JP3264138B2 - Weather top structure of hard top car - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a weatherstrip structure for a hardtop vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional weatherstrip structure of a hard-top vehicle, for example, a weatherstrip structure shown in FIGS.
No. 2). In the drawings, X indicates the inside of the vehicle and Y indicates the outside of the vehicle.

[0005] FIG. 5 shows a hardtop vehicle. Since the door 1 of the hardtop vehicle has a sashless structure, the oblique side 2 a and the upper side 2 b of the door glass 2 rising from the door 1 are connected to the front pillar 3. And the weather strips 5 and 6 provided on the roof 4.

The weather strip 5 corresponding to the oblique side 2a of the door glass 2 has a structure as shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a diagram in which the lower portion of the weather strip 5 is viewed obliquely from below, and the cross-sectional shape of the upper end is not shown, but is shown for reference.
The lower end 7 of the weatherstrip 5 has a complicated shape for attachment to a vehicle body, but the other general parts are a weatherstrip body 8 having a hollow portion and a weatherstrip body 8 having a hollow portion. An inner lip 9 formed inside the vehicle,
The inner lip 9 is formed from a middle position of the inner lip 9 and a waterproof lip 10 formed below.

The front pillar 3 to which the weather strip 5 is attached is formed of a pillar outer 12 having an attachment surface 11 corresponding to the oblique side 2a of the door glass 2, and a pillar inner 13 connected to the pillar outer 12. The connection part is provided with a welt 14. The retainer 1 is provided on the mounting surface 11 along the longitudinal direction.
5, the outer end 15 a of the retainer 15
Drip molding 1 between the outer surface of the pillar outer 12
6 are provided. Then, the base 8a of the weatherstrip body 8 is fitted into the retainer 15, and the weatherstrip 5 is mounted.

With the weather strip 5 attached, a drainage channel H is formed between the weather strip main body 8 and the waterproof lip 10. The drain route of the water W that has entered the gap between the drip molding 16 and the weatherstrip body 8 includes a route A guided to the outside of the vehicle along a depression in the base 8a of the weatherstrip body 8 (see FIG. 6) and a base portion. There is a route B or C which leads to the drainage channel H beyond 8a and is guided to the outside of the vehicle along the drainage channel H as it is. There is a route B which crosses the base portion 8a at a relatively low position and a route C which crosses the base portion 8a at a high position. The upper end 10a of the waterproof lip 10 so that the water W of the route C can be surely guided outside the vehicle. Is set.

[0007]

However, in such a conventional technique, since the inner lip 9 of the weather strip 5 has no rigidity, the tip of the inner lip 9 partially moves to the outside of the vehicle. As a result, a wavy deformation N occurs at the tip of the inner lip 9, which may degrade the appearance quality of the weather strip 5.

Also, since the waterproof lip 10 has no rigidity,
In particular, the upper end 10a is easy to fall to the weather strip main body 8 side. If the upper end 10a of the waterproof lip 10 falls down, the water W of the route C invading at a position close to the upper end 10a of the waterproof lip 10 cannot be guided to the drainage channel H,
As shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle enters the vehicle on another route (C ′) over the waterproof lip 10.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the base 8a of the weatherstrip body 8 is fitted to the retainer 15,
There is a possibility that the waterproof lip 10 may be fitted by mistake. As a worker, even if such an erroneous assembly occurs,
Since the inner lip 9 is located outside the inside end 15b of the vehicle, it is difficult to detect that the inner lip 9 is incorrectly assembled.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and it is possible to increase the rigidity of the inner lip and the waterproof lip and prevent the erroneous assembly of the weather strip from being performed on the hard-top vehicle. The present invention provides a the strip structure.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
One or more ribs are formed between the waterproof lip and the inner lip.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a rib is formed at least at an upper end position of the waterproof lip.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the rib is formed between the waterproof lip and the inner lip, the rigidity of the inner lip and the waterproof lip is mutually increased. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a wavy deformation at the tip of the inner lip, thereby improving the appearance quality of the weather strip, prevent the waterproof lip from falling down, and reliably guide the intruded water to the drainage channel. be able to.

Further, the waterproof lip and the inner lip are integrated by the rib, and if the assembly is performed incorrectly,
The operator can easily discover that the waterproof lip and inner lip are both in the retainer, or the ribs are abutted against the end of the retainer. it can.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the rib is formed at least at the upper end position of the waterproof lip, the upper end of the waterproof lip is securely prevented from falling down, and the original waterproof function of the waterproof lip is maximized. Can be.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions common to the related art, and overlapping description will be omitted.

The weather strip 17 fitted in the retainer 15 provided on the mounting surface 11 of the front pillar 3 according to this embodiment has two ribs 18 between the inner lip 9 and the waterproof lip 10. 19 are integrally formed. The ribs 18 and 19 are formed so as to fill a groove between the inner lip 9 and the waterproof lip 10. The upper rib 18 is formed at the upper end 10a of the waterproof lip 10, and the other ribs 19 are formed. It is formed slightly below the rib 18.

Since such ribs 18 and 19 are formed between the waterproof lip 10 and the inner lip 9, the inner lip 9 and the waterproof lip 10 are integrally connected, and the rigidity of both is increased. Therefore, no wavy deformation occurs at the tip of the inner lip 9, and the appearance quality of the weather strip 17 is improved. Also, the waterproof lip 10
Since the rigidity of the waterproof lip 10 is also increased, the waterproof lip 10 can be prevented from falling down, and the intruded water W can be reliably guided to the drainage channel H and discharged from the lower end 7 of the weather strip 17 to the outside of the vehicle. In particular, since the rib 18 is formed on the upper end 10a of the waterproof lip 10 to prevent the upper end 10a from falling down, the C that invades at the highest position among the routes A, B, and C of the intruded water W. Can be guided to the drainage channel H without fail, and the waterproof function of the waterproof lip 10 can be maximized.

The waterproof lip 1 is provided by the ribs 18 and 19.
Since the inner lip 9 and the inner lip 9 are integrated, erroneous assembly of the weather strip 17 can be prevented. As the erroneous assembly, for example, two types as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 can be considered.

The type shown in FIG. 3 is an erroneous assembly in which both the inner lip 9 and the waterproof lip 10 have entered the inside end 15b of the retainer 15. Conventionally, waterproof lip 1
Since only 0 enters the inside of the vehicle interior end 15b and the inner lip 9 is located outside the vehicle interior end 10b, it is difficult to find a wrong assembly. However, in this embodiment, the ribs 18 and 19 are used.
As a result, the waterproof lip 10 and the inner lip 9 are connected to each other, so that only the waterproof lip 10 cannot enter the inside of the vehicle interior end 15b, and in the case of incorrect assembly, both enter the retainer 15 without fail. Therefore, since an unnatural gap S is generated between the retainer 15 and the welt 14, the operator can easily find that the assembly is incorrect and correct it.

In the type shown in FIG. 4, the ribs 18 and 19 are abutted against the inner end 15b of the retainer 15, and the base 8a of the weatherstrip body 8 is fitted into the retainer 15 in an incomplete state. Is shown. In the case of this erroneous assembly, since the weather strip 17 protrudes from the drip molding 16 with a large projection amount T, the operator can easily find out that it is an erroneous assembly and correct it.

In the above description, the two ribs 18, 1
Although the example of forming 9 is shown, the number of “ribs” is
More than one.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the rib is formed between the waterproof lip and the inner lip, the rigidity of the inner lip and the waterproof lip is mutually increased. Therefore,
Prevent wavy deformation from occurring at the tip of the inner lip,
The appearance quality of the weatherstrip can be improved, and the waterproof lip can be prevented from falling down, so that the intruded water can be reliably guided to the drainage channel.

Also, the waterproof lip and the inner lip are integrated by a rib,
The operator can easily discover that the waterproof lip and inner lip are both in the retainer, or the ribs are abutted against the end of the retainer. it can.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the rib is formed at least at the upper end position of the waterproof lip, the upper end of the waterproof lip is reliably prevented from falling down, and the original waterproof function of the waterproof lip is maximized. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a weather strip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line SA-SA shown in FIG. 1 in a state where the weather strip is attached to the vehicle body.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 and showing an incorrectly assembled state of a weather strip.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing another incorrectly assembled state of the weather strip.

FIG. 5 is a partial side view of a hard-top vehicle showing a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional weather strip.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line SB-SB shown in FIG. 6 in a state where the weather strip is attached to the vehicle body.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 7, showing a state in which a conventional weather strip is erroneously assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 8 weather strip main body 9 inner lip 10 waterproof lip 10a upper end of waterproof lip 11 mounting surface 15 retainer 17 weather strip 18, 19 rib H drainage channel

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A weatherstrip body fitted in a retainer provided on a vehicle body mounting surface corresponding to a hypotenuse portion of a door glass, an inner lip formed on a vehicle inner side of the weatherstrip body, and A waterproof lip formed downward from a middle position of the lip and forming a drainage passage for guiding water to the outside of the vehicle between the lip and the weatherstrip body. A weather strip structure for a hard-top vehicle, wherein one or more ribs are formed between the inner strip and the inner lip. 2. The weatherstrip structure of a hard-top vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a rib is formed at least at an upper end position of the waterproof lip.