JP3248612B2 - Inner weather strip for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inner weather which is attached to a lower part of a door window of a vehicle and has a tip of a glass side lip pressed against an inner surface of a liftable glass for closing the door window so that the door window can be opened and sealed. About the strip. More specifically, an inner weather strip main body formed so as to be able to contact the upper vertical surface of the door trim covering the door inner panel,
The present invention relates to an inner weather strip for a vehicle including a trim-side lip that can contact an upper surface of a door trim and a locking member that locks the door trim.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of inner weather strip for a vehicle, an opening is provided at a lower edge of a window formed on an upper portion of a vehicle door, and the window can be opened and closed through the opening. It is known that an inner weather strip having a lip whose tip is pressed against an inner surface of a vertically movable glass to be closed is attached to an inner peripheral edge of an opening.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the inner weather strip 2 includes an inner weather strip main body 2a formed so as to be able to contact an upper vertical surface 4a of a door trim 4 that covers a door inner panel (not shown), and an upper surface of the door trim 4. There is provided a trim side lip 2b capable of contacting the door trim 4 and a locking member 7 for locking to the door trim 4, and a glass side lip 2c for pressing against the glass is provided on the weather strip main body 2a.

[0003] As shown by a solid line arrow in FIG.
The inner weather strip 2 is attached by bringing the weather strip main body 2a into contact with the upper vertical surface 4a of the door trim, and further bringing the trim lip 2b into close contact with the upper surface 4b of the door trim. Seals the inside surface. The inner weather strip 2 described above includes a weather strip main body 2a and a trim side lip 2b.
Are integrally formed. Conventionally, this weather strip 2
Is formed by attaching the trim side lip 2b to the upper surface 4b of the door trim.
The vertical surface 4a of the upper part of the door trim
And the upper surface 4b of the door trim. By forming in this manner, the adhesion between the door trim 4 with the weather strip 2 mounted and the inner weather strip 2 can be improved, and the appearance can be improved.

[0004]

However, since the upper vertical surface 4a and the upper surface 4b of the door trim 4 are generally formed in a vertical shape, the weather strip main body 2a and the trim side lip correspond to this shape. If 2b is formed in a substantially vertical shape, the tip of the trim side lip 2b may strongly interfere with the upper vertical surface 4a of the door trim when the locking member 7 is locked to the door trim 4. Trim side lip 2b and upper surface 4b
Interference deforms the trim-side lip 2b and degrades the appearance of the weather strip 2. Therefore, it is necessary for the worker to work carefully so as not to cause such deformation, and There is a problem that the workability in mounting is reduced.

On the other hand, in order to improve the workability of attaching the inner weather strip 2, the trim side lip 2b
Interferes with the upper surface 4b of the door trim and the trim side lip 2b
It is conceivable that a gap is formed between the trim side lip 2b and the upper surface 4b of the door trim to such an extent that the locking member 7 is not deformed. However, when such a gap is formed, as shown in FIG. Lock and inner weather strip 2
When the door trim 4 is attached to the door trim 4, a gap t is formed between the trim-side lip 2b and the upper surface 4b of the door trim, thereby deteriorating the appearance. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inner weather strip that can improve the workability in the work of attaching the inner weather strip to the door trim and improve the appearance of the door trim with the inner weather strip attached. To provide.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems According to claim 1 of the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 1, an inner weather strip main body 24d formed so as to be able to contact an upper vertical surface 17a of a door trim 17 that covers the door inner panel 16, and an upper end of the weather strip main body 24d is integrated with the weather strip main body 24d. Trim side lip 24a, which is formed to be able to contact the upper surface 17b of the door trim 17, and a weatherstrip body 24d
A locking member 26 formed integrally with the weatherstrip body 24d to lock the door trim 17 to contact the weatherstrip body 24d and the trim side lip 24a with the door trim 17, and a door outer panel 14 of the weatherstrip body 24d. The door outer panel 14 and the door inner panel 16 are formed integrally with the weatherstrip body 24d on the side.
The inner weather strip for a vehicle is provided with a glass-side lip 24c whose tip can be pressed against the inner surface of the glass 12 that moves up and down the opening 19 between the inner weather strip.

The characteristic configuration is that the trim side lip 24
a lip deformation stay 27 is formed integrally with the trim side lip 24a on the lower surface in the vicinity of the weather strip main body 24d, and the upper part of the door trim 17 is used as the weather strip when the locking member 26 is locked to the door trim 17. The trim lip 24 a is pushed into the main body 24 d so as to be in close contact with the upper surface of the door trim 17. When the locking member 26 is locked to the door trim 17, the stay 27 contacts the upper portion of the door trim 17 and is pushed into the weather strip main body 24 d. When the stay 27 is pushed in, the stay 27 makes the trim side lip 24 a come into close contact with the upper surface 17 b of the door trim 17.

The invention according to a second aspect is the invention according to the first aspect, wherein the lip deformation stay 27 is provided between the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a near the inner weather strip main body 24d and the upper part of the weather strip main body 24d. It is an inner weather strip for vehicles installed on the vehicle. When the locking member 26 is locked to the door trim 17, the upper part of the door trim 17 is connected to the lower surface of the trim side lip 24 a and the weather strip main body 24.
d and abut on the stay 27 erected on the upper part of
7 into the weatherstrip body 24d. The stay 27 is deformed along the upper shape of the door trim 17, and due to this deformation, the stay 27 pulls near the base end and makes the trim side lip 24 a adhere to the upper surface of the door trim 17.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1, and as shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a vehicle inner weather strip that is vertically provided on the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a near the inner weather strip main body 24d. When the stay 37 hanging from the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a is pushed into the weather strip main body 24d side, the stay 37 is deformed along the upper shape of the door trim 17, and due to this deformation, the stay 27 is moved to the trim side. The lip 24a is pulled in close contact with the upper surface of the door trim 17.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 4, a door 11 is attached to the vehicle, and a glass 12
Forms a window 13 that is releasably closed. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the door 11 is formed by joining a door outer panel 14 and a door inner panel 16 to each other, and a door trim 17 is attached to the inner surface of the door inner panel 16. An opening 19 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction is formed on a lower edge of the window 13, that is, on an upper surface of the door 11, and the glass 12 protrudes and retracts from the opening 19 to close the window 13 in an openable manner. A glass channel 21 is fitted to a lower end of the glass 12, and a lift arm bracket 22 is fixed to a lower surface of the channel 21. A window regulator (not shown) that raises and lowers the glass 12 is attached inside the door 11, and a roller (not shown) rotatably attached to a tip of a lift arm (not shown) of the regulator is attached to the bracket. It rolls in 22.

A door trim 17 mounted on the surface of the door inner panel 16 forms an upper portion of the door 11 together with the door inner panel 16, and an upper edge of the door trim 17 is bent into the opening 19 to form an upper vertical surface 17a. . A plurality of mounting holes 17c for mounting the inner weather strip 24 are formed in the upper vertical surface 17a.
And one in FIG. 2). An inner weather strip 24 is attached to the upper edge of the door trim 17 via a plurality of attachment holes 17c.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the weather strip 24 is formed so as to be able to contact the upper vertical surface 17a of the door trim 17, and has an inner core strip 24e embedded therein, and a weather strip body. Door trim 1 formed integrally with this lip 24d at the upper end of 24d
Trim side lip 24 provided along upper surface 17b of
a and a glass-side lip 24c formed integrally with the weatherstrip body 24d via a thin hinge 24b and projecting obliquely upward toward the interior surface of the glass 12. The mandrel 24e is formed in a substantially T-shaped cross section, and includes a trim side lip 24a, a hinge 24b, and a glass side lip 24.
The c and the weatherstrip body 24d are integrally formed by extruding a soft synthetic resin such as rubber or vinyl chloride together with the mandrel 24e. Trim side lip 2
4a, hinge 24b, glass side lip 24c, weather strip main body 24d and mandrel 24e are provided over substantially the entire width of glass 12. Also, the weather strip body 24
d is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section along with the trim side lip 24a.

A plurality of locking members 26 corresponding to the mounting holes 17c in the upper vertical surface 17a are formed in the weather strip main body 24d.
(Only one is shown in the figure) is formed integrally with the weatherstrip body 24d. Locking member 2 in the present embodiment
Reference numeral 6 denotes a cut-and-raised claw formed by partially cutting and raising the weather strip main body 24d together with the mandrel 24e embedded therein by pressing the inner weather strip 24. The tip is formed to have a smaller diameter toward the tip, and the tip is formed on the upper vertical surface 17.
The rounding is performed to facilitate the insertion of the “a” into the mounting hole 17c. The plurality of locking members 26 are connected to the upper vertical surface 17a.
Of the weatherstrip body 24d.
And the trim side lip 24a are brought into contact with the upper vertical surface 17a and the upper surface 17b of the door trim 17, and in this state, the cut-and-raised claw, which is the locking member 26, is bent at the back surface of the upper vertical surface 17a, thereby the inner weather strip 24 is door trimmed. 17 is attached to the upper edge.

The feature of this embodiment is that a lip deformation stay 27 is formed integrally with the trim side lip 24a on the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a near the weather strip body 24d. As shown in FIG. 1, the lip deformation stay 27 in this embodiment is provided on the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a near the inner weather strip main body 24d and on the upper part of the weather strip main body 24d. The lip deformation stay 27 erected between the trim side lip 24a and the weather strip main body 24d is a trim side lip 2a.
4a and the same material as the weatherstrip body 24d.
This lip deformation stay 27 is formed integrally with the glass 12 and is provided over substantially the entire width of the glass 12.

The inner weather strip for a vehicle constructed as described above is mounted as shown by the solid arrow in FIG.
Locking member 26 formed on weatherstrip body 24d
Is inserted into the mounting hole 17c of the upper vertical surface 17a, and is bent at the back surface of the upper vertical surface 17a as shown in FIG. When the locking member 26 is inserted into the mounting hole 17c, the upper part of the door trim 17 contacts the stay 27,
Is pushed into the weather strip main body 24d side. When the stay 27 is pushed into the weather strip main body 24d side, the stay 27 is deformed along the upper shape of the door trim 17, and due to this deformation, the stay 27 pulls near the base end, as shown in FIG. The trim side lip 24a is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the door trim 17. In addition,
The door trim 17 to which the inner weather strip 24 is attached is, as shown in FIG.
6 is attached to the door inner panel 16.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, the same reference numerals as those in the above-described embodiment indicate the same components. The characteristic configuration of the present embodiment is that a lip deformation stay 37 is vertically provided integrally with the trim side lip 24a on the lower surface of the trim side lip 24a near the weather strip body 24d. The lip deforming stay 37 vertically provided on the trim side lip 24a is a single rib having the same width, and is made of the same material as the trim side lip 24a.
4a is formed integrally. This lip deformation stay 3
7 is provided over substantially the entire width of the glass 12.

When the inner weather strip for a vehicle constructed as described above is mounted, the locking member 26 is attached to the upper vertical surface 17.
This is performed by inserting into the mounting hole 17c of FIG. Fix the locking member 26 to the mounting hole 17
When the door trim 17 is inserted, the upper portion of the door trim 17 comes into contact with the stay 37, and the stay 37 is pushed into the weather strip main body 24d. When the stay 37 is pushed into the weather strip main body 24d side, the stay 37 is deformed along the upper shape of the door trim 17, and due to this deformation, the stay 27 pulls in the vicinity of the base end and the trim side lip 2 is pulled.
4a is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the door trim 17. Except for this, the configuration is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and a repeated description will be omitted.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the lip deformation stay is formed integrally with the trim side lip on the lower surface of the trim side lip near the weather strip body, and the locking member is attached to the door trim. When locking, the upper part of the door trim pushes the stay into the weatherstrip body, and the trim side lip is configured to be in close contact with the upper surface of the door trim, so when the locking member is locked to the door trim, the stay is pushed in. The stay makes the trim side lip adhere to the upper surface of the door trim. As a result, when locking the locking member to the door trim, it is not necessary to pay attention so that the tip of the trim-side lip does not abut on the upper vertical surface of the door trim, and the work in attaching the inner weather strip to the door trim is not required. Thus, the appearance of the door trim in a state where the inner weather strip is attached can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a weather strip according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a state where the weather strip is attached.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4, showing a door to which the weather strip is attached.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a door as viewed from the inside of the vehicle.

FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing another weather strip of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 of a weather strip showing a conventional example. (B) The figure corresponding to FIG. 2 of the weather strip which shows a prior art example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Glass 14 Door outer panel 16 Door inner panel 17 Door trim 17a Upper vertical surface 17b Upper surface 17c Mounting hole 19 Opening 24a Trim side lip 24c Glass side lip 24d Inner weather strip main body 24e Mandrel 26 Locking members 27, 37 For lip deformation Stay

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A door trim for covering a door inner panel (16).
An inner weather strip main body (24d) formed so as to be able to contact the upper vertical surface (17a) of (17); and an upper end of the weather strip main body (24d) integrally with the weather strip main body (24d). Formed the door trim
A trim-side lip (24a) that can contact the upper surface (17b) of the (17); and a door trim (17) formed integrally with the weatherstrip body (24d) on the weatherstrip body (24d). A locking member (26) for stopping and bringing the weather strip body (24d) and the trim side lip (24a) into contact with the door trim (17); and a door outer panel (1) of the weather strip body (24d).
4) The door outer panel (14) and the door inner panel formed integrally with the weatherstrip body (24d) on the side.
(16) An inner weather strip for a vehicle comprising: a glass-side lip (24c) whose tip can be pressed against the inside surface of the glass (12) that moves up and down the opening (19) between the trim-side lip. (24a) The weather strip body
(24d) A lip deformation stay (27, 37) is formed integrally with the trim side lip (24a) on the lower surface in the vicinity, and when the locking member (26) is locked to the door trim (17), The upper part of the door trim (17) is configured so that the stay (27, 37) is pushed into the weather strip body (24d) side so that the trim side lip (24a) is in close contact with the upper surface (17b) of the door trim (17). An inner weather strip for a vehicle, characterized in that: 2. A lip deforming stay (27) is provided on a lower surface of a trim side lip (24a) near an inner weather strip main body (24d) and an upper portion of the weather strip main body (24d). An inner weather strip for a vehicle as described in the above. 3. The inner weather strip for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lip deformation stay (37) is vertically provided on a lower surface of the trim side lip (24a) near the inner weather strip main body (24d).