Door seal device

• US 5,331,768 A
• Filed: 03/05/1993
• Issued: 07/26/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Norio
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US08/027,144
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 49/475.1, 49/490.1, 49/493.1, 49/495.1, 49/484.1
• US Class Current: 49/493.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/248 having two or more tubular cavities, e.g. formed by partition walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/76 for window sashes; for glass run channels
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/79 for flush-glass windows, i.e. for windows flush with the vehicle body or the window frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/87 with additional seals on the panel side

Abstract

A door seal device capable of narrowing the width of the outer appearance of the door cutline seal so that it looks better and capable of preventing a noise generated at the outdoor side from entering the room whereby the room gets quiet. The door seal device according to the present invention comprises a door sash 30 having a protruding portion 33 which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to a door glass 21 and also extends to the outdoor side 15 over the upper end portion of the door glass 21, a protruding flange 35 provided on the protruding portion 33 which faces a body opening end edge 11, a reverse V-shaped protruding portion 51 attached to the protruding portion flange 35 for covering the tip end 34 of the protruding portion 33 and the protruding portion flange 35 and a main seal 60 which closely contacts the reverse V-shaped protruding portion 51 at the side of the body opening end edge 11.

Claims

1. A door seal device comprising:

a door sash having a protruding portion which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to a door glass and also extends outwardly over an upper end portion of the door glass;

a protruding flange provided on the protruding portion which faces a body opening end edge;

an inverted V-shaped protruding member of a door cutline seal attached to and covering the protruding flange, the door cutline seal also having a tip end member surrounding a free end of the protruding portion; and

a main seal attached to said body opening end edge and contacting the inverted V-shaped member at the side of the body opening end edge in a closed position of the door sash.

2. A sealing device disposed between a frame of a car door and a car body, the sealing device comprising:

a first flange extending from an upper portion of the door frame, said first flange extending transverse to and above an upper edge of a door glass arranged adjacent to the door frame;

a second flange inclined away from said upper portion of the door frame;

a door cutline seal having an intermediate portion extending along said upper portion of the door frame, an outer end portion forming a lip member surrounding a free end of said first flange, and an inner end portion forming an inverted V-shaped member having a first wall extending along said second flange and a second wall joined to said first wall over a free end of said second flange; and

a main seal secured to the car body and resiliently contacting said inverted V-shaped member when the car door is in a closed position.

3. The sealing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second flange includes an inclined tip portion extending from said free end of said second flange.

4. The sealing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said door cutline seal further includes a second lip member extending from an upper surface of said intermediate portion, said second lip member resiliently contacting a molding member attached to the car body.

5. The sealing device as claimed in claim 2, further including a glass run seal secured to the door frame and having a hollow seal member disposed between said upper edge of said door glass and said lip member.

6. The sealing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first wall of said inverted V-shaped member includes means for securing said door cutline seal to said second flange.

7. The sealing device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said means for securing said door cutline seal includes at least one screw bolt.