US 6,499,257 B1
Retainerless weather strip
Hideshi Tsuchida,
Hiroshima (Japan);
and Eiichi Baba,
Hiroshima (Japan)
Assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.,
Hiroshima (Japan)
Filed on 24-Aug-2000, as Appl. No. Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.,
Hiroshima (Japan)
Int. Cl.7E06B 7/16
U.S. Cl. 49-495.1
10 Claims
US 6,499,257 B1
Retainerless weather strip
Hideshi Tsuchida,
Hiroshima (Japan);
and Eiichi Baba,
Hiroshima (Japan)
Assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.,
Hiroshima (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/644,537.
Claims priority of application No. 11-237120 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 1999;
and application No. 11-315764 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 1999.
Int. Cl.7E06B 7/16
U.S. Cl. 498212;495.1
10 Claims
1. A weather strip attached to a door panel of an automobile, which comprises:
a base portion to be fixed to an attaching portion of the door panel by at least one of a clip and an adhesive double coated
tape, wherein the clip and the adhesive double coated tape are at least partially disposed externally of the weather strip;
a hollow seal portion provided on an automobile interior side of the base portion so as to come into elastic contact with
an automobile body;
a seal lip portion provided on an automobile exterior side of the base portion, the seal lip portion comprising an upper end
portion and an intermediate portion, so that the upper end portion of the seal lip portion comes into elastic contact with
an automobile body and that the intermediate portion of the seal lip portion comes into elastic contact with a door panel;
an end edge portion protruded from a lower end portion of the base portion on the automobile exterior side;
a neck portion formed in a connecting portion of the base portion with the seal lip portion on the automobile exterior side,
wherein the end edge portion is a small lip which obliquely and upwardly comes into elastic contact, from a lower end portion
of the base portion on the automobile exterior side, with a flat portion of the door panel; and
a highly expanded sponge member provided on a lower face of the base portion on the automobile exterior side.