Patent ID: 8402696
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A weather strip, comprising: a trim portion that has a substantially U-shaped form of a sectional plane thereof, that is mounted on a flange portion provided along a door opening circumference portion of a vehicle, and that is equipped with a vehicle outer-sided side wall portion, a vehicle inner-sided side wall portion, and a coupling portion for coupling both the side wall portions to each other; and a seal portion comprising a hollow portion, in which the seal portion contacts a circumferential portion of a door of the vehicle under pressure when the door is closed, wherein the first and second elongated portions comprise a same material, and the expanded portion comprises a sponge material, wherein a thickness of an entirety of the portion of the thicker-thickness portion which abuts against the circumferential portion of the door is greater that a thickness of an entirety of a remaining portion of the first hollow portion other than the portion of the thicker-thickness portion which abuts against the circumferential portion of the door.