Patent ID: 8882186
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A seal structure for a door of an automobile in which a door opening for a side door has a roof opening for a roof door successively provided on an upper side thereof said side door opening and closing in the widthwise direction of the automobile and a side end in the widthwise direction of said roof door opening and closing in upward and downward directions via a hinge mechanism provided around a center in a widthwise direction of the automobile, wherein: said seal structure comprises a door weather strip mounted on said side door, said door weather strip making elastic contact with said roof door for sealing a space between said side door and the roof door when the doors are closed; said door weather strip comprises: an installation base member mounted on an outer peripheral upper end of a door sash of said side door; and a main seal swelled and curved toward an upper side from an inner-cabin side of said installation base member, said main seal making elastic contact with an inner-cabin side surface of a side end of said roof door when said doors are closed; and said main seal having a contact part defined by a portion which first contacts the roof door, said roof door having a contact part defined by the portion which first contacts the main seal, a tangent on the intersection of said contact parts comprises a straight line which divides an acute angle between a line defined by a track of movement of said contact part of said door weather strip of said side door and a line defined by a track of movement of said contact part of said roof door into a substantially half angle, said two lines intersecting at said intersection.