Patent ID: 8196354
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A glass run for use in a motor vehicle, which is adapted to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of a vehicle door for guiding a door glass as it is raised and lowered, said glass run comprising: straight sections which are formed by extrusion and adapted to be attached to an upper side portion and vertical side portions of the door frame; and corner sections which are formed by molding to join said straight sections to each other, and adapted to be attached to corners of the door frame, wherein said straight sections and said corner sections respectively include a main body comprising an outer side wall, an inner side wall, and a bottom wall, which define a generally U-shaped cross-section, wherein an outer seal lip extends from an open end of said outer side wall and an inner seal lip extends from an open end of said inner side wall to project in an interior defined by said outer side wall, said inner side wall and said bottom wall, thereby respectively sealing outer and inner surfaces of the door glass, wherein said outer side wall, said inner side wall, said bottom wall, said outer seal and said inner seal lip of each of said straight sections are respectively joined to said outer side wall, said inner side wall, said bottom wall, said outer seal lips, and said inner seal lip of each of said corner sections via joints, wherein said outer side wall of each of said corner sections comprises a sub-seal rib which protrudes outwardly from an exterior surface of said outer side wall in a position of said exterior surface of said outer side wall that is located across a position of an interior surface of said outer side wall in which an end of said outer seal lip contacts said outer side wall when the door glass contacts said outer seal lip, wherein a contact point of said end of said outer seal lip and said interior surface of said outer side wall and a contact point of a top of said sub-seal rib and said exterior surface of said outer side wall are located on a same straight line which is at a right angle to said outer side wall.