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US 10,239,399 B2Granted
Seal structure for motor vehicle door
AssigneeNishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsuo Masumoto, Masahiro Morioka, Masaki Motodera, Daisuke Nakazato, Tatsuya Nagai, Yusuke Migaki, Hisatoshi Kinoshita
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Abstract
A beltline sealing member includes a block portion that comes into contact with a glass run to assemble the beltline sealing member in a normal position in the longitudinal direction of the beltline sealing member.
Claims6
A seal structure for a door of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a cabin and the door having a window frame configured to support a window glass, the seal structure comprising:
- a pair of glass runs extending vertically, the glass runs being assembled to the window frame while being spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- a beltline sealing member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along a beltline of the door, the beltline extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the glass runs, the beltline sealing member being assembled to the beltline, wherein
- the beltline sealing member has opposite front and rear ends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the front end including a front sealing lip-shaped portion, the rear end including a rear sealing lip-shaped portion, the front sealing lip-shaped portion receiving one of the glass runs, and the rear sealing lip-shaped portion receiving the other one of the glass runs;
- the front sealing lip-shaped portion protrudes upward and toward a front end of the vehicle, is inclined upward and toward the front end of the vehicle, and forms a substantial U shape that opens toward the front end of the vehicle when viewed from above the vehicle and that receives the one of the glass runs,
- the rear sealing lip-shaped portion protrudes upward and toward a rear end of the vehicle, is inclined upward and toward the rear end of the vehicle, and forms a substantial U shape that opens toward the rear end of the vehicle when viewed from above the vehicle and that receives the other one of the glass runs, and
- at least one of the front and rear sealing lip-shaped portions includes an assembled position determination contact portion, the assembled position determination contact portion having an end face that comes into contact with a respective one of the glass runs, wherein the assembled position determination contact portion is continuous with the at least one of the front and rear sealing lip-shaped portions.
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