Glass run
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorMasatoshi NOJIRI
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Abstract
A glass run includes at least one of: an exterior sub-lip formed so as to project obliquely from an interior side of the exterior side wall that is closer to the bottom wall than a base portion of the exterior seal lip; an interior sub-lip formed so as to project obliquely in a direction toward a base portion of the interior seal lip from an exterior side of the interior side wall that is closer to the bottom wall than the base portion of the interior seal lip, the interior sub-lip formed with a thick portion on a base portion on a side of the interior seal lip; a thick portion formed on a base portion of the exterior seal lip; or a thick portion formed on a side of the interior seal lip that is not in contact with the door glass.
Claims3
1-6. (canceled)
A glass run including:
- a basic frame having a bottom wall, an exterior side wall, and an interior side wall;
- an exterior seal lip formed at or in the vicinity of a tip end of the exterior side wall;
- and an interior seal lip formed at or in the vicinity of a tip end of the interior side wall, the glass run configured to be attached to a groove portion formed in a door frame, the glass run comprising:
- an exterior sub-lip formed so as to project obliquely from an interior side of the exterior side wall that is closer to the bottom wall than a base portion of the exterior seal lip;
- a first extruded portion, a second extruded portion, and a third extruded portion, each of which supports the door glass from different directions;
- a first molded portion which connects the first extruded portion to the second extruded portion;
- and
- a second molded portion which connects the first extruded portion to the third extruded portion,
- wherein the exterior sub-lip is formed at a connection portion connecting the second molded portion and the third extruded portion.
The glass run according to claim 1, wherein
- the exterior sub-lip is formed at the connection portion and the third extruded portion,
- the protruding length of the exterior sub-lip from the interior side of the exterior side wall gradually decreases in a longitudinal direction from the connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.