Patent ID: 8782954
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A glass run adapted to be attached to a door frame of a vehicle door for providing a seal between a door opening portion and the vehicle door, the glass run comprising: a glass run section adapted to be attached to an inner periphery of the door frame; a trim section adapted to be attached to an end of the door frame; and a molding section adapted to integrally join said trim section and said glass run section to each other, wherein said glass run section comprises an extruded soft material, and includes a glass run section outer side wall, a glass run section inner side wall, and a glass run section bottom wall such that said glass run section has a generally U-shaped cross-section, wherein an outer seal lip and an inner seal lip respectively extend from ends of said glass run section outer side wall and said glass run section inner side wall obliquely in an interior space of said glass run section, wherein said trim section comprises an extruded hard material, and includes a trim section first side wall located on a side of said glass run section, a trim section second side wall located on a side of a vehicle body, and a trim section bottom wall such that said trim section has a generally U-shaped cross-section, wherein said molding section comprises an injected molding hard material, and includes a head part located on an exterior side surface of the door frame, and a leg part extending from an interior surface of said head part with a generally T-shaped cross-section, wherein said trim section bottom wall of said trim section and said glass run section outer side wall of said glass run section are integrally joined to said interior surface of said head part of said molding section, while sandwiching said leg part of said molding section, upon the injection molding of said molding section, said trim section first side wall of said trim section, which is located on the side of said glass run section, is integrally joined to a first side surface of said leg part, whereas said glass run section bottom wall of said glass run section is integrally joined to a second side surface of said leg part, wherein an entire configuration of the glass run conforms to a configuration of the door frame, wherein the glass run section further comprises a projection adapted to be engaged with the door frame, wherein the projection is located at an exterior surface of said glass run section bottom wall located on a side of said glass run section inner side wall, and wherein the projection contacts a distal end of the trim section first side wall and a distal end of the leg part.