Door seal-equipped vehicle body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016368356-A1
Application number	US-201415036330-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 15, 2014
Priority date	Nov 15, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.

First claim

1 . A vehicle structure with a door seal in which a door is openably and closably supported by a door opening of the vehicle body, the vehicle structure with a door seal comprising:
an upper-edge seal member which is attached to the vehicle body along an upper edge of the door opening; and a vertical seal member which is vertically separated from the upper-edge seal member, extends vertically, and is attached to an end portion of the door in a door width direction, wherein: the vertical seal member includes:
a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape;
an upper-end opening which is open upward on an upper side of the hollow portion; and
an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and of which an upper end is open and enlarged;
the door is supported by the vehicle body to be turnable about one end of the door; the door includes a door lock mechanism for fixing the door to the vehicle body, and the door lock mechanism is positioned on the one end side from the vertical seal member; and the vertical seal member includes:
a closing wall which is provided at a position vertically higher than the door lock mechanism and vertically divides the hollow portion; and
an exhaust port which is provided at the same height position as a position of the closing wall in a door thickness direction of the door, and communicates with the upper-end opening.

2 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein
the vertical seal member is attached to the other end of the door.

3 . (canceled)

4 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein
the closing wall is inclined toward the exhaust port.

5 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein
the vertical seal member includes:
a hole portion which is formed at a portion of the hollow portion in the door thickness direction when the hollow portion is formed; and
a lip-shaped portion which vertically extends between the hole portion and the exhaust port and protrudes outward.

6 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 5 , wherein
the lip-shaped portion is positioned in the vicinity of the exhaust port.

7 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 1 , wherein
the vertical seal member includes
a closing portion which partially closes the upper-end opening and is inclined downward toward a center of the hollow portion.

8 . The vehicle structure with the door seal according to claim 7 , wherein
the vertical seal member is attached to the door on a lower side of the closing portion by a clip.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Amagai Toyohisa
• Kobayashi Futoshi
• Hoshikawa Kinji

Classifications

• B60J10/40

  characterised by contact between two or more cooperating sealing arrangements · CPC title

• B60J10/22

  having varying cross-section in the longitudinal direction · CPC title

• B60J10/21

  having corner parts or bends · CPC title

• B60J10/36

  using separately inserted fastening means, e.g. using clips, beads or strips · CPC title

• B60J10/24

  having tubular parts · CPC title