Door glass run for automobile

• US 4,864,774 A
• Filed: 03/18/1988
• Issued: 09/12/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Naito, Takeshi, Onishi, Kunikazu, Kisanuki, Hisayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US07/170,355
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 49/440, 49/441, 49/492, 49/374, 49/436, 49/490, 49/493
• US Class Current: 49/440
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/235 the parts being joined along their longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/30 characterised by the fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/74 for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides

Abstract

A door glass run for automobile provided with a recessed groove for sliding a door glass thereon, installed on a door panel, which comprises an insert positioned on an inner periphery side of the recessed groove and consisting of a hard synthetic resin formed along a profile of the door panel, and a body consisting of elastomer position on an outer periphery side of the insert. A glass slide positioned on a bottom portion of the recessed groove and a glass retainer positioned on a side portion of a car outside of the door glass in the recessed groove are formed on the insert. Further, a locking leg projecting to pass through the body from a predetermined position on an outer periphery side of the glass slide and mountable in a fitting hole of the door panel is formed on the insert.

Claims

1. A door glass run for an automobile, installed on a door panel of the automobile which has a flange and a fitting hole, said door glass run comprising:

a main body portion formed from an elastomeric material, said main body portion including a holding portion for holding the flange of the door panel, said main body portion defining a recessed groove for slidably receiving a door glass;

an insert element formed from a hard synthetic resin position on an inner peripheral side of said recessed groove and formed along a profile of the door panel, said insert element defining a glass slide portion on a bottom portion of said recessed groove and a glass retainer portion on a side portion of the automobile outside of the door glass;

said insert element further including a locking leg projecting from a predetermined position on an outer peripheral side of said glass slide portion and passing through said main body portion, said locking leg being mountable in the fitting hole of the door panel.

2. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of recessed slits in a sliding direction of the door glass are formed on an inner periphery of the glass slide of said insert.

3. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 2, wherein a plurality of recessed slits in a sliding direction of the door glass are formed on an inner periphery of the glass retainer of said insert.

4. A door glass run for an automobile installed on a door panel of the automobile which has a flange and a fitting hole, said door glass run comprising:

a main body portion formed from elastomeric material, said main body portion including a holding portion for holding the flange of the door panel, said main body portion defining a recessed groove for slidably receiving a door glass;

an insert element formed from a hard synthetic resin positioned on an inner peripheral side of the recessed groove and formed along a profile of the door panel, said insert element defining a glass slide portion on a bottom portion of said recessed groove and a glass retainer portion on a side portion of the automobile outside of the door glass;

a locking leg formed on said insert element so as to project from a predetermined position on an outer peripheral side of said glass slide portion through said main body portion and mountable to the fitting hole of the door panel; and

engaging means formed on said insert element and said holding portion of said main body portion and locking said holding portion on said insert element to form said main body portion to a shape along the door panel.

5. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 4, wherein a plurality of recessed slits in a sliding direction of the door glass are formed on an inner periphery of the glass slide of said insert.

6. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 5, wherein a plurality of recessed slits in a sliding direction of the door glass are formed on an inner periphery of the glass retainer of said insert.

7. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 4, said engaging means comprising:

a lock formed at a position opposite to said glass retainer across said glass slide in said insert, and provided with a locking projection protruding to an outer periphery side of said insert;

a portion or peripheral edge of an insertion hole formed on the hold of said body, which is locked on said locking projection.

8. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 4, wherein said engaging means comprises;

a lock formed at a position opposite to said glass retainer across said glass slide in said insert;

a fin formed on the hold of said body, and locking a nose of said lock.

9. A door glass run for an automobile, installed on a door panel of the automobile which has a flange and a fitting hole, said door glass run comprising:

a main body portion formed from an elastomeric material, said main body portion including a car inside portion for holding the flange of the door panel and a car outside portion, said main body portion defining a recessed groove for slidably receiving a door glass;

an insert element formed from a hard synthetic resin positioned on an inner peripheral side of the recessed groove and formed along a profile of the door panel, said insert element defining a glass slide portion on a bottom portion of said recessed groove and a glass retainer portion on a side portion of the automobile outside of the door glass;

a locking leg defined on said insert so as to project from a predetermined position on an outer peripheral side of said glass slide portion through the car outside portion of said main body portion and mountable in the fitting hole of the door panel; and

a fitting part formed correspondingly to a position opposite to said glass retainer portion across said glass slide portion in said insert element and the car inside portion of the main body portion and fitting and locking the car inside portion of the main body portion to the insert element longitudinally of the door glass run.

10. The door glass run for automobile as defined in claim 9, wherein a plurality of recessed slits in a sliding direction of the door glass are formed on an inner periphery of the glass slide of said insert.