US 11,987,104 B2
Vehicle door sealing member
Hiroshi Shimada, Hiroshima (JP); Toshifumi Matsuura, Hiroshima (JP); Yoshimitsu Iida, Tokyo (JP); and Sotaro Hashiguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,871.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-011387 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234431 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 10/86 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 10/86 (2016.02) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door sealing member configured to be attached to a first door for opening and closing a door opening in a side portion of a vehicle body of a vehicle, the vehicle door sealing member being configured to seal a gap between the door opening and the first door, wherein
a portion extending in a vehicle front-rear direction along an upper side of a frame of the first door includes an upper side sealing portion, the upper side sealing portion including an upper side attachment portion configured to be attached to the upper side, an upper side outer sealing lip configured to be brought into elastic contact with the vehicle body in closing the first door, and an upper side inner sealing lip separated from the upper side outer sealing lip to a cabin inner side and configured to be brought into elastic contact with the vehicle body in closing the first door,
an upper side water guide groove is formed between the upper side outer sealing lip and the upper side inner sealing lip such that water that has entered from a gap between the upper side outer sealing lip and the vehicle body is allowed to flow in the vehicle front-rear direction in the upper side water guide groove,
a portion extending in a top-bottom direction along a vertical side of the frame of the first door includes a vertical side sealing portion, the vertical side sealing portion including a vertical side upper attachment portion configured to be attached to the vertical side, a support wall extending from the vertical side upper attachment portion to a cabin outer side, and a vertical side upper sealing lip projecting from the support wall to one side in the vehicle front-rear direction, and configured to be brought into contact with a second door in closing the first door and the second door,
a vertical side upper water guide groove is formed between the vertical side upper attachment portion and the vertical side upper sealing lip,
an upper molded portion is provided to connect an end of the upper side sealing portion and an upper end of the vertical side sealing portion to each other, and
the upper side water guide groove and the vertical side upper water guide groove are connected to each other through the upper molded portion.