Patent ID: 7017305
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A weather strip forming a hollow section and a fitting base section which is fitted to a body opening section, the hollow section being provided with a seal hollow chamber integrated with a hollow chamber, a seal surface of a door panel abutting on a side defining the seal hollow chamber, the weather strip sealing a gap between the body opening section and the door panel, wherein the weather strip comprises a bulkhead between the seal hollow chamber and the hollow chamber, wherein, along the entire periphery of the body opening section, an angle formed at the intersection of (i) a load input into the weather strip by the door and (ii) the bulkhead forms an opening angle not smaller than a right angle toward an outside of the body, wherein the bulkhead turns in response to the load input into the weather strip by the door, wherein the opening angle remains not smaller than a right angle along the entire periphery of the body opening section from a point of initial contact between the weather strip and the door until the door is closed, and, wherein an outer wall of the hollow section is free from an abutment on a member which is disposed on the periphery of the body opening section and is opposed to the door panel.