US 12,291,087 B2
Sealing structure for door of automobile
Hiroshi Shimada, Hiroshima (JP); and Toshifumi Matsuura, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima-ken (JP)
Filed by NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/642,844.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-075721 (JP), filed on May 1, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0367495 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 10/25 (2016.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 10/26 (2016.01); B60J 10/84 (2016.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/86 (2016.02) [B60J 5/0479 (2013.01); B60J 10/25 (2016.02); B60J 10/26 (2016.02); B60J 10/84 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing structure for a door of an automobile, the structure comprising:
a main seal configured to be provided along a door opening edge of an automobile body of an automobile that does not have a center pillar;
a first molded part configured to be provided on an upper part of a rear end of a front door of the automobile, wherein the first molded part includes a first concave-shaped part on an upper part of the first molded part, the first concave-shaped part includes an upper side opening and a first rear wall, the first rear wall has a rear surface having an upper part inclined to be closer to a front part and an interior of the automobile body than a lower part, and the first rear wall has outer-cabin side part inclined to be closer to the front part of the automobile body than an inner-cabin side part;
a second molded part configured to be provided on an upper part of a front end of a rear door of the automobile, wherein the second molded part includes a second concave-shaped part on an upper part of the second molded part, the second concave-shaped part includes an upper side opening and a second front wall, the second front wall has a front surface having an upper part inclined to be closer to the front part and the interior of the automobile body than a lower part, and the second front wall has an outer-cabin side part inclined to be closer to the front part of the automobile body than an inner-cabin side part,
wherein the first molded part and the second molded part are configured to make elastic contact with the main seal, to seal a parting portion between the front door and the rear door of the automobile, and
wherein the front surface of the second front wall of the second concave-shaped part is configured to makes elastic contact with the rear surface of the first rear wall of the first concave-shaped part when the front door and the rear door of the automobile are in closed positions.