Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – Plural distinct seals
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-24
2002-06-04
Strimbu, Gregory J. (Department: 3634)
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
Plural distinct seals
C049S495100, C049S475100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06397525
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a seal structure of a lower part of a car door.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is provided a mudguard or dasher seal as well as a weather strip at the lower part of the door of a car (hereinafter referred to as car door) for preventing the entrance of mud or noise from a road into the car interior. As shown in
FIGS. 4 and 5
, a door panel
10
a
has a second difference in level (hereinafter referred to as second stage)
51
for exclusive use to remove mud in which a dasher seal
40
a
is attached.
FIG. 4
shows clips
15
a
,
16
a
for attaching a weather strip
30
a
and the dasher seal
40
a
to the door panel
10
a
. Fixed body panel
20
a
is oriented toward the indoor side
60
a
as opposed to the outdoor side
70
a
of the door panel
10
a
.
FIG. 5
shows a double-faced adhesive tape
53
attaching the weather strip
30
a
and the dash seal
40
a
to the door panel
10
a
. In addition,
FIG. 5
shows a first difference in level (hereinafter referred to as first stage)
50
, to which a weather strip
30
a
is attached. The dasher seal
40
a
can also be attached to the door panel
10
a
by way of a lower mold
52
as shown in FIG.
6
.
However, the conventional seal structure having the second stage
51
provided at the door panel
10
a
for exclusive use of the dasher seal
40
a
has drawbacks in that the molding of the door panel
10
a
becomes complex, a wider space for attaching the seal member therein is needed, and the opening area of a car door is narrowed, resulting in a problem when getting into and out of a car. The conventional seal structure having the second stage
51
attached to the door panel
10
a
by way of the lower mold
52
has drawbacks in that an additional part, i.e. the lower mold
52
is needed and an extra operation for attaching the lower mold
52
to the door panel
10
a
is needed. Further it is troublesome to attach the dasher seal
40
a
to the lower mold
52
.
It is an object of the invention to solve the problems of the conventional seal structure of a lower part of a car provided with the weather strip
30
a
and dasher seal
40
a
, namely, to solve the problem of the inconvenience of getting into and out from a car and inferior productivity caused by the provision of the second stage
51
for exclusive use of the dasher seal
40
a
to the door panel
10
a
and the attachment of the lower mold
52
to the door panel
10
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A seal structure of a lower part of a car door according to a first aspect of the invention includes an attachment stage
11
composed of a horizontal wall part
12
provided at the lower end of a door panel
10
on the indoor side
60
and a vertical wall part
13
provided continuously from the horizontal wall part
12
at the lower end of the door panel
10
on the outdoor side
70
. A weather strip
30
includes a base part
31
attached to the horizontal wall part
12
and a hollow part
32
for elastically contacting a body panel
20
. A dasher seal
40
includes a base part
41
that is attached to the vertical wall part
13
and contacts the weather strip
30
and a lip part
42
that elastically contacts the body panel
20
.
A seal structure of a lower part of a car door according to a second aspect of the invention is characterized in that in the first aspect of the invention, the base part
31
of the weather strip
30
has a protrusion
33
on the outdoor side surface thereof and the hollow part
32
of the weather strip
30
has a sealing piece
34
protruded therefrom on the outdoor side surface thereof. The protrusion
33
and sealing piece
34
are forced to elastically contact the base part
41
of the dasher seal
40
on the indoor side surface thereof. The lip part
42
of the dasher seal
40
has a first protrusion
43
protruding from the root thereof on the outdoor side surface and the base part
41
of the dasher seal
40
has a second protrusion
44
provided upright from the upper end thereof on the indoor side surface. When the door is closed, the first protrusion
43
is forced to elastically contact a horizontal continuous part
14
continuous from the vertical wall part
13
of the door panel
10
on the outdoor side, and the second protrusion
44
is forced to elastically contact the horizontal wall part
12
of the door panel
10
.
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Ishibashi Hiroshi
Yamaguchi Jiro
Flynn ,Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.
Nishikawa Rubber Co. Ltd.
Strimbu Gregory J.
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