Trim for vehicle
AssigneeTokai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinji Hikichi, Hiroyuki Nishiwaki
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Abstract
A trim for a vehicle comprising: an attachment portion including an exterior lateral wall portion, an interior lateral wall portion, and a top wall portion that connects the exterior and interior lateral wall portions; a core embedded in the attachment portion; and a holding lip protruding from an interior surface of at least one of the exterior and interior lateral wall portions, wherein the attachment portion and the holding lip are formed of a foamed polymer material, and wherein among tip end portions of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion, the tip end portion of at least one of the exterior and interior lateral wall portions is covered with a covering portion formed of a non-foamed polymer material.
Claims10
A trim for a vehicle which is formed in an elongated shape with a polymer material and is configured to be disposed between a peripheral edge of an opening portion of a vehicle body and an opening-and-closing member configured to open and close the opening portion, the trim for a vehicle comprising:
- an attachment portion including an exterior lateral wall portion, an interior lateral wall portion, and a top wall portion that connects the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion;
- a core embedded in the attachment portion so as to extend from the exterior lateral wall portion to the interior lateral wall portion;
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- a holding lip protruding from an interior surface of at least one of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion,
- wherein the attachment portion is configured to be attached to a flange provided along the peripheral edge of the opening portion of the vehicle body by accommodating the flange in a gap between the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion such that the holding lip abuts on the flange,
- wherein the attachment portion and the holding lip are formed of a foamed polymer material, and
- wherein among tip end portions of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion, a surface of the tip end portion of at least one of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion is directly covered with a covering portion formed of a non-foamed polymer material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.