Construction for securing a trim strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623739-B2
Application number	US-201615169129-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jul 1, 2015
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure may reduce the risk of a trim strip coming off a sealing member. A sealing member 30 includes a trim strip securing groove 38 opening toward an outside of a compartment so that a securing leg 47 of a trim strip 45 is inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38 . The sealing member 30 is provided with a core 43 including an engagement protruding portion 43 d protruding toward the inside of the trim strip securing groove 38 . Inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38 , the securing leg 47 of the trim strip 45 engages with the engagement protruding portion 43 d.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A construction for securing a trim strip, the construction comprising:
a door flange provided to a window frame of a door of a car, and protruding toward an outside of a compartment of the car;
a sealing member provided to the door flange, and covering up the door flange at least from the outside of the compartment; and
a trim strip secured to the sealing member, and positioned outside the compartment with respect to the sealing member, wherein
the sealing member (i) includes a trim strip securing groove opening toward the outside of the compartment and extending in a front-rear direction of the car so that a securing leg, formed on the trim strip, is inserted into the trim strip securing groove, and (ii) integrally includes a core for reinforcing the sealing member, the core being completely encapsulated within the sealing member,
the core includes an engagement protruding portion integrally formed with the core and protruding upwards along a width of the trim strip securing groove from the core toward an inside of the trim strip securing groove, such that the engagement protruding portion projects into the trim strip securing groove, and
when inserted into the trim strip securing groove, the securing leg of the trim strip engages with the sealing member.

2. The construction for securing the trim strip of claim 1 , wherein:
the securing leg of the trim strip includes a fitting portion located at a tip of the securing leg and configured to engage the engagement protruding portion.

3. The construction for securing the trim strip of claim 1 , wherein: the core includes a plate portion extending along a side face, and in a depth direction, of the trim strip securing groove.

4. The construction for securing the trim strip of claim 1 , wherein the engagement protruding portion, protruding toward the inside of the trim strip securing groove, is an upwardly bent portion of the core.

5. The construction for securing the trim strip of claim 4 , wherein:
the core includes a plate portion extending along a side face, and in a depth direction, of the trim strip securing groove, and
the engagement protruding portion is formed in a middle, and in the depth direction, of the trim strip securing groove of the plate portion of the core.

6. The construction for securing the trim strip of claim 1 , wherein:
the door flange is formed to extend in the front-rear direction of the car, and to bend or bend round in a vertical direction of the car,
the sealing member is an extrusion-molded portion made by extrusion molding,
the core includes:
a first plate portion positioned above the door flange and extending in the front-rear direction of the car; and
a second plate portion positioned below the door flange and extending in the front-rear direction of the car,

the first plate portion extends further toward the inside of the compartment than the second plate portion extends, and the engagement protruding portion is formed to protrude upwards from the first plate portion and to be positioned across the door flange from a tip of a window glass.

Assignees

• Nishikawa Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukuta Atushi

Classifications

• B60J10/74

  for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides · CPC title

• B60J5/0402

  window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs · CPC title

• B60J10/265

  the surface being primarily decorative · CPC title

• B60J10/32 Primary

  using integral U-shaped retainers · CPC title

• B60J10/88

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