Patent ID: 6409244
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An automotive window molding attached onto a circumference of a window glass and arranged at a pillar side of a vehicle body, comprising:a leg portion disposed between the circumference of the window glass and a vehicle-body panel; an outside glass abutting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the window glass and arranged along the outside surface of the window glass to extend toward an inside of a perimeter of the window glass; an inside glass abutting portion being in contact with an inside surface of the window glass and arranged along the inside surface of the window glass to extend toward the inside of the perimeter of the window glass; a seal lip portion extending from an outer surface of the leg portion facing the vehicle-body panel and abutting at a tip thereof with the vehicle-body panel while being curved toward an outside of the vehicle body; an outside ornamental head portion arranged outside of the outside glass abutting portion and spaced apart from the outside glass abutting portion so that the outside ornamental head portion and the outside glass abutting portion are opposed to each other; a connecting wall portion interconnecting the outside ornamental head portion and the outside glass abutting portion; and a drip groove defined by the outside glass abutting portion, the outside ornamental head portion, and the connecting wall portion, so that the drip groove is opened toward the inside of the perimeter of the window glass; wherein a tip portion of the outside glass abutting portion is configured to protrude toward the inside of the perimeter of the window glass more than a tip portion of the outside ornamental head portion protrudes toward the inside of the perimeter of the window glass, and which further comprises a drain groove formed between the leg portion and the vehicle-body panel by abutment of the seal lip portion with an outer surface of the vehicle-body panel in an outwardly-curved fashion so that the drain groove is opened toward the outside of the vehicle body, and a protruded portion formed at a bottom of the drain groove.