US 12,472,805 B2
Glass run for automotive door
Toshifumi Matsuura, Hiroshima (JP); Shingo Tomoyasu, Hiroshima (JP); and Tomonori Miyata, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/822,219.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-147090 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0083507 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. B60J 10/265 (2016.01); B60J 10/00 (2016.01); B60J 10/15 (2016.01); B60J 10/21 (2016.01); B60J 10/32 (2016.01); B60J 10/76 (2016.01); B29C 48/12 (2019.01); B29C 48/21 (2019.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 10/265 (2016.02) [B60J 10/15 (2016.02); B60J 10/21 (2016.02); B60J 10/32 (2016.02); B60J 10/45 (2016.02); B60J 10/76 (2016.02); B29C 48/12 (2019.02); B29C 48/21 (2019.02); B29L 2031/302 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass run for an automotive door, the glass run to be assembled to a window frame of the automotive door from vehicle outside and seal a gap between the window frame and window glass, the glass run comprising:
a glass run body to be attached to a glass run attachment plate extending from an upper portion of the window frame toward the vehicle outside; and
a trim strip to be assembled to a side of the glass run body closer to the vehicle outside, the trim strip extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein
an upper ridge projecting upward and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and a lower ridge projecting downward and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction are formed at a portion of the glass run body where the trim strip body is attached,
the trim strip includes a trim strip body made of resin and formed through extrusion molding, and a decorative tape coextruded on a side of the trim strip body closer to the vehicle outside,
an upper projection and a lower projection, each projecting toward vehicle inside and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, are formed on an upper end and a lower end of the trim strip body, respectively,
an upper portion of the decorative tape extends to reach an upper surface of the upper projection,
a lower portion of the decorative tape extends to reach a lower surface of the lower projection,
an upper fit portion mating with the upper ridge and a lower fit portion mating with the lower ridge are formed on a side of the trim strip body closer to the vehicle inside,
a thickness of the upper fit portion and a thickness of the lower fit portion are set to be thinner than a thickness of a portion of the trim strip body where the decorative tape is layered, and
the trim strip is movable in the vehicle front-rear direction relative to the glass run body while the upper fit portion and the lower fit portion mate with the upper ridge and the lower ridge, respectively.