JPS6253267A - Weather strip structure for automobile door device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent air breaking sound from being generated, by forming a weather strip disposed between a door opening edge and a door edge such that the body of the weather strip is deformed when a door is closed, and therefore, lips projected from the body is rotated to about against the outside of the door edge. CONSTITUTION:A weather strip 9 disposed between the opening edge7a of a door opening 7 in one side surface of a vehicle body 2, and the edge of a door 8 has a cylindrical weather strip body 19 which is attached along the door opening edge 7a. Further, there are provided first and second lips 20, 21, the first lip 20 being projected from the outboard side surface of the weather strip body 19 toward the outside of the vehicle body 2 and the second lip being projected from the outboard side surface of the body 19 and being made into resilient contact with the outer surface of the door opening edge 7a. Further, when the door is closed, the above-mentioned body 19 is pressed toward the inboard side of the vehicle body 2 by means of a door window frame 14, and is therefore resiliently deformed so that the first lip 20 is rotated downward about a base section 20a to be made into contact with the window frame 14 so that the lips cover the joint seam between the door opening edge 7a and the door window frame 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Application in Industry 1-1) The present invention relates to a weatherstrip structure for an automobile door device that makes the outer surface of the vehicle body smooth at the weatherstrip mounting position.

(Prior Art) Automobiles are equipped with door devices, and this door device usually includes a door opening formed on the outer surface of the vehicle body, a door that allows the door opening to be opened and closed from the outside of the vehicle, and these doors. It consists of a weather strip interposed between the edge of the opening and the edge of the door (for example, Utility Model Application Publication No. 55-36034).
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(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the conventional configuration as described above, the weather strip is located between the opening edge of the door opening and the door edge, at a place that slightly intrudes into the passenger compartment side from the outer surface of the vehicle body. It is provided. As a result, grooves are formed on the outer surface of the car body at the joints between the opening edge and the door edge. In this case, there is a risk that wind will be caught in these grooves when the car is running, causing wind noise. There is.

(Object of the Invention) This invention was made in view of the circumstances mentioned in -I- (Note 1-1). The purpose of this is to allow the wind to flow smoothly on this outer surface and to prevent wind noise from occurring.

(Structure of the Invention) - A feature of the present invention for achieving the object described above is that a weather strip interposed between the opening edge of the door opening and the door edge is arranged along the opening edge of the door opening. It consists of a cylindrical weatherstrip body that is attached, and a lip that protrudes outward from the weatherstrip body, and the weatherstrip body is elastically deformed by the pressing of the door edge when the door opening is closed. The protruding end of the lip is pivoted so that the pivoted end comes into contact with the outer surface of the door edge.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is an automobile, and 2 is its heavy body. This vehicle body 2 has a roof 3 in one part, and a front window 4 is provided on the front surface of the vehicle body 2. Also, the same 1
: :'It is provided with a front door 5 which is a two-body side door device. 2a is a front pillar.

-1- The front door 5 includes a door opening lower formed on the side surface of the heavy body 2, a door 8 that allows the door opening 7 to be opened and closed from the outside of the vehicle, and an opening edge 7a of the door opening 7 and an edge of the door 8. and a weather strip 9 made of elastic material such as rubber, which is interposed between the weather strip 9 and the weather strip 9.

The door 8 has a door body 11 and -I of this door body 11.
- It has a door window frame 14 protruding from the side, and a window glass 16 for opening and closing a window opening 15 within the frame of the door window frame I4. 17 is a glass run.

The weather strip 9 is an opening edge 7a of the door opening 7.
A cylindrical weather strip body 1 that is attached along the
9, a first lip 20 that protrudes outward from the vehicle body 2 from the exterior surface of the weatherstrip body 19 in a free state as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The second lip 21 protrudes from the surface of the door and elastically contacts the outer surface of the opening edge 7a of the door opening lower.

The structure of the weather strip 9 attached to the upper edge side of the opening edge 7a of the lower inter-door door will be explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the structure of the weather strip 9 in its free state will be explained with reference to FIG. It has a second member 23 that integrally projects upward from a projecting end facing outside the vehicle at the lower part of the member 22,
This second member 23 is elastically deformed in the vehicle width direction (arrow A in the figure).
It is said to be able to rotate freely.

The first lip 20 is integrally provided on the upper part of the first member 22 and projects outwardly from the vehicle.
is vertically movable around its base 20a. Further, the weather strip main body 19 is connected to the second member 2
3 has a connecting member 24 integrally protruding from the rotating end 23a of the first lip 20 so as to be freely movable downward. is integrally connected to.

Next, the structure of the weather strip main body 19 will be explained with reference to FIG. 4 when the door 8 closes the door opening lower. 19 is pressed toward the interior of the vehicle and is elastically deformed (arrow B in the figure). In other words, this weather strip main body work 9! ! 82 member 23 is pushed by the door window frame 14 and rotated toward the vehicle interior. and,
The elastic deformation of the second member causes the connecting member 24 to be pulled toward the inside of the vehicle, and as a result, the first lip 20, which has been in its free state, is rotated downward about its base 20a. The first lip 20 is in this downward rotating position.
The rotating end of the door window frame 14 comes into contact with the outer surface of the door window frame 14.

Therefore, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
] 7, the joint 11 between the opening edge 7a of the door opening lower and the door window frame 14 can be covered by the first lip 20 of the weather strip 9 on the outer surface side of the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the outer surface of the vehicle body 2 at this joint 11 can be made smooth.

Therefore, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, when the automobile 1 is running, the wind flowing along the front windshield 4 and the roof 3 flows smoothly on the outer surface of the vehicle body 2.
Conventionally, as shown by the two-dot chain line in the same figure, the inconvenience of wind noise caused by wind being caught in the concave groove formed at the joint between the opening edge 7a of the door opening lower and the edge of the door 8 can be prevented.
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(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, the weather strip interposed between the I3Rr:+ edge of the door opening 11 and the door edge is formed into a cylindrical weather strip body attached along the opening edge of the door opening. , and a lip that protrudes from the weatherstrip body toward the outside of the vehicle body, and the protruding end of the lip rotates due to the elastic deformation of the weatherstrip body due to the pressing of the door edge when the door opening is closed. Since the pivoting end of the lever is configured to rest on the outer surface of the door edge described in -1-, the joint between the opening edge of the door opening and the door edge on the outer surface of the vehicle body is covered with a lip. Therefore, this seam can be made smooth, and as a result, the running wind flows smoothly on the outer surface of the vehicle body, thereby preventing the generation of wind noise.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 1 is I-I in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the front part of an automobile, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams showing the cross-sectional structure of the weather strip. lee car, 2... car body, 5e - front door (door device), 7- door opening, 7a φ opening edge, 8φ door, 9 weather strip, 19 weather strip body, 20... No. 1 lip.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. For automobiles, in which a door opening is formed on the outer surface of the vehicle body, a door is provided that allows the door opening to be opened and closed from the outside of the vehicle, and a weather strip is interposed between the opening edge of the door opening and the door edge. In the door device, the weatherstrip is composed of a cylindrical weatherstrip body that is attached along the opening edge of the door opening, and a lip that projects from the weatherstrip body toward the outside of the vehicle body, and closes the door opening. For automobiles, the protruding end of the lip rotates due to the elastic deformation of the weatherstrip body due to the pressing of the door edge, and the rotating end comes into contact with the outer surface of the door edge. Door device weatherstrip structure.