US 12,227,060 B2
Vehicle weather strip for liquid drainage and prevention of liquid intrusion into vehicle interior
Michael Christopher Pelic, Dearborn Heights, MI (US); Timothy Deitrick Wilson, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Sherri Ann Tregoning, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed by Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,185.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294057 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 10/25 (2016.01); B60J 10/27 (2016.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/25 (2016.02) [B60J 10/27 (2016.02); B60J 10/86 (2016.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weather strip for a vehicle door, the weather strip comprising:
a flow channel extending along at least a portion of the weather strip;
a discharge portion including a through-hole formed along the flow channel and structured to enable a liquid to flow therealong from the flow channel to a location outside the flow channel, the through-hole being structured to direct at least a portion of the liquid along a forward face of the discharge portion; and
an end wall extending from a first side of the flow channel and defining an edge of the through-hole, the end wall being positioned to direct a liquid impinging on the end wall from the flow channel toward the through-hole,
wherein the discharge portion forward face is structured so that liquid reaching an end of the discharge portion forward face flows onto a first portion of the weather strip extending along a forward edge of the vehicle door and then further downwardly along the first portion of the weather strip.