Patent ID: 8714624

Claim:
A vehicle door belt molding including a belt molding body shaped into a long member which is fixed to an upper edge of a vehicle door and extends along said upper edge, and an end cap which can be detachably attached to an end-face opening of said belt molding body, wherein a pair of pillars which project upward from said upper edge of said vehicle door are fixed to a vehicle interior-side surface of an outer panel of said vehicle door, said belt molding body comprising: a vehicle exterior-side portion which faces said upper edge and said pillars from a vehicle exterior side in a direction of thickness of said vehicle door; a vehicle interior-side portion which faces said upper edge from a vehicle interior-side in said direction of thickness of said vehicle door, wherein at least one end face of said vehicle interior-side portion, with respect to a lengthwise direction of said belt molding body, is entirely formed as a receded end face positioned between said pair of pillars; and an engaged portion which is formed on an inner surface of said belt molding body and positioned on a vehicle exterior side of said pillars, wherein said end cap comprises a covering end which covers an end face of said vehicle exterior-side portion in a same direction as that of said receded end face; an insertion portion which extends from said covering end to a point in front of said receded end face and is positioned between said vehicle exterior-side portion and said vehicle interior-side portion as viewed in said lengthwise direction; and an engaging portion which is formed on a vehicle exterior-side surface of said insertion portion and engaged with said engaged portion to prevent said end cap from moving toward said vehicle interior-side, wherein said engaged portion comprises a protrusion which extends upward or downward from a vehicle interior-side surface of said vehicle exterior-side portion, wherein said engaging portion comprises a protrusion which is positioned in a clearance between said vehicle interior-side surface of said vehicle exterior-side portion and said engaged portion to be engaged with a vehicle exterior-side surface of said engaged portion, wherein said belt molding body comprises an upper-end connecting portion which is positioned directly above said upper edge and which connects upper edges of said vehicle exterior-side portion and said vehicle interior-side portion to each other, and wherein said engaged portion is provided on a curved portion which connects a lower surface of said upper-end connecting portion with said vehicle interior-side surface of said vehicle exterior-side portion.