Patent ID: 9597949
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60J

Claim:
1. A glass run for an automobile, which is adapted to be attached to an inner periphery of a door frame of a door of an automobile for guiding a door glass as it is raised and lowered, the glass run for attachment to vertical sides of the door frame comprising: a bottom wall for attachment to one of the door frame and a door molding, and an outer seal lip extending from one of an exterior side edge of the bottom wall and a tip end of an outer side wall, the outer seal lip including a base part that extends towards the door glass, and a main part extending from the base part while curving inwardly therefrom such that when the outer seal lip is deformed and bent with a side edge of the door glass, a tip end part of the outer seal lip is located inwardly of a surface of one of the bottom wall and the outer side wall, which faces the side edge of the door glass, wherein the base part of the outer seal lip extends from one of the bottom wall and the outer side wall, the base part of the outer seal lip is located between a surface of the one of the bottom wall and the outer side wall and a portion of the base part that the side glass of the door glass most closely approaches when closing from an open position, and the base part has a rigidity lower than that of the main part, and wherein a low friction sliding layer is formed on a surface of the main part of the outer seal lip that contacts the door glass, and another low friction sliding layer is formed on the base part, the another low friction sliding layer having a thickness less than a thickness of the sliding layer formed on the surface of the main part.