JPH0740792A - Roof side weather strip for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent water which leaks to the cabin side from a weather strip and flows down along the weather strip, from invading through the back face side of the end section of the weather strip into the cabin, in the roof side weather strip installed along the door opening periphery of a body. CONSTITUTION:A lip 23 kept in contact with the trim member 8 of a door opening periphery is formed in the side surface at the inside of the door glass seal line of a hollow shaped weather strip 2, and a first through hole 6a passing through the inside of the hollow section 25 of a terminal section 2B is formed in the vicinity of the terminal 231 of a lip 23 of the terminal section 2B of the weather strip. Moreover, a second through hole 6b passing through the back face side of the terminal section 2B from the terminal of the hollow section 25 is formed, besides, a projected rib 7 which is extended to the lower end of the terminal section 2B along the cabin side of the second through hole 6b, is formed in the back face of the terminal section 2B. And the structure is so constituted that water having invaded in the inside of the weather strip is made to flow in the lip 23, the first through hole 6a, the hollow section 25 and the second through hole 6b so as to be discharged outside along the projected rib 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roof side weather strip for an automobile, and more particularly to a drainage structure at its end.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 1, a roof side weather strip 2 is attached in series along a roof side 1 at a door opening of an automobile so as to seal the peripheral edges of front and rear door glasses 5. There is. Also, the pillar weather strip 3 is attached to the center pillar along this,
Door weather strips 4 are attached to the outer peripheries of the front and rear doors.

FIG. 2A shows a general portion 2A of the roof side weather strip 2 which is composed of an attachment base portion 21 and a hollow seal portion 22, and the attachment base portion 21 is attached along the roof side 1. It is locked to the retainer 10. A lip 23 extends from the vehicle interior side of the seal portion 22 to close the gap between the seal portion 22 and the trim member 8 at the door opening.

FIG. 3 shows the rear surface side (mounting surface side to the vehicle body) of the terminal portion (E portion in FIG. 1) of the roof side weather strip 2. The terminal portion 2B is the general portion 2 extruded
It is molded at the end of A and has a hollow portion 25 communicating with the seal portion 22. Reference numeral 26 is a core extraction hole for forming the hollow portion 25. In general, the end portion 231 of the lip 23 is formed with a step portion 24 that is the end of the groove between the lip 23 and the side surface of the seal portion 22. This step portion 24 is
It serves as a stopper surface that engages with the end of the retainer 10 when the roof side weather strip (hereinafter, simply referred to as weather strip) 2 is mounted.

By the way, at the time of rain or car wash, especially when high-pressure car wash, the mounting base 2 of the retainer 10 and the weather strip 2 is mounted.
Water may enter the inside of the vehicle through the gap between the retainers 10 and the gap between the retainer 10 and the door opening edge panel to which the retainer 10 is attached. The water is received by the lip 23 and flows down along the lip 23, but the water accumulates as a dead end at the step portion 24. When the amount of accumulated water increases, there is a possibility that the water may enter the vehicle interior through the gap between the panel at the opening edge and the mounting surface of the end portion of the weather strip 2.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above situation, the present invention has been made to prevent water from leaking from the rear side of the terminal portion of the weather strip into the passenger compartment.

[0007]

According to the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the lip 23 of the end portion 2B of the weather strip 2 is used.
A first through hole 6a is formed in the vicinity of the terminal end 231 and extends into the hollow portion 25 of the terminal portion 2B, and a second through hole 6b is formed through the terminal portion of the hollow portion 25 to the back surface of the terminal portion 2B. A ridge 7 extending to the lower end of the terminal portion 2B is provided on the rear surface of the portion 2B along the inside of the second through hole 6b.

[0008]

Operation: The water that has entered the inside of the weather strip 2 is
It travels along the lip 23, passes through the first through hole 6a, the hollow portion 25, and the second through hole 6b, flows down along the vehicle outer side of the ridge 7, and is discharged outside the vehicle from the rear surface side of the terminal portion 2B.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a roof side 1 extending from the lower end of a front pillar of a vehicle to the lower end of a quarter pillar.
A weather strip 2 is attached in series.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the general portion 2A of the weather strip 2 has a mounting base portion 21 and a hollow seal portion 22, and is attached to a retainer 10 provided along the roof side 1. The base 21 is fitted. Then, when the door is closed, the peripheral edge of the door glass 6 contacts the seal portion 22,
It is designed to seal the periphery.

On the side surface of the seal portion 22, a lip 23 extends from the inside of the vehicle along the seal line with which the door glass 5 abuts. Then, the tip end thereof abuts on a trim member (opening trim in the illustrated example) 8 which is an opening trim or a peripheral edge portion of the ceiling interior material, and closes the gap between the seal portion 22 and the trim member 8.

The general portion 2A of the weather strip 2 is an extrusion molded product, and terminal portions 2B are connected and formed by molding at the front and rear ends thereof. FIG. 2 (B) is a view of the rear side terminal portion 2B from the back side thereof. The upper end portion connected to the general portion 2A has a hollow cross-sectional shape which is almost the same as the general portion 2A, and the lower portion spreads in a flat shape. , It has an uneven shape that matches the body panel. Then, when the door is closed, the terminal portion at the upper end of the rear portion of the door weather strip 4 (FIG. 1) is pressed against the terminal portion 2B.

The lip 23 extends from the general portion 2A to the upper end portion of the terminal portion 2B. A groove whose bottom surface is the lip 23 is formed between the seal portion 22 and the trim member 8, and a step portion 24 is formed at the end of the groove that ends at the end 231 of the lip 23. The step portion 24 acts as a stopper for the retainer 10, and the weather strip 2
When attaching the retainer 10, the end of the retainer 10 is engaged with the step portion 24 to position the weather strip 2, and the retainer 1
The mounting base portion 21 is fitted to 0. The general section 2 is included in the terminal section 2B.
A hollow portion 25 communicating with the A seal portion 22 extends to near the lower end.

A hollow portion 25 is provided in the step portion 24 of the terminal portion 2B.
A circular first through hole 6a is formed so as to escape to the outside. In the vicinity of the end of the hollow portion 25, a triangular second through hole 6b is formed which extends to the back surface of the terminal portion 2B. Further, on the back surface of the terminal portion 2B, a ridge 7 is formed from the stepped portion 24 along the extraction hole 26 at a position on the inner side of the core extraction hole 26 in the mounted state of the terminal portion 2B. The ridge 7 extends to the lower end of the terminal portion 2B through the side edge 61 on the vehicle inner side of the second through hole 6b. When the terminal portion 2B is attached, the ridge 7 is pressed against the attachment surface of the door opening edge of the vehicle body.

The weather strip 2 constructed as described above.
At the time of washing the car with high pressure car wash water,
And the mounting base 21 of the weather strip 2 fitted to this
May leak to the inside of the vehicle through the gap between the vehicle body panel on the roof side 1 and the retainer 10 attached thereto. This water is received by the lip 23 and flows down, but the end portion of the retainer 10 is locked to the step portion 24.
Can be stopped.

However, it is introduced from the first through hole 6a into the hollow portion 25 without accumulating between the rear surface of the terminal portion 2B and the vehicle body panel at the door opening edge. And further, the second
Through the through hole 6b to the rear surface side of the terminal portion 2B, flows down along the ridge 7 to the outside of the vehicle, and is discharged to the outside of the terminal portion 2B without leaking to the vehicle compartment side.

[0017]

As described above, according to the weather strip of the present invention, the water leaking from the weather strip to the inside of the vehicle is a lip that closes the gap between the weather strip and the trim member at the door opening edge. It is received by and flows down, and is discharged through the terminal without leaking into the vehicle interior.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile to which a roof side weather strip of the present invention is applied.

2 (A) is a sectional view of a general portion of a roof side weather strip of the present invention at a position along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 (B) is a roof side weather of the present invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back surface side (E part of FIG. 1) of the terminal part of a strip.

FIG. 3 is a view of a conventional roof side weather strip.
(B) It is a correspondence diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Roof Side 10 Retainer 2 Roof Side Weather Strip 2A General Part 2B Terminal Part 21 Mounting Base Part 22 Seal Part 23 Lip 25 Hollow Part 5 Door Glass 6a First Through Hole 6b Second Through Hole 7 Projection 8 Trim Member

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roof side weather strip that is attached along an edge of an opening of a vehicle and seals an outer periphery of a door glass, the terminal being molded on an extruded hollow general terminal. A hollow portion is formed in the end portion, which communicates with the general portion and extends to an intermediate position of the end portion, and the tip of the hollow portion contacts the trim member along the roof side of the vehicle body along the inside of the glass seal line. In the roof side weather strip having a lip, the terminal portion is provided with a first through hole that is drawn from near the end of the lip into the hollow portion, and is also drawn from the end of the hollow portion to the back surface side of the terminal portion. 2 through holes are provided, and a protrusion extending to the lower end of the terminal portion is provided on the back surface of the terminal portion along the inside of the second through hole, so that water that has entered the inside of the door weather strip can be removed. A roof side weather strip for an automobile, characterized in that a drainage channel is formed to flow down from the lip through the first through hole, the hollow portion and the second through hole to the outer side of the ridge to be removed.