Sealing member of door for car

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9931922-B2
Application number	US-201615169178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

When an insertion groove, into which various parts are inserted, is formed on a sealing member, the present disclosure may maintain a width of an opening of the insertion groove greater than or equal to a predetermined width, facilitating the insertion. A sealing member 30 includes an insertion groove S opening toward an outside of a compartment. A protruding portion 36 b is formed on a side face S 1 of the insertion groove S, and protrudes toward another side face S 2 . The protruding portion 36 b is connected to the other side face R 2 via a connecting portion 36 c smaller in strength.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sealing member to be secured to a door for a car, the sealing member being secured to a door flange and covering up the door flange at least from an outside of a compartment of the car, the door flange protruding from a window frame of the door toward the outside of the compartment, the sealing member comprising:
a portion made of an elastic material;
a core made of a material different from the elastic material;
an insertion groove, formed on the sealing member, into which one of the door flange or a trim strip is inserted; and
a protruding portion made of the elastic material,
wherein the protruding portion:
is formed on a side face and near an opening of the insertion groove,
protrudes toward an other side face of the insertion groove,
is formed at an angle relative to the side face such that a tip portion of the protruding portion protrudes toward the other side face of the insertion groove against and further away from an opening of the insertion groove than a base portion of the protruding portion, and
is directly connected to the core, including the other side face, via a connecting portion smaller in strength than the protruding portion such that insertion of the door flange or the trim strip into the insertion groove breaks the connecting portion so the protruding portion does not connect the side face to the other side face.

2. The sealing member of claim 1 , wherein:
the insertion groove is formed to open toward the outside of the compartment,
the trim strip has a securing leg to be inserted into the insertion groove from the outside of the compartment, and
the protruding portion engages with an engaging step portion included in the securing leg of the trim strip.

3. The sealing member of claim 1 , wherein
the connecting portion includes a thin portion formed when the protruding portion is formed, the thin portion being integrally formed with the protruding tip portion of the protruding portion.

Assignees

• Nishikawa Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morioka Masahiro
• Fukuta Atushi

Classifications

• B60J10/32 Primary

  using integral U-shaped retainers · CPC title

• F16J9/068

  corrugated in the axial direction · CPC title

• B60J10/265

  the surface being primarily decorative · CPC title

• B60J10/88

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

• B60J10/27 Primary

  having projections, grooves or channels in the longitudinal direction (for separately inserted fastening means, e.g. beads or strips, B60J10/36) · CPC title