Weatherstrip for automobiles
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorMasayasu Okada
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Abstract
A weatherstrip is provided for an automobile adapted to be mounted on a center pillar thereof. The weatherstrip includes front and rear hollow seal portions having a mounting base and front and rear sealing walls, respectively. A partition wall is provided having an inverted V-shaped section such that its apex projects in an outer direction. The partition has opposite ends connected to the mounting base and is formed in a space of each of the hollow sealing portions. The sealing walls are supported by the apexes of the partition walls when the partition walls are depressed by a closing door glass.
Claims6
A weatherstrip for an automobile adapted to be mounted on a center pillar thereof, the weatherstrip comprising:
- a mounting base;
- first and second sealing walls coupled to said mounting base so as to define first and second hollow seal portions;
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- a partition member disposed in each of said hollow seal portions, each said partition member having opposite ends thereof connected to said mounting base, said partition members having an inverted V-shaped section such that apexes thereof project toward said sealing walls,
- said apexes supporting the sealing walls when said partition members are depressed by a closing door glass of the automobile.
A weatherstrip as claimed in claims, wherein said hollow seal portions are separate from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.