AUTOMOBILE DOOR SEALING MEMBER

• US 20200130489A1
• Filed: 10/19/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: TAKEDA, Kazuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 11,254,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/15 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/76 for window sashes; for glass run channels
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/78 adjacent to corner pieces, mirror supports or quarter windows

Abstract

If a sealing member is mounted to a planar sealing member-mount extending from a window frame toward outside of the cabin, separation of a terminal portion of the sealing member from the window frame is to be reduced. A fixing member made of a hard material is provided on a terminal portion of the sealing member in a front-rear direction of a vehicle.

The fixing member has a body portion, an engagement portion, and a fixing target portion. The body portion is fixed to the terminal portion of the sealing member. The engagement portion holds the planar sealing member-mount in a thickness direction. The fixing target portion is fixed to a portion of the window frame remote from the planar sealing member-mount in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A sealing member for an automobile door, the sealing member being configured to be mounted to a planar sealing member-mount extending toward outside of a cabin from an upper portion of a window frame, and to seal a gap between the window frame and a window glass, the upper portion extending to define a window opening of the automobile door, the sealing member comprising:

a fixing member being provided on a terminal portion of the sealing member in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the fixing member being made of a material harder than a molded portion forming part of the terminal portion,

the fixing member having a body portion, an engagement portion, and a fixing target portion, the body portion being fixed to the terminal portion of the sealing member, the engagement portion holding the planar sealing member-mount in a thickness direction to engage with the planar sealing member-mount, the fixing target portion being fixed to a portion of the window frame remote from the planar sealing member-mount in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

2. The sealing member of claim 1, wherein

the terminal portion of the sealing member has a molded portion molded by using an openable molding die,

the molded portion of the terminal portion of the sealing member is connected to an extrusion-molded portion that is extrusion-molded together with a core material, and

the fixing member has an extension portion extended to, and supported by, the extrusion-molded portion.

3. The sealing member of claim 2, wherein

the extension portion has an abutting plate portion configured to abut against the planar sealing member-mount from above.

4. The sealing member of claim 3, wherein

the extension portion has an end surface abutting portion configured to abut against an end surface of the planar sealing member-mount near outside of the cabin.

5. The sealing member of claim 1, wherein

the engagement portion has an upper abutting portion and a lower abutting portion, the upper abutting portion protruding from the body portion toward inside of the cabin and being configured to abut against the planar sealing member-mount from above, the lower abutting portion protruding from the body portion toward the inside of the cabin and being configured to abut against the planar sealing member-mount from below.

6. The sealing member of claim 5, wherein

a front end portion of at least one of the upper and lower abutting portions in a protruding direction is provided with a guide configured to guide the planar sealing member-mount between the upper and lower abutting portions.