Patent ID: 7687133
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A weather strip comprising: a trim portion having substantially U-shaped cross section which is to be held by a flange formed along a peripheral part of a door opening of a vehicle and which has a vehicle interior side wall, a vehicle exterior side wall and a connecting portion connecting said vehicle interior side wall and said vehicle exterior side wall; and a hollow seal portion which is provided to protrude from said trim portion and which a peripheral part of a door is pressed against when said door is closed, said trim portion being configured so that a metal insert is embedded in said trim portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, and that said insert has a plurality of piece portions disposed substantially parallel to one another and a bond portion configured to connect said piece portions to one another, wherein each of said piece portions comprises a vehicle interior side wall corresponding part corresponding to said vehicle interior side wall, a vehicle exterior side wall corresponding part corresponding to said vehicle exterior side wall, and a connecting portion corresponding part corresponding to said connecting portion and is substantially U-shaped in cross section, so that a continuously connecting part between said vehicle interior side wall corresponding part and said connecting portion corresponding part and a continuously connecting part between said vehicle exterior side wall corresponding part and said connecting portion corresponding part are curved parts; and thicknesses of the remaining parts of said insert other than said curved parts are smaller than thicknesses of said curved parts of said insert.