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US 2004/0168373 A1Published application
Sealing structure of automobile
AssigneeNishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorHideshi Tsuchida
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AssigneeNishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorHideshi Tsuchida
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In a hardtop vehicle, etc., in which a partition and a glassrun are mounted at both sides of a center sash 4 which partitions at a triangular glass of a front door and a front glass, a die-molded portion 7 whose tip end is made thin is integrally formed at the upper edge thereof, and a roofside weatherstrip 9 is provided at the roofside, a water receiver composed of lip pieces 21, 22, 23 and 24 is formed in the direction toward the center sash 4 integrally with the die-molded portion 7, partition and glassrun and is resiliently brought into contact with the triangular glass and front glass with clearance remaining. The water receiver is composed so that an opening at the upper end thereof is positioned below the roofside weatherstrip 9 when a door is closed, and the water receiver surrounds clearance which is formed among a differential gap of the die-molded portion 7 and the glass and the roofside weatherstrip 9, and the lower end thereof extends into the door below the belt line, wherein water invading from the above-described clearance is discharged into the door below the belt line through the water receiver.
A sealing structure for a hardtop vehicle, etc., in which a glass-retaining member partitioning door glass of a window is longitudinally provided at a door, a partition attached to the side edge of fixed glass and/or a glassrun through which the side edge of elevating glass is passed are mounted at both sides of the glass-retaining member, a die-molded portion whose tip end is made thin is integrally formed at the upper edge thereof, a roofside weathestrip is provided at the roofside and resiliently brought into contact with the upper edge of the door glass and the die-mold portion of the upper edge of the glass-retaining member, and thereby carries out sealing the same wherein a water receiver that goes along the glass-retaining member is continuously formed integrally with the die-molded portion, partition and/or glassrun, an opening at the upper end of the water receiver is directed toward clearance c1 which is formed among the roofside weatherstrip, the die-molded portion at the upper edge of the glass-retaining member, and the upper edge of the glass, and the lower end of the water receiver is made open in a door panel which is lower than the belt line.
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