JP2002029267A - Fitting structure of parting seal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fitting structure of a parting seal 18 being surely fitted to a prescribed fitting position. SOLUTION: In this fitting structure of the parting seal 18 sealing a clearance between a front door sash 6 and a rear door sash 8, a U-shaped lateral cross section retainer 24 being fixed to the rear door sash 8 comprises a car external wall part 26 being fixed to the rear door sash 8, a car internal wall part 28, and a bottom wall part 30 connecting the car external wall part 26 to the car internal wall part 28. The parting seal 18 is provided with a base part 32, which has an engagement lip 38 being engaged with the end of the car body front side of the car internal wall part 28 and an auxiliary lip 40 abutting on the bottom wall part 30 and is fixed to the car internal wall part 28; and a seal lip 34 closing the clearance between the front door sash 6 and the rear door sash 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a parting seal for closing a gap between a rear side of a front door sash and a front side of a rear door sash.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A four-door passenger car has a structure in which a parting seal is attached to close a gap between a vertical side portion of a front door sash and a vertical side portion of a rear door sash facing along a center pillar. Are conventionally known.

[0003] Such a parting seal mounting structure includes a parting seal fixed to the vertical side of the rear door sash along the center pillar with a double-sided tape, or as shown in FIG. The rear door sash is provided with a plurality of fixing pins 62 having a substantially T-shaped section at predetermined intervals along the center pillar and protruding from the vertical side 60 of the rear door sash. By providing a through hole 64 corresponding to the pin 62 in the parting seal 66 and fitting the fixing pin 62 into the through hole 64, the parting seal 6
6 is fixed to a rear door sash (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-149314). FIG.
Reference numeral 68 denotes a vertical side of the front door sash.

[0004]

However, in the case of the former mounting structure in which the parting seal is mounted and fixed with a double-sided tape, the parting seal may be displaced or peeled off.
In addition, there is a problem that the mounting operation becomes extremely complicated because the double-sided tape is attached to the vertical side of the rear door sash.

A fixing pin 6 is attached to the rear door sash 60.
In the case of the latter mounting structure in which the parting seal 66 is fixed by using the fixing pin 62, the through-holes 64 of the parting seal 66 are fitted to the fixing pins 62, respectively. Therefore, there is a problem that workability deteriorates. In addition, the parting seal 66 is not fixed to the vertical side portion 60 of the rear door sash in a portion where the head of the fixing pin 62 is exposed and the fixing pin 62 is not provided. 66 rises from the vertical side portion 60 of the rear door sash, and undulates along the longitudinal direction of the vertical side portion 60, which may impair the appearance.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, the invention according to claim 1 is to provide a gap between a vertical side portion of a front door sash and a vertical side portion of a rear door sash facing a center pillar above a waist line. In the mounting structure of the parting seal to be sealed, the rear door sash includes an outer panel and an inner panel, and at an outer peripheral edge of a longitudinal side portion of the rear door sash on the vehicle body front side, the outer panel faces an end of the inner panel. It is folded back inside the vehicle so as to enclose it, and the retainer is sandwiched in the folded portion, and the retainer has a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens toward the front of the vehicle body, and the tip is fixedly held by the folded portion. A vehicle exterior wall portion, a vehicle interior wall portion located inside the vehicle exterior wall portion and substantially parallel to the vehicle exterior wall portion; A bottom wall connecting the base end of the vehicle exterior wall and the vehicle interior wall; the parting seal includes an engagement lip engaged with an end of the vehicle interior wall on the vehicle body front side; A base fixed to the vehicle interior wall so as to cover the vehicle interior wall from the inside of the vehicle with an auxiliary lip abutting on a wall, a vertical side of the front door sash and a rear door sash extending from the base; And a seal lip for closing a gap with a vertical side of the seal lip. Thus, the parting seal is held on the longitudinal side of the rear door sash via the retainer.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle inner wall portion of the retainer has an end on the vehicle rear side projecting rearward of the vehicle body from the bottom wall portion, The cross section of the bottom wall and the inner side wall is substantially T
It is characterized in that it is formed in a character shape. As a result, the auxiliary lip of the parting seal is engaged with the end of the retainer on the vehicle rear side of the inner side wall of the retainer.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the retainer is formed such that an inner angle between the bottom wall and the inner wall of the retainer is an acute angle. It is characterized by having. As a result, the auxiliary lip of the parting seal engages with the corner portion of the retainer, which is formed by the inner wall portion and the bottom wall portion of the retainer.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the parting seal extends from the base toward the rear of the vehicle body and contacts the inner panel. A decorative lip is provided. Thereby, the auxiliary lip is covered by the decorative lip.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the rear door weather strip according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the rear door weather strip is mounted around the rear door and seals between the rear door and the vehicle body opening. The parting seal is joined near the upper end of the center pillar. Thus, the positioning of the parting seal in the vertical direction of the rear door sash along the vehicle body vertical direction is uniquely determined.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a four-door type automobile.

The front door 2 and the rear door 4 are attached to the vehicle body via hinges (not shown) provided on the front side of the vehicle body.

Above the waist line of the front door 2, a front door sash 6 is formed.
Above the waist line of the rear door 4, a rear door sash 8 is formed.

The front door 2 and the rear door 4 have a gap between the rear side of the front door 2 along the center pillar and the rear side of the rear door along the center pillar 4 so that they do not interfere with each other when the door is opened and closed. Is provided.

That is, a predetermined gap S (see FIG. 3 described later) is provided between the vertical side portion 10 of the front door sash 6 along the center pillar and the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8 along the center pillar. Is set).

Door weather strips are attached to the outer peripheral edges of the front door 2 and the rear door 4 to seal between each door and the vehicle body opening when the doors are closed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8 of the rear door weather strip 14 is formed.
A parting seal 18, which will be described later, is joined to the corner portion 16 corresponding to the upper end (see the portion A surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 3, the rear door sash 8
Is composed of an outer panel 20 and an inner panel 22, and an outer peripheral edge of the longitudinal side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8 on the front side of the vehicle body (left side in FIG. 3) wraps the end 22 a of the inner panel 22. It is folded back inside the car. A retainer 24 is sandwiched in the folded portion 23 over substantially the entire length of the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8.

The retainer 24 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section by bending an elongated metal plate, and opens toward the front of the vehicle body. That is, the retainer 2
4 is a folded portion 2 of the rear door sash 8 at the tip 26a.
3, a vehicle interior wall portion 28 located inside the vehicle exterior wall portion 26 and substantially parallel to the vehicle exterior wall portion 26, and a base end 26 b of the vehicle exterior wall portion 26. Bottom wall 30 connecting the rear end 28b of the vehicle interior side wall 28 with the vehicle interior side wall 28
And, it consists of. The end 28a of the inner side wall 28 on the vehicle body front side is folded back. Also, the retainer 24
Is welded to the inner panel 22.

A rubber parting seal 18 is attached to the retainer 24. The parting seal 18 has a base 32 fixed to the vehicle interior side wall 28 so as to cover the vehicle interior side wall 28 of the retainer 24 from the vehicle interior side.
And a seal lip made of sponge rubber extending from the base 32 toward the front of the vehicle body (left side in FIG. 3) to cover a gap S between the vertical side portion 10 of the front door sash 6 and the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8. 34, a decorative lip 36 extending from the base 32 toward the rear side of the vehicle body (right side in FIG.
Approximately.

The base 32 of the parting seal 18 is provided at the front end 28 a of the inner side wall 28 of the retainer 24 on the vehicle body front side.
Lip 38 that engages with the bottom wall 30 of the retainer 24
And an auxiliary lip 40 abutting on the inner wall portion 28 of the retainer 24 by the engagement lip 38 and the auxiliary lip 40.

The auxiliary lip 40 is a decorative lip 36
Covered by

In the mounting structure of the parting seal 18 configured as described above, the parting seal 18 is engaged with the retainer 24 disposed over substantially the entire length of the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8 by the engagement lip 38. And auxiliary lip 4
Since the parting seal 18 is fixed with a holding force of 0, the parting seal 18 can be reliably prevented from being partially lifted and waving along the longitudinal direction of the vertical side portion 12. In particular, the end portion 2 of the vehicle inner side wall portion 28 on the vehicle body front side
8a to the parting seal 1
8, the parting seal 18 is fixed to the retainer 24 with a high holding force against an external force acting in the direction of arrow F (inside the vehicle) when the door is closed in FIG. can do.

Since the retainer 24 is fixed to the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8, the mounting position of the parting seal 18 is uniquely determined and the displacement of the parting seal 18 is reliably prevented. can do. Also, since the parting seal 18 is connected to the rear door weather strip 14 attached to the periphery of the rear door 4 near the upper end of the vertical side portion 12 of the rear door sash 8, the parting seal 18 is It is possible to reliably prevent the positioning seal 18 from being displaced in the vertical direction of the vehicle body.

Then, the auxiliary lip 40 is
6, the appearance of the parting seal 18 from the inside of the vehicle is improved. Also, decorative lip 3
Since the auxiliary lip 40 is covered by 6, the hand or the like accidentally hits the auxiliary lip 40, and the auxiliary lip 40 is not pulled toward the inside of the vehicle.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The mounting structure of the parting seal 18 in the second embodiment is obtained by changing only the shape of the retainer 24 in the first embodiment.

The retainer 42 in the second embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the end of the vehicle interior side wall portion 44 on the vehicle body rear side is
It is formed so as to protrude rearward of the vehicle body from the bottom wall portion 30. That is, the cross section of the bottom wall portion 30 substantially perpendicular to the vehicle outer side wall portion 26 and the vehicle inner side wall portion 44 is formed so as to form a substantially T shape.

By bending the retainer 42 in this manner, the auxiliary lip 40 is engaged with the rear end portion 44b of the vehicle inner side wall portion 44 on the vehicle body side. That is, the engaging lip 3 that engages with the front end portion 44a of the inner side wall portion 44 of the vehicle body.
8 and the auxiliary lip 40 engaged with the rear end portion 44b of the inner side wall portion 44 of the vehicle, the parting seal 18 is retained with a higher holding force than the first embodiment.
Can be fixed to

FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.

In the third embodiment, the retainer is formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section in substantially the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, but the retainer 46 in the third embodiment comprises a bottom wall portion 48 and an inner side wall. The inner angle formed by the portion 50 is formed to be an acute angle. That is, the bottom wall portion 48 is formed on the outer side wall portion 26.
It is formed so as to be inclined toward the rear side of the vehicle body. In other words, the base end 50b of the inner side wall part 50 is formed so as to be located on the rear side of the vehicle body (the right side in FIG. 5) with respect to the base end 26b of the outer side wall part 26.

The third bent retainer is thus formed.
In the embodiment, the auxiliary lip 40 is engaged with a corner of the retainer 46 composed of the vehicle inner side wall 50 and the bottom wall 48. That is, the second engagement lip 38 engages with the front end 50a of the vehicle interior side wall 50 and the auxiliary lip 40 engages the rear end 50b of the vehicle interior side wall 50.
As in the embodiment, the parting seal 18 can be fixed to the retainer 46 with a higher holding force than in the first embodiment.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by engaging the engaging lip of the parting seal with the retainer fixed to the longitudinal side of the rear door sash, the parting seal has a high holding force. Thus, the parting seal can be securely attached to a predetermined position on the vertical side of the rear door sash while being attached to the rear door sash.

Further, when the auxiliary lip of the parting seal is also engaged with the retainer, the parting seal can be attached to the rear door sash with a higher holding force. it can.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the auxiliary lip is covered with the decorative lip, the appearance of the parting seal attached to the vertical side of the rear door sash is improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the positioning of the rear door sash on the vertical side of the rear door sash in the vertical direction of the vehicle body is uniquely determined, the parting seal can be more reliably formed on the vertical side of the rear door sash. The part can be fixed in a predetermined position. Determined uniquely

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile to which a parting seal mounting structure according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a corner portion and a parting seal of a rear door weather strip attached to a portion A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, showing a second embodiment of the parting seal mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, showing a third embodiment of the parting seal mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional parting seal mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Front door sash 8 Rear door sash 12 Vertical part (rear door sash) 18 Parting seal 24 Retainer 26 Vehicle outer wall 28 Internal wall 30 Bottom wall 32 Base 34 Seal lip 36 ... decorative lip 38 ... engaging lip 40 ... auxiliary lip

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A parting seal mounting structure for sealing a gap between a vertical side of a front door sash and a vertical side of a rear door sash facing a center pillar above a waist line, wherein the rear door sash comprises: The outer panel is composed of an outer panel and an inner panel.At the outer peripheral edge of the longitudinal side of the rear door sash on the front side of the vehicle body, the outer panel is folded inward so as to wrap the end of the inner panel, and a retainer is provided at the folded portion. The retainer is sandwiched, and the retainer has a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens toward the front of the vehicle body, and a vehicle exterior wall portion whose tip is clamped and fixed to the folded portion, and a vehicle interior of the vehicle exterior wall portion. And an inner wall portion substantially parallel to the outer wall portion, and a base end of the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion are connected to each other. The parting seal includes an engagement lip that engages an end of the vehicle interior side wall portion on the vehicle body front side and an auxiliary lip that abuts the bottom wall portion. And a seal lip extending from the base and closing a gap between a vertical side portion of the front door sash and a vertical side portion of the rear door sash. A parting seal mounting structure. 2. The vehicle interior side wall portion of the retainer has an end on the vehicle body rear side projecting rearward from the bottom wall portion toward the vehicle body rear side, and has a cross section substantially T due to the bottom wall portion and the vehicle interior side wall portion.
The parting seal mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the parting seal mounting structure is formed in a letter shape. 3. The parting seal according to claim 1, wherein the retainer is formed such that an inner angle formed by the bottom wall portion and an inner side wall portion of the retainer is an acute angle. Mounting structure. 4. The decorative seal according to claim 1, wherein the parting seal is provided with a decorative lip extending from the base toward the rear of the vehicle body and in contact with the inner panel. Mounting structure of the parting seal described. 5. The parting seal is joined near an upper end of a center pillar to a rear door weatherstrip attached around the rear door and sealing between the rear door and the vehicle body opening. Item 5. A mounting structure for a parting seal according to any one of Items 1 to 4.