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US 5,671,565 AGranted
Structure and method of fitting door moldings
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinobu Furuse
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Abstract
The present invention is constructed so that, in a structure for fitting a door molding which is provided for covering a gap between a door outer panel and a window glass, the door molding is fitted on an upper portion of the door outer panel by a thermosetting structural adhesive material. The door molding can be simply fitted on the door outer panel only by heating the thermosetting structural adhesive material. Moreover, after fitting, a firm fitting state can be maintained by the thermosetting structural adhesive material.
Claims15
An improved vehicular door, comprising:
- inner and outer door panels located adjacent to each other with a space therebetween for housing an extendable and retractable pane of window glass, said outer door panel including a curved portion extending upwardly, a horizontal portion and a fall portion, wherein said horizontal portion extends integrally from said curved portion towards said window glass pane and said fall portion extends integrally downwardly from said horizontal portion so that said fall portion has a surface approximately parallel with an outer surface of said window glass pane;
- a door molding covering a gap between said fall portion and said window glass panel, wherein said door molding includes a molding member, a core member, and a clip member, said clip member having a contact surface with horizontal and vertical portions, with said vertical portion extending downwardly and
- a door molding fitting means, fitted on said contact surface portions of said clip member of said door molding, for firmly attaching said door molding to said horizontal portion and said fall portion of said outer door panel to maintain a firm fitting state over a long period of time even if an external force acts upon said door molding in any one of an up, down, left and right directions.
An improved vehicular door, comprising:
- inner and outer door panels located adjacent to each other with a space therebetween for housing an extendable and retractable pane of window glass, said outer door panel including a curved portion extending upwardly, a horizontal portion and a fall portion, wherein said horizontal portion extends integrally from said curved portion towards said window glass pane and said fall portion extends integrally downwardly from said horizontal portion so that said fall portion has a surface approximately parallel with an outer surface of said window glass pane;
- a door molding covering a gap between said fall portion and said window glass pane, wherein said door molding includes a molding member, a core member, and a clip member, said clip member having a contact surface with horizontal and vertical portions, with said vertical portion extending downwardly;
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- a door molding fitting means, fitted on said contact surface portions of said clip member of said door molding, for temporarily attaching said contact surface of said clip member of said door molding to said horizontal portion and said fall portion of said outer door panel until said door molding fitting means is heated to set said door molding fitting means and thereby permanently bond said contact portion of said clip member of said door molding to said horizontal portion and said fall portion of said outer door panel of said vehicular door.
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