US 12,263,722 B2
Glass run and method of manufacturing the same
Akira Haruta, Hiroshima (JP); and Tomonori Miyata, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima-Ken (JP)
Filed by NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,422.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-007533 (JP), filed on Jan. 20, 2021; and application No. 2021-185791 (JP), filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227212 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 10/76 (2016.01); B60J 10/15 (2016.01); B60J 10/265 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/76 (2016.02) [B60J 10/15 (2016.02); B60J 10/265 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass run for a door of an automobile, for guiding a door glass in a frame, the glass run comprising:
an installation member configured to couple to the frame;
a body which forms a channel;
an extended part formed by extending an outer-cabin side of the installation member in a direction away from the door from an end of an upper side of the door; and
a decorative film bent on an end of the extended part toward an inner-cabin side of the extended part from an outer-cabin side, the decorative film being configured to cover an end surface of the extended part,
wherein:
the decorative film has an upper end and a lower end bent to incline toward an interior of the automobile from an exterior or form arcs;
part of the upper end and part of the lower end of the decorative film are removed by a predetermined distance from the end surface of the extended part to reduce a width in an upper and lower direction of a remainder part of the decorative film;
first ends of cut-off parts of the upper end and the lower end of the decorative film are chamfers formed into curved corner parts, the first ends being opposite second ends of the cut-off parts, the second ends being closer to the end surface of the extended part; and
a cover member which is composed of die-molding material fills up the chamfers.