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US 7,608,316 B2Granted
Extruded product
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsKurato Okajima, Masanori Aritake, Hitoshi Omori
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Abstract
An extruded product formed by extrusion molding and continuing in a longitudinal direction includes: an extruded product body; and a decoration layer provided integrally on a surface of the extruded product body, wherein the decoration layer is provided on a substantially entire surface of the decoration layer by combining an irregular surface pattern and a plurality of linear grooves on the surface thereof, and the depth of the linear groove is deeper than the depth of the irregular surface pattern.
Claims6
A weather strip for a vehicle, comprising:
- a weather strip body including an extruded product body continuously extruded in a longitudinal direction thereof;
- lips adapted to secure the weather strip body to a body panel of the vehicle;
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- a decoration layer integrated on an exterior surface of the extruded product wherein
- the extruded product body, includes a U-shaped trim part and a hollow seal portion,
- the hollow seal portion is located on a first side of the trim part,
- a cover lip extends from the extruded product body such that the cover lip is located on a side of the extruded product body that is opposite to the hollow seal portion,
- substantially an entire surface of the external surface of the decoration layer includes a combination of an irregular surface pattern and a linear groove portion,
- the linear groove portion is formed with a plurality of linear grooves,
- a depth of the linear grooves is larger than a depth of irregularities on the irregular surface pattern,
- the depth of the irregularities on the irregular surface pattern is in a range of 30 μm to 150 μm, and the depth of the linear grooves is in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm,
- a width of an opening of the linear grooves is formed in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm, and a width of a root portion of one protruding portion formed by adjacent ones of the linear grooves is formed in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm, and
- an interval between adjacent ones of the linear grooves is in a range of 400 μm to 1600 μm.
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