Weather strip

• US 10,286,769 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2017
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Kuwabara, Hirokazu, Nishimoto, Yoshitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Rephann, Justin B
• Application Number:
  US15/634,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20170368922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/25 characterised by water drainage means
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/77 for sashless windows, i.e. for frameless windows forming a seal directly with the vehicle body
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/84 arranged on the vehicle body

Abstract

The present invention provides a weather strip which allows both (i) avoiding degradation in closing property of a door of a sashless door-type automobile and (ii) preventing intrusion of water into an inside of the automobile. A weather strip (1) includes a base (201), a sealing section (202), a seal lip section (203), and a stopper section (204). The stopper section (204) is provided with an open region (207) which, in a state where a door opening is closed, allows a first passage and a second passage, which are formed between the weather strip (1) and door glass (107), to communicate with each other on a side of a roof.

Claims

1. A weather strip which is attached to a peripheral section of a sashless door opening of an automobile, the peripheral section at least extending from a roof side to a pillar, comprising:

a base secured along the peripheral section;

a sealing section erecting from one end of the base and, in a door opening-closed state in which the sashless door opening has been closed by a sashless door, coming into elastic contact with a peripheral end surface of a door glass;

a seal lip section erecting from an other end of the base and, in the door opening-closed state, coming into elastic contact with a side surface of the door glass; and

a stopper section erecting from the base between the sealing section and the seal lip section and, in the door opening-closed state, restricting movement of the door glass, which is in elastic contact with the seal lip section, toward an inner side of the automobile,

the stopper section being provided with an open region which, in the door opening-closed state, allows a first passage, which is formed by being surrounded by the base, the seal lip section, the stopper section, and the door glass, and a second passage, which is formed by being surrounded by the base, the sealing section, the stopper section, and the door glass, to communicate with each other on a side of the roof side.

2. The weather strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the stopper section is divided into a first stopper section and a second stopper section via the open region; and

in a case where a body of the automobile is in a horizontal state, a vertically highest portion of the first stopper section is located vertically lower than a vertically highest portion of the second stopper section.

3. The weather strip as set forth in claim 2, wherein on a side of the open region, an end of the second stopper section extends vertically upward so as to be away from an end of the first stopper section.

4. The weather strip as set forth in claim 3, wherein the stopper section is made of an elastic member which is more solid than other portions of the weather strip.

5. The weather strip as set forth in claim 2, wherein the stopper section is made of an elastic member which is more solid than other portions of the weather strip.

6. The weather strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein on a side of the open region, an end of a second stopper section extends vertically upward so as to be away from an end of a first stopper section.

7. The weather strip as set forth in claim 6, wherein the stopper section is made of an elastic member which is more solid than other portions of the weather strip.

8. The weather strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stopper section is made of an elastic member which is more solid than other portions of the weather strip.