminal portion of the sealing member in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The fixing member has a body portion, an engagement portion, and a fixing target portion. The body portion is fixed to the terminal portion of the sealing member. The engagement portion holds the planar sealing member-mount in a thickness direction. The fixing target portion is fixed to a portion of the window frame remote from the planar sealing member-mount in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sealing member for an automobile door, the sealing member being configured to be mounted to a planar sealing member-mount extending toward outside of a cabin from an upper portion of a window frame, and to seal a gap between the window frame and a window glass, the upper portion extending to define a window opening of the automobile door, the sealing member comprising:
a fixing member being provided on a terminal portion of the sealing member in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the fixing member being made of a material harder than a molded portion forming part of the terminal portion,
the fixing member having a body portion, an engagement portion, and a fixing target portion, the body portion being fixed to the terminal portion of the sealing member, the engagement portion being configured to hold the planar sealing member-mount in a thickness direction to engage with the planar sealing member-mount, the fixing target portion being fixed to a portion of the window frame remote from the planar sealing member-mount in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and
the engagement portion having an upper abutting portion and a lower abutting portion, the upper abutting portion protruding from the body portion toward inside of the cabin and being configured to abut directly against an upper surface of the planar sealing member-mount from above the planar sealing member-mount, the lower abutting portion protruding from the body portion toward the inside of the cabin and being configured to abut directly against a lower surface of the planar sealing member-mount from below the planar sealing member-mount.

2. The sealing member of claim 1 , wherein
the terminal portion of the sealing member has a molded portion molded by using an openable molding die,
the molded portion of the terminal portion of the sealing member is connected to an extrusion-molded portion that is extrusion-molded together with a core material, and
the fixing member has an extension portion extended to, and supported by, the extrusion-molded portion.

3. The sealing member of claim 2 , wherein
the extension portion has an abutting plate portion configured to abut against the planar sealing member-mount from above the planar sealing member-mount.

4. The sealing member of claim 3 , wherein
the extension portion has an end surface abutting portion configured to abut against an end surface of the planar sealing member-mount near outside of the cabin.

5. The sealing member of claim 1 , wherein
a front end portion of at least one of the upper and lower abutting portions in a protruding direction is provided with a guide configured to guide the planar sealing member-mount between the upper and lower abutting portions.

6. The sealing member of claim 1 , wherein
the upper abutting portion includes a downwardly facing engagement surface configured to abut directly against the upper surface of the planar sealing member-mount,
the lower abutting portion includes an upwardly facing engagement surface configured to abut directly against the lower surface of the planar sealing member-mount, and
the downwardly facing engagement surface and the upwardly facing engagement surface are axially offset from each other in the front-rear direction along the body portion, and together are configured to hold the planar sealing member-mount in the thickness direction.

Assignees

• Nishikawa Rubber Co Ltd
• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Takeda Kazuyuki
• Nagai Tatsuya
• Ikegami Manabu
• Nakashige Masahiro

Classifications

• B60J10/78 Primary

  adjacent to corner pieces, mirror supports or quarter windows · CPC title

• B60J10/76 Primary

  for window sashes; for glass run channels · CPC title

• B60J10/15

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• B60J10/86 Primary

  arranged on the opening panel · CPC title

• B60J10/88

  mounted on, or integral with, the glass-run seals · CPC title