Fixing structure of opening weather strip for vehicle

• US 8,302,350 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2010
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Hae, Ahn, Young Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Katherine W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rephann, Justin
• Application Number:
  US12/870,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20110296763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 494/40, 494/41, 494/751, 494/951, 494/981, 495/02
• US Class Current: 49/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/265 the surface being primarily decorative
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/76 for window sashes; for glass run channels
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/87 with additional seals on the panel side

Abstract

A fixing structure of an opening weather strip for a vehicle may include a door frame molding having a variable cross-sectional width and installed at a front end portion of a door frame, an opening weather strip fixing molding having a cross-sectional height, which varies according to the variable width of the door frame molding and installed at a top end portion of the door frame, and the opening weather strip mounted between the opening weather strip fixing molding and the door frame molding and supported upwards by the opening weather strip fixing molding with a predetermined height to match a vehicle body, thus sealing a space between the vehicle body and the door frame.

Claims

1. A fixing structure of an opening weather strip for a vehicle, the fixing structure comprising:

a door frame molding having a variable cross-sectional width and installed at a front end portion of a door frame;

an opening weather strip fixing molding having a cross-sectional height, which varies according to the variable width of the door frame molding and installed at a top end portion of the door frame; and

the opening weather strip mounted between the opening weather strip fixing molding and the door frame molding, wherein the opening weather strip covers the opening weather strip fixing molding with a predetermined height to interface with a vehicle body, thus sealing a space between the vehicle body and the door frame;

wherein the opening weather strip comprises a matching rib having a length greater than a distance between an upper portion of the opening weather strip fixing molding and a portion of a door-side weather strip to which the matching rib is in contact;

wherein the upper portion of the opening weather strip fixing molding is a top portion of the opening weather strip fixing molding to which the matching rib is in contact,

wherein the distance varies according to the cross-sectional height of the opening weather strip fixing molding, and

wherein the matching rib is manufactured at first to have a length larger than the distance and then is cut to match the door-side weather strip.

2. The fixing structure of claim 1, wherein a fixed portion of the opening weather strip is inserted between the opening weather strip fixing molding and the door frame molding and coupled thereto.

3. The fixing structure of claim 2, wherein:

the opening weather strip fixing molding includes a bracket provided at a top end portion thereof and fixes one side of the fixed portion of the opening weather strip; and

the door frame molding includes a fixing protrusion formed to an end portion thereof and is provided at the top end portion of the door frame with a predetermined distance to fix the other side of the fixed portion of the opening weather strip,

wherein both sides of the fixed portion of the opening weather strip are fixed by the bracket and the fixing protrusion therebetween and a bottom surface of the fixed portion is placed on the opening weather strip fixing molding.

4. The fixing structure of claim 1, wherein the opening weather strip has a uniform cross-section.

5. The fixing structure of claim 1, wherein the door frame molding comprises:

an outer panel exposed to the outside; and

a resin portion provided in the inside of the outer panel and fixed to the front end portion of the door frame,

wherein the resin portion fills an empty space between the outer panel and the door frame, which is created as the width of the door frame molding varies.

6. The fixing structure of claim 5, wherein the resin portion comprises a hook which extends for connection to the door frame.

7. The fixing structure of claim 4, wherein the resin portion comprises a fixing protrusion protruding toward the opening weather strip fixing mold.

8. The fixing structure of claim 5, wherein the resin portion comprises a fixing protrusion protruding toward the opening weather strip.

9. A fixing structure of an opening weather strip for a vehicle, the fixing structure comprising:

a door frame molding having a variable cross-sectional width and installed at a front end portion of a door frame;

an opening weather strip fixing molding having a cross-sectional height, which varies according to the variable width of the door frame molding and installed at a top end portion of the door frame; and

the opening weather strip mounted between the opening weather strip fixing molding and the door frame molding, wherein the opening weather strip covers the opening weather strip fixing molding with a predetermined height to interface with a vehicle body, thus sealing a space between the vehicle body and the door frame;

wherein the door frame molding comprises;

an outer panel exposed to the outside; and

a resin portion provided in the inside of the outer panel and fixed to the front end portion of the door frame,

wherein the resin portion fills an empty space between the outer panel and the door frame, wherein the empty space is created as the width of the door frame molding varies;

wherein the resin portion comprises a hook which extends for connection to the door frame;

wherein the resin portion comprises a fixing protrusion protruding toward the opening weather strip fixing molding; and

wherein a portion of a fixed portion of the opening weather strip is coupled between the fixing protrusion and the hook of the resin portion.