Patent ID: 8726576
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A glass run channel assembly mounted on a vehicle, the glass run channel assembly comprising: a first elongated glass run channel of a predetermined length that is extrusion-molded in a predetermined cross-sectional shape from an elastic polymeric material; a second elongated glass run channel of a predetermined length that is extrusion-molded in a predetermined cross-sectional shape from an elastic polymeric material; and a connecting glass run channel that is a glass run channel injection-molded from an elastic polymeric material and connects integrally longitudinal terminals of the first and second glass run channels, wherein the first and second glass run channels and the connecting glass run channel include, wherein the base bottom portion of the connecting glass run channel is formed with an insertion hole to which an engaging member is configured to be attached, the engaging member being molded in advance from a material that is harder and more rigid than the elastic polymeric material of the connecting glass run channel and including: a base portion that is arranged at the base bottom portion; and a trunk portion that projects in a direction away from the base portion and that is formed so as to be engageable with an engaging portion provided within the groove of the window frame when the connecting glass run channel is mounted on the window frame, and wherein an inner wall that configures a periphery of the insertion hole is formed with a first locking portion that is displaced toward a central axis of the insertion hole when the side wall portion of the connecting glass run channel is displaced in the width direction, and wherein the base bottom portion of the connecting glass run channel is configured so that the first locking portion presses the trunk portion and is locked to the trunk portion when the connecting glass run channel to which the engaging member is attached is mounted within the groove formed at the predetermined position of the window frame.