US 12,263,723 B2
Glass run
Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyosu (JP); and Masatoshi Nojiri, Kiyosu (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/524,292.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-206403 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2022; and application No. 2023-145097 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208310 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 10/76 (2016.01); B60J 10/16 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/76 (2016.02) [B60J 10/16 (2016.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass run attached to a door frame of a door of a vehicle, the glass run comprising:
a bottom wall;
a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall;
a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall;
a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and
a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall,
the glass run configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass, wherein
a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall,
the hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip,
the vehicle outer side wall includes a hard-portion-forming portion where the hard portion is formed,
the hard portion is formed only within an area bounded in a vehicle inner side-vehicle outer side direction by a vehicle inner side of the vehicle outer side wall and the vehicle outer seal lip, and
the hard-portion-forming portion abuts the door frame.