Patent ID: 7762021
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B60J,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicular door sash comprising a sash frame, the sash frame comprising: a groove portion for retaining a glass-run channel; a retainer portion for retaining a weather strip, having a bottom surface in contact with a bottom surface of the groove portion; and a flange portion that connects the retainer portion and the groove portion and partially forms an outer surface of a door of a vehicle; wherein the flange portion has a first width, wherein the flange portion is compressed to a second width by a roll molding process which transforms an outer surface of the flange portion into an undulating outer surface, the second width being less than the first width, wherein an end portion of the compressed flange portion of the sash frame adjacent the groove portion forms an engagement portion having a cross section directed upward such that a sash molding is attachable to the engagement portion for covering the compressed flange portion, wherein a protruding portion is formed by the flange portion of the sash frame and a side wall of said groove portion during the roll molding process, said protruding portion being directed inwardly towards the groove portion and engages with a portion of the glass-run channel retained in the groove portion so as to hold the glass-run channel therein, wherein said first width is the same as a width of the sash molding, and wherein a gap formed between a door stop of the vehicle and an end portion of the flange portion opposite the groove portion when the flange portion in has the first width is equal in length to a gap formed between the door stop and an end portion of the sash molding opposite the groove portion when the compressed flange portion having the second width is covered by the sash molding.