Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – U-shaped member or portion mounts seal
Patent
1998-11-12
2000-10-31
Stodola, Daniel P.
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
U-shaped member or portion mounts seal
2961469, 296198, E06B 716, B60J 1008
Patent
active
061384151
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a seal structure for doors mounted on a vehicle, and more specifically, to a vehicle door having a seal structure for application to an open/close door portion of the vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional one-box type cars (cab over engine wagons, vans and so on) or vehicles having a wheel arch formed on the open/close portion of the door require a door seal for preventing the intrusion of water, dirt and the like. The art related to such seal structure is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility-Model Publication No. 58-73087.
The publication discloses, as shown in FIG. 4, a seal structure for a door 32 in a vehicle where the lower end portion of the door 32 is positioned so as to cover the outer side of a fender 31 in the vehicle body 30. In the seal structure, a main weather strip 33 is mounted to an inner circumferential surface of the door 32, and a lower weather strip 34 is mounted to an inner surface of the lower end portion of the door 32 so as to contact the outer side of the fender 31, wherein a protector 35 for covering the lower end rim of the door 32 is formed integrally with the lower weather strip 34.
However, it was difficult by the known art disclosed in the above publication to form the lip 34a covering the lower end portion of the door 32 which has a good and definite appearance. The reason for such unattractive appearance was caused by an uneven gap formed between the tip of the lip 34a and an outer panel 32a when mounting the lip 34a.
Such problems could be prevented by bonding the tip, but this caused another problem of raising the manufacturing cost due to increased manufacturing steps.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is aimed at solving the above problems, by providing a vehicle having a stable appearance of the lip portion on the door, with a structure for preventing chipping of the flange tip portion mounted on the door side.
In order to solve the above problems,
The vehicle of the present invention comprises a door mounted so as to cover the outer side of a fender, the door comprising a weather strip, and a seal member mounted facing the fender side, wherein a flange portion formed integrally with the door is extended toward the fender, said seal member comprises a lip portion and a door fixing portion having a connecting groove, and said flange portion is connected to said connecting groove so as to be covered by said door fixing portion.
Further, the vehicle of the present invention comprises a structure with an arch cover that is removably mounted to the portion of the fender with which the lip portion is contacted when the door is closed.
The vehicle of the present invention further comprises a structure with a cover portion covering the door fixing portion that is formed to the seal member.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Each of FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view showing the outline of the door seal structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a partial side view of the same embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the seal member 20 of the same embodiment; and
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the door seal structure of the prior art.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The embodiment of the present invention will be explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show a portion of a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention. A cab over engine-type light van is used in the embodiment as an example of the vehicle. A door 10 positioned on the rear half of a body 1 is formed so as to cover the outer side of a fender 2 positioned on the lower area of an opening in the body 1. Actually, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lower end portion of an outside panel 11 forming the door body of the door 10 is protruded, and along the edge of said outside panel, a flange portion 12 is formed integrally thereto.
More specifically, a weather strip 14 is mounted to the whole circumfer
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Aoki Toshio
Ohtsu Seiichi
Isuzu Motors Limited
Stodola Daniel P.
Thompson Hugh B.
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