US 11,701,955 B2
Automotive door glass run
Masahiro Kojima, Hiroshima (JP); and Yasuhiro Morihara, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,223.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-114806 (JP), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001733 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 10/74 (2016.01); B60J 10/88 (2016.01); B60J 10/76 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/74 (2016.02) [B60J 10/76 (2016.02); B60J 10/88 (2016.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive door glass run configured to be attached, from outside of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, to a glass run attachment plate which is included in an upper frame of a window frame and which extends toward the outside of the passenger compartment, to seal a gap between the window frame and a window glass, the window frame extending so as to define a window opening of an automotive door, the automotive door glass run comprising:
a front glass run extending vertically along a front-side frame of the window frame;
a rear glass run extending vertically along a rear-side frame of the window frame;
a front sealing portion disposed so as to be separated from and closer to a front of the vehicle than the front glass run, the front sealing portion being configured to be attached to a vehicle front portion of the door;
an upper glass run extending from an upper end of the front sealing portion, through an upper end of the front glass run, to reach an upper end of the rear glass run, the upper glass run including an upper-side upper engagement portion and a lower-side upper engagement portion at upper and lower portions of a side of the upper glass run facing the outside of the passenger compartment, respectively;
a trim strip extending in a vehicle front-rear direction along the side of the upper glass run facing the outside of the passenger compartment, the trim strip being configured to be attached to the upper glass run by being engaged with the upper-side upper engagement portion and the lower-side upper engagement portion; and
a trim strip holding member made of a rigid material harder than a portion of the upper glass run at which the upper glass run comes into contact with the window glass, the trim strip holding member being fixed to the upper glass run at a position closer to a front side of the vehicle than the front glass run, the trim strip holding member having a front engagement portion protruding further to the outside of the passenger compartment than a surface of the upper glass run facing the outside of the passenger compartment and configured to engage with the trim strip.