Weather strip for vehicle
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Nozaki
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Abstract
A weather strip includes a fixing base fixed to a periphery of a door that closes an opening in a vehicle body. A seal portion of the weather strip is unitarily formed with the fixing base, and the seal portion includes a hollow seal portion that seals between the door and a rim of the opening. A seal bridge of the weather strip is formed in the hollow seal portion and unitarily extends from the fixing base to an inside wall of the hollow seal portion where the opening rim contacts the hollow seal portion. The seal bridge of the weather strip is formed in a curved shape and divides the hollow seal portion into a plural space. The seal bridge reduces noise without significantly increasing the door closing force.
Claims17
A weather strip for sealing between an opening of a vehicle and a closing member, which closes the opening in the body, comprising:
- a fixing base, which is fixed at a peripheral part of the closing member;
- a seal portion unitarily formed with the fixing base, wherein the seal portion includes a hollow seal portion and seals between the peripheral part of the closing member and a rim of the opening;
- a seal bridge formed in the hollow seal portion, wherein the seal bridge extends from the fixing base to an inside wall of the hollow seal portion where the rim contacts the hollow seal portion, and wherein the seal bridge is formed in a curved shape and divides the hollow seal portion into a plurality of spaces.
A weather strip for sealing an opening of a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of extruded parts, wherein each extruded part includes a first fixing base fixed at an outer periphery of a door frame, and a first hollow seal portion, which seals between the door frame and a vehicle body, wherein the first hollow seal portion has a first seal bridge, which divides the first hollow seal portion into two hollow regions;
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- a plurality of molded corner parts, wherein each molded corner part connects a pair of adjacent extruded parts such that the weather strip surrounds the door frame, wherein each molded corner part includes a second fixing base, which is fixed at the periphery of the door frame, and a second hollow seal portion, which seals between the door frame and the vehicle body, and wherein the second hollow seal portion has a second seal bridge that divides the second hollow seal portion into two hollow regions,
- wherein the first seal bridge and the second seal bridge are continuous.
A weather strip, comprising:
- a fixing base adapted to be fixed at a peripheral part of a closing member that closes an opening;
- a hollow seal portion formed with the fixing base, wherein the hollow seal portion is adapted to seal between the peripheral part of the closing member and a rim of the opening;
- a seal bridge formed in the hollow seal portion, wherein the seal bridge extends from the fixing base to an inside wall of the hollow seal portion where the rim is adapted to contact the hollow seal portion, and wherein the seal bridge is formed in a curved shape and divides the hollow seal portion into a plurality of spaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.