Abstract: A weather strip includes an installation base member and a seal member. The installation base member is configured to operably couple to a peripheral edge of a panel. The seal member is integrally molded with the installation base member and configured to make elastic contact with a peripheral edge of an opening in a body of an automobile when the panel is in a closed position. The seal member includes sponge material which has a specific gravity that falls within a range of 0.35 to 0.65 and a loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.25 MPa. More preferably, the sponge material has a loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.20 MPa.

Abstract: A door hole seal is provided between an inner panel and a door trim of an automobile door. The door hole seal comprises a slit mechanism used to pull out a wire harness from an outer-cabin side to an inner-cabin side or from the inner-cabin side to the outer-cabin side. The slit mechanism comprises a first slit extending up and down with respect to the main sheet and a circular hole formed at a lower end of the first slit. The circular hole has a diameter that is identical to or slightly smaller than that of a wire harness, and is arranged to receive the wire harness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a weather strip which allows both (i) avoiding degradation in closing property of a door of a sashless door-type automobile and (ii) preventing intrusion of water into an inside of the automobile. A weather strip (1) includes a base (201), a sealing section (202), a seal lip section (203), and a stopper section (204). The stopper section (204) is provided with an open region (207) which, in a state where a door opening is closed, allows a first passage and a second passage, which are formed between the weather strip (1) and door glass (107), to communicate with each other on a side of a roof.

Abstract: A door weather strip couples to a door adjacently to a belt line. The door weather strip includes: a fin at a bottom of the door weather strip; a main seal and a sub seal which extend vertically in upper and lower directions on an internal circumference and an outer circumference on a surface of the fin and which make elastic contact with an end of a roof weather strip when the door is in a closed position; a channel between the main seal and the sub seal; and a sealing wall which extends between a top end of the main seal and a part of the sub seal below a top end by a distance such that the sealing wall on the sub seal is spaced from the end of the roof weather strip when the door is in the closed position.

Abstract: A seal for an automobile door includes a glass run and a belt line inner seal. The glass run has a vertical portion which includes a vertical seal lip, and the belt line inner seal includes an upper belt line seal lip and a lower belt line seal lip. The vertical seal lip is integral and unitary with ends of the upper and lower belt line seal lips, and the vertical portion includes a A-divider wall portion extending vertically and protruding toward the outside of a cabin of the automobile between the upper and lower belt line seal lips. A predetermined gap is formed between the lower belt line seal lip and the divider wall portion when the window glass is in an open state, and the lower belt line seal lip contacts the divider wall portion when the window glass is in a closed state.

Abstract: An outer lip is continuous with an outer-cabin side wall which has a linear shape of a hollow seal member. The outer lip makes elastic contact with a surface of a body in a direction substantially perpendicular when a door is closed. A rear lip extends from a position close to a base root of the outer lip toward an outer-cabin side and makes elastic contact with a peripheral edge of the door. A thickness of the outer-cabin side wall of the hollow seal member is not less than a thickness of a vertical part of the outer lip; and an inner-cabin side surface of the outer-cabin side wall of the hollow seal member is closer to an inside of the automobile than an inner-cabin side surface of the vertical part of the outer lip.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for further improving the quietness in a vehicle cabin while reducing an increase in the weight of a motor vehicle. A noise reduction member, arranged in a fender inner space defined between a fender panel serving as an exterior panel for a motor vehicle and an inner fender forming a wheelhouse, includes a pair of wall portions which are made of a foamed material and arranged to be spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a buffer which prevents damage to a lower edge of a baggage gateway of a baggage-containing section and which is not easily worn down or damaged when rubbed by baggage. The buffer includes a fixing section, a contact section, and a connecting section. At a vehicle-interior-side end of the connecting section, a lower surface of the connecting section is provided at a height obtained by subtracting (a) a thickness, in a vertical direction, of the vehicle-interior-side end of the connecting section from (b) a height, in the vertical direction, measured from the surface of the lower edge to a first top portion. At a vehicle-exterior side end of the connecting section, the lower surface of the connecting section is provided at a height obtained by subtracting (a) a thickness, in the vertical direction, of the vehicle-exterior-side end of the connecting section from (b) a height, in the vertical direction, measured from the surface of the lower edge to a second top portion.

Abstract: An automotive door-hole-sealing material reduces noise to be generated by contact between the sheeted foam elastic material and the protrusion, and, moreover, improves quietness inside the passenger compartment with high sound absorption performance and sound insulating effect. The automotive door-hole-sealing material 1 includes a resin sheet 2, and a sheeted foam elastic material 3. The resin sheet 2 has a through hole 2c formed in association with a protruding end of the impact absorbing material 105. In a side view, the sheeted foam elastic material 3 has a portion relaxing within an inner periphery of the through hole 2c of the resin sheet 2.

Abstract: A beltline sealing member includes a block portion that comes into contact with a glass run to assemble the beltline sealing member in a normal position in the longitudinal direction of the beltline sealing member.

Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to improve installation workability by reducing the risk of installation failures of a belt line sealing member in the case where a vertical glass run and a sealing member are installed separately to a door panel. A belt line sealing member 20 includes a panel insertion groove 24 opening downward. The belt line sealing member 20 includes an end portion provided with a stopper portion 51 reducing the risk of rim portions 111a and 111b of a notch 111 of an inner peripheral flange 109 entering the panel insertion groove 24.

Abstract: A glass run couples to an outer-cabin side of a frame and includes a body and an installation member. The body includes an outer-cabin side wall, an inner-cabin side wall and a glass run side wall. The installation member is assembled on a flange having a plurality of elevated parts formed at regular intervals, has a substantially U-shaped cross-section including the glass run side wall, a body side wall and a connecting wall and has an anchoring part formed on an inner side for receiving the plurality of elevated parts on the flange. A thin part is formed by providing a concave part on an inner side of a connecting part between the body side wall and the connecting wall of the installation member.

Abstract: An assembly structure of a door weather strip includes a roll sash with a projection, a press sash without a projection and joined to the roll sash, a decorative molding which covers the sashes, and an end cap fit on the decorative molding. An outer seal lip of the door weather strip includes: an upper side protrusion and a lower side protrusion which extend outwardly toward an exterior of an automobile and are parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction; and a channel between the protrusions, which is open outwardly toward the exterior of the automobile. The protrusions are connected by a connecting wall on a front end of the channel, slid toward a front side of a door from a rear side, and guided into a space between the press sash and the end cap with a projection on the end cap guided into the channel.

Abstract: There is provided a damping material which is capable of yielding a damping effect by use of a simple configuration, and also allows for easy attachment and low cost. A vehicle damping material includes: a mass body containing section in which a hollow section is formed and in which a mass body is inserted into the hollow section; and a gripping section for pinching a vehicle member, the mass body containing section and the gripping section each being made of an elastic material.

Abstract: A touch sensor unit includes a pressure-sensitive sensor and a support that supports the pressure-sensitive sensor. The support includes a portion that is folded and overlapped with another portion of the support. The pressure-sensitive sensor is at least partially enclosed by the folded portion of the support and supported by the support. The overlapping portions of the support include a part adjacent to the pressure-sensitive sensor where two surfaces of the support are opposed to each other. One of the two surfaces includes a groove, and the other one of the two surfaces includes a projection that projects toward the groove. The projection is fitted into the groove.

Abstract: A glass run for an automobile door is provided with an enhanced look of a design portion thereof, allowing the glass run to be deformed easily along the curved shape of a window frame during assembly to the window frame, thereby improving ease of assembly. The glass run includes a glass run body 21 including upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c, and a design portion 29 forming part of appearance design of an automobile. A material forming the upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c and a material forming the design portion 29 respectively contain a resin as a main ingredient. The material forming the design portion 29 is less rigid than the material forming the upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c.

Abstract: First and second fins extending toward a second-closing door are provided at an upper end of a side-edge seal of a first-closing door of a double door of a vehicle. When the first-closing door is closed, the first fin overlaps the body-side seal, and the second fin overlaps an outer surface of the vehicle body outside the body-side seal. When the second-closing door is closed, an inner surface of the second-closing door abuts on the body-side seal and extends along the side-edge seal. A seal portion of the second-closing door abuts on the outer surface of the vehicle body outside the body-side seal and extends along the side-edge seal. The first and second fins are deformed independently from each other.

Abstract: A weather strip includes an installation base member and a seal member. The installation base member is configured to operably couple to a peripheral edge of a panel. The seal member is integrally molded with the installation base member and configured to make elastic contact with a peripheral edge of an opening in a body of an automobile when a side door is in a closed position. The seal member includes sponge material which has specific gravity that falls within a range of 0.35 to 0.65 and a loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.25 MPa. More preferably, the sponge material has the loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.20 MPa.

Abstract: A parting seal includes: an assembly part; and a seal part. The assembly part is assembled on a rear door. The seal part is integrally molded with the assembly part and closes a parting portion between a front door and the rear door. The seal part is hollow and includes: a first hollow wall which faces the parting portion; and a second hollow wall which faces a body panel. A lip is formed on a position on which the first hollow wall and the second hollow wall come into contact with each other on a side of the front door. The lip protrudes toward an outer-cabin side. The first hollow wall and the lip are made of sponge material, the second hollow wall and the assembly part are made of solid material. The assembly part is free of a core, and is immovably assembled on the rear door.

Abstract: A weather strip for an automobile is provided that prevents formation of an electric circuit caused by an intrusion of snow, water or the like. The weather strip includes an installation base member operatively coupled on a body of an automobile at a periphery edge of an opening corresponding to a door, and a hollow seal member integrally molded with the installation base member. The hollow seal member protrudes to a side of the door at an outer side of the automobile and makes an elastic contact with the door when the door is in a closed position. An entire exposed outer surface of the hollow seal member and an outer surface of the installation base member continued from the hollow seal member are formed sequentially by a non-electric conductive material having the volume resistivity of 106? or greater.