Assembly structure of door weather strip

An assembly structure of a door weather strip for a door of an automobile, the assembly structure comprising:

• a roll sash which extends in a longitudinal direction, the roll sash being roll-formed, and the roll sash including a projection on an inner-cabin side surface of an upper end periphery thereof;
• a press sash which extends in the longitudinal direction, the press sash being press-molded, the press sash including an upper end periphery, the upper end periphery being free from a projection on an inner-cabin side surface thereof, and the press sash being joined to the roll sash to form an upper part of a door sash;
• a decorative molding which extends in the longitudinal direction, the decorative molding configured to cover the upper end periphery of the roll sash and the upper end periphery of the press sash from an exterior of the automobile;
• an end cap configured to fit on an end of the decorative molding, the end cap including a projection which extends inwardly toward an interior of the automobile and in the longitudinal direction;
• and
• a door weather strip configured to operably couple to an outer circumferential edge on an upper side of the door sash, the door weather strip including a hollow seal member configured to make elastic contact with a door opening edge of a body of the automobile, and an outer seal lip configured to make elastic contact with the door opening edge of the body of the automobile,
• wherein part of the door weather strip is die-molded and configured to operably couple to the press sash and the end cap,
• wherein the outer seal lip of the door weather strip comprises:
• an upper side protrusion and a lower side protrusion which extend outwardly toward the exterior of the automobile from an upper side position and a lower side position on the outer seal lip, respectively, the upper side protrusion and the lower side protrusion being parallel with each other in the longitudinal direction;
• a channel between the upper side protrusion and the lower side protrusion, the channel being open outwardly toward the exterior of the automobile;
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• a connecting wall configured to connect the upper side protrusion and the lower side protrusion on a first end in a front and rear direction of the channel, the connecting wall covering up the first end of the channel, and
• wherein a first end in a front and rear direction of the upper side protrusion, a first end in a front and rear direction of the lower side protrusion, and the first end of the channel are configured to be slid in the longitudinal direction along the decorative molding toward an inside of the door from an outside of the door and guided into a space between the press sash and the end cap, the projection on the end cap being guided into the channel, during coupling of the door weather strip to the outer circumferential edge on the upper side of the door sash.