Vehicle sealing member and attachment structure of vehicle sealing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016339770-A1
Application number	US-201615152062-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 11, 2016
Priority date	May 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A sealing member 30 includes a hollow seal portion 32. The hollow seal portion 32 has a slit 34. The hollow seal portion 32 has an engagement protrusion 44 engaged with an engagement hole 23 of a retainer 20, and a contact portion 45 coming in contact with the retainer 20 from outside in a lateral direction of a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An attachment structure of a vehicle sealing member to be attached to a retainer fixed to a vehicle, wherein the retainer includes at least one displacement reducer engaged with the sealing member in a longitudinal direction of the sealing member, the at least one displacement reducer being configured to reduce displacement of the sealing member in the longitudinal direction of the sealing member.

2 . The attachment structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one displacement reducer of the retainer comprises a plurality of displacement reducers spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the sealing member.

3 . The attachment structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the sealing member has a plurality of engagement protrusions spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the sealing member, the retainer has a plurality of engagement holes with which the engagement protrusions are respectively engaged while being respectively inserted into the engagement holes, the engagement holes being spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the sealing member, and the at least one displacement reducer is configured as a wall located between adjacent ones of the engagement holes.

4 . The attachment structure of claim 3 , wherein the wall located between the adjacent ones of the engagement holes is interposed between, and engaged with, associated adjacent ones of the engagement protrusions in the longitudinal direction of the sealing member.

5 . The attachment structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one displacement reducer comprises a plurality of displacement reducers arranged in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the sealing member.

6 . A vehicle sealing member to be attached to a retainer fixed to a roof of a vehicle including sashless doors, the vehicle sealing member being made of an elastic material configured to seal a gap between the roof and an upper edge of a movable window pane of an associated one of the sashless doors, the vehicle sealing member comprising:
a hollow seal portion against which the upper edge of the movable window pane is pressed from under the seal portion, wherein:
an inner portion of the hollow seal portion in a lateral direction of the vehicle has an opening portion, and
the inner portion of the hollow seal portion in the lateral direction of the vehicle has a first engagement protrusion and a contact portion, the first engagement protrusion being inserted into, and engaged with, a first engagement hole of the retainer, the contact portion coming in contact with a portion of the retainer around the first engagement hole from outside in the lateral direction of the vehicle so as to be supported by the retainer.

7 . The vehicle sealing member of claim 6 , wherein:
a tip end portion of the first engagement protrusion of the sealing member in a direction of protrusion of the first engagement protrusion is wider than a basal end portion of the first engagement protrusion, and the tip end portion is engaged with an inner surface of the first engagement hole of the retainer so as to be hooked on the inner surface.

8 . The vehicle sealing member of claim 6 , wherein:
the opening portion of the hollow seal portion is covered with an outer surface of the retainer in the lateral direction of the vehicle, and a closed cross section is defined by the hollow seal portion and the retainer.

9 . The vehicle sealing member of claim 6 , wherein the contact portion is provided above the first engagement protrusion.

10 . The vehicle sealing member of claim 6 , wherein:
a lower portion of the sealing member has an extending portion extending inward from outside in the lateral direction of the vehicle to cover a lower portion of the retainer, and the extending portion has a second engagement protrusion inserted into, and engaged with, a second engagement hole formed in the lower portion of the retainer.

Assignees

• Nishikawa Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimura Yoshio
• Masumoto Atsuo

Classifications

• B60J10/30

  characterised by the fastening means · CPC title

• B60J10/77 Primary

  for sashless windows, i.e. for frameless windows forming a seal directly with the vehicle body · CPC title

• B60J10/248

  having two or more tubular cavities, e.g. formed by partition walls · CPC title

• B60J10/24

  having tubular parts · CPC title

• B60J10/90

  specially adapted for non-fixed roofs, e.g. foldable roofs or removable hard-tops · CPC title