JPH1134670A - Glass run - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify an assembling work while keeping flush surface between glass and a sash. SOLUTION: To keep water tightness between a sash and glass 11, this glass run 10 is made to have an approximately U-shaped cross-section as to hold the glass 11 by a face sliding part 13 in outside of an automobile and a face sliding part 12 in inside of the automobile. A first lip 21 of this glass run 10 is continuously extended to a prescribed length along the face sliding part 13 in the outside of the automobile and the cross-section tip end of the lip 21 is extended in the direction parting from the sash and a second lip 22 is continuously extended to a prescribed length along the face sliding part 13 in the outside of the automobile from the periphery of the end part of the first lip 21 in the longitudinal direction and the cross-section tip end is extended in the direction going closer to the sash.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glass run, and more particularly, to a glass run that can improve door assembling workability while maintaining a flash surface of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a door 31 of an automobile 30 includes a door body 32 formed in a hollow box shape and a side window 33 that can be accommodated in the door body 32. I have. The door body 32 has an opening 34
The sash 35 is inserted in the sash 35, and the side window 33 can be moved up and down by being guided by the sash 35. FIG. 4 shows an intersection between the opening 34 of the door body 32 and the sash 35. As shown in this figure, in order to guide the side window 33 in the sash 35 and to maintain the watertightness between the side window 33 and the sash 35,
A glass run 36 is attached to a sash 35.

[0003] The glass run 36 has a vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion 37 that can slide on the vehicle exterior surface 33A of the side window 33, and a vehicle interior surface sliding contact portion 38 that can slide on the vehicle interior surface 33B of the side window 33.
, And has a substantially U-shaped cross section capable of holding the side window 33 in the thickness direction. The outer surface sliding contact part 37 is
In order to make a flash surface (smoothness) between the side window 33 and the sash 35, the cross-sectional tip is formed to extend in a direction away from the sash 35. In such a glass run 36, a vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion 37 and a vehicle inner surface sliding contact portion 38 are continuously formed along the longitudinal direction of the sash 35.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, Sash 35
When incorporating the side window 33, the side window 33 is inserted from inside the car of the door body 32,
Next, it is assembled to the sash 35 inside the door body 32. However, in the above-described glass run 36, since the cross-sectional end of the vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion 37 extends in the direction away from the sash 35 even inside the door body 32, the vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion 37 and the vehicle interior surface sliding contact portion 38 There is a problem that it is difficult to insert the edge of the side window 33 between them, and the work of assembling the side window 33 becomes complicated.

In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to employ a glass run in which the sliding portion 37 on the outer side of the vehicle located inside the door body 32 is cut in advance. However, in this glass run, the side window
Since the 33 cannot be pinched, there is a problem that a so-called play is caused. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a glass run that can simplify the glass assembling operation while maintaining the flash surface between the glass and the sash. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention maintains a watertightness between a sash and glass guided by the sash. Therefore, a substantially U-shaped cross section in which the glass can be sandwiched in the thickness direction by an outer surface sliding contact portion that can slide on the outer surface of the glass and an inner surface sliding contact portion that can slide on the inner surface of the glass. A glass lip, wherein a first lip and a second lip are provided at the vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion, the first lip is continuous for a predetermined length along the vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion, and a cross-sectional tip is the same. The second lip extends in a direction away from the sash, the second lip extends for a predetermined length from near the longitudinal end of the first lip along the sliding portion on the vehicle outer surface, and a cross-sectional tip extends in a direction approaching the sash. That It is a symptom. Here, the first lip and the second lip may be arranged such that their respective longitudinal ends overlap, or may be arranged such that their longitudinal ends are separated from each other.

In the glass run configured as described above, the cross-sectional end of the first lip extends in a direction away from the sash, and the cross-sectional end of the second lip extends in a direction approaching the sash. In application to a car door, if the longitudinal end of the first lip is arranged so as to be located inside the door body, the flash surface between the sash and the side window exposed from the door body is maintained. In addition, the edge of the side window can be easily inserted between the sliding portion on the outside of the vehicle and the sliding portion on the inside of the vehicle inside the door body, so that the work of assembling the side window can be simplified. Further, according to the present invention, as described in claim 2, the first lip is provided only above the vicinity of the opening of the door body, and
The second lip is provided only below the vicinity of the opening of the door body.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIG. A glass run 10 shown in FIG. 1A is applied to an automobile door, and is a side window that can be moved up and down from a door body that constitutes the door.
In order to maintain watertightness between the side window 11 and a sash (not shown) for guiding the side window 11, the sash is interposed between the side window 11 and the sash. In this drawing, the front side in the figure corresponds to the inside of the vehicle, and the back side in the figure corresponds to the outside of the vehicle.

The glass run 10 has a side window 11
And a vehicle exterior surface sliding contact portion 13 that can slide on the vehicle exterior surface 11B of the side window 11, and sandwiches the side window 11 in the thickness direction. The section is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section. The vehicle interior side sliding contact portion 12 has a vehicle interior side lip 14 that slides on the vehicle interior side surface 11A of the side window 11, and this vehicle interior side lip 14
Fourteen cross-sectional tips extend in a direction approaching the sash. On the other hand, the side window 11
A first lip 21 and a second lip 22 are provided for sliding contact with the vehicle outer side surface 11B, respectively.

The first lip 21 extends for a predetermined length along the vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion 13 and extends in a direction in which a cross-sectional tip is separated from the sash. The second lip 22 is continuous for a predetermined length along the vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion 13 and extends in a direction in which a cross-sectional tip approaches the sash. The first lip 21 and the second lip 22 are formed such that their longitudinal ends are tapered along the longitudinal direction, and the respective tapered portions overlap each other.

Such a glass run 10 is manufactured by extrusion using a molding die 15 as shown in FIG. The molding die 15 has an extrusion opening corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the glass run 10 having both the first lip 21 and the second lip 22.
Has 16 The extrusion opening 16 is provided with an opening 17 corresponding to the first lip 21 and an opening 18 corresponding to the second lip 22. These openings 17 and 18 can be individually opened and closed by lids A and B that individually operate.
Then, one of the lids A and B is closed in advance, and one of the lids A and B is gradually opened and the other is gradually closed while a predetermined rubber or resin is extruded from the extrusion opening 16. Thus, a glass run 10 is manufactured.

Incidentally, such a glass run 10 is provided with each opening.
After the first lip 21 and the second lip 22 are formed so as to be continuous in the longitudinal direction by using the extrusion opening 16 with the openings 17 and 18, the first lip 21 and the second lip 22 are appropriately cut off. And may be formed in a predetermined shape.

The glass run 10 is provided with a first lip 21
The glass run member provided with only the first lip 21 and the glass run member provided with only the second lip 22 are separately extruded, and the glass run member provided with the first lip 21 and the second lip 22 is molded. It may be manufactured by molding and connecting these glass run members. According to such a manufacturing method, in order to individually mold each glass run member,
Although two types of bases and one type of mold are required, it is easier to manufacture a glass run of a desired shape using an extrusion opening of a complicated mechanism having an openable and closable lid. A glass run is obtained. Further, such a manufacturing method has a sash shape above the vicinity of the opening of the door body,
This is a particularly effective means when the shape is different from the lower sash shape.

According to the glass run 10 described above, the first
The cross-sectional tip of the lip 21 extends away from the sash,
In addition, since the cross-sectional end of the second lip 22 extends in the direction approaching the sash, if the longitudinal end of the first lip 21 is disposed inside the door body, the sash and side window exposed from the door body are provided. 11 can be easily inserted between the vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion 13 and the vehicle inner surface sliding contact portion 12 inside the door body while maintaining the flash surface between the side window 11 and the side window 11. Can be simplified.

The glass run of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be appropriately modified and improved. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the first lip and the second lip are arranged such that the tapered portions formed at the ends in the longitudinal direction overlap each other.
The longitudinal ends of the first lip 21 and the second lip 22 may be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance like a glass run 10A shown in FIG. 2A, or the glass run shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10B, the first lip 21 and the second lip 22 may be arranged so as to overlap by a predetermined dimension. As described above, these glass runs 10A and 10B may also be manufactured by interconnecting a plurality of glass run members individually formed by two types of bases and one type of die.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cross-sectional end of the first lip extends away from the sash, and the cross-sectional end of the second lip extends to the sash. Since the first lip is disposed such that the longitudinal end of the first lip is located inside the door body when applied to, for example, an automobile door, the sash and the side window exposed from the door body can be provided. The edge of the side window can be easily inserted between the sliding part on the outer side and the sliding part on the inner side inside the door body while maintaining the flush surface between the side window and the side window. Can be

According to the present invention, the first lip is provided only above the vicinity of the opening of the door body, and the second lip is provided only below the vicinity of the opening of the door body. Therefore, when the first lip and the second lip are arranged crosswise, spaced apart, or misplaced, the abnormal lip caused by the glass with respect to the tips of the first lip and the second lip is reduced. There is no fear of impairing the flash surface without any force.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a plan view of a molding die according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an automobile.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional glass run.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Glass run 11 Side window (glass) 12 Sliding part on the inside of the car 13 Sliding part on the outside of the car 21 First lip 22 Second lip

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An outer surface sliding contact portion capable of sliding on an outer surface of the glass to maintain watertightness between the sash and the glass guided by the sash; A glass run having a substantially U-shaped cross section capable of sandwiching the glass in a thickness direction with a vehicle inner surface sliding contact portion capable of sliding contact, wherein a first lip and a second lip are provided on the vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion; The first lip is continuous for a predetermined length along the vehicle outer surface sliding contact portion, and a cross-sectional tip extends in a direction away from the sash, and the second lip is near a longitudinal end of the first lip and the vehicle outer surface. A glass run which is continuous for a predetermined length along a sliding contact portion and whose cross-sectional tip extends in a direction approaching the sash. 2. The door lip according to claim 1, wherein the first lip is provided only above the vicinity of the opening of the door body, and the second lip is provided only below the vicinity of the opening of the door body. The glass run described in.