Abstract: A cutout is provided in an upper edge of a door inner panel at a rear end portion thereof, and a clip member is provided on a door window glass inner weatherstrip which is mounted along the upper edge and is brought into abutment against front and rear vertical portions of a glass run at front and rear terminal ends thereof at such a position that corresponds to the cutout when the rear terminal end of the door window glass inner weatherstrip is brought into abutment against the glass run. The clip member is then brought into engagement with the cutout to position the door window glass inner weatherstrip for mounting, whereby no gap is formed at a portion where the rear terminal end and the glass run attach to each other.

Abstract: A window frame is constituted by an inner panel, an outer panel and a door sash which are formed by press molding, and a glass run body of a glass run is attached and locked in an attachment groove provided in the door sash. A trim formed separately from the glass run is fitted to an interior flange of the inner panel and an interior flange of the door sash so that an exterior holding lip of the trim is brought into pressure contact with an interior holding lip provided on the glass run. A door glass is held to be able to be guided to slide by seal lips of the glass run. The interior flange and the attachment groove are integrally formed in a common component and the relative positions of these two parts are kept stable.

Abstract: An aromatic polyamide resin composition is obtained by blending an inorganic filler and an impact modifier. The ratio of the weight M of the inorganic filler to the weight T of the impact modifier is preferably 2.0≦M/T≦6.5. The aromatic polyamide resin has a melting point of at least 290° C., and preferably a glass transition temperature of at least 60° C. The composition has an excellent balance of toughness and stiffness.

Abstract: A weather strip for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle for sealing the- periphery of a window and a method of forming the weather strip. The weather strip supports the window to allow the window to slide upward and downward with respect to the window frame. The weather strip includes an elongated side section for attachment to a generally vertical member of the window frame, an elongated upper section for attachment to a horizontal member of the frame, and a corner section for attachment to a corner of the window frame. The weather strip includes an inner seal lip and an outer seal lip, which resiliently contact the inner and outer surfaces of the window, respectively. The cross sectional shapes of the seal lips vary from the side section to the upper section, yet the inner and outer seal lips are formed of a single continuous extrusion.

Abstract: A glass run of an automobile comprises a channel portion including a bottom portion and inner and outer side walls. The glass run further comprises inner and outer seal lips projecting into the channel portion from the inner and outer side walls respectively. The seal lips have back sides facing inside of the channel portion. At least the inner seal lip is thickened in its wall thickness at its middle portion in a manner that the back side of the seal lip projects more inwardly into the channel portion at the middle portion than at a root portion of the seal lip, thereby forming a convex at the middle portion on the back side of the seal lip while relatively forming a concave at the root portion on the back side of the seal lip. The glass run further comprises a sponge elasticity-reinforcing member provided between the root portion on the back side of the inner seal lip and the inner side wall.

Abstract: A weather strip for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle for sealing the periphery of a window and a method of forming the weather strip. The weather strip supports the window to allow the window to slide upward and downward with respect to the window frame. The weather strip includes an elongated side section for attachment to a generally vertical member of the window frame, an elongated upper section for attachment to a horizontal member of the frame, and a corner section for attachment to a corner of the window frame. The weather strip includes an inner seal lip and an outer seal lip, which resiliently contact the inner and outer surfaces of the window, respectively. The cross sectional shapes of the seal lips vary from the side section to the upper section, yet the inner and outer seal lips are formed of a single continuous extrusion.

Abstract: Door weatherstripping to be attached along a periphery of a door panel of a sash-less door has an extruded main portion of rubber and end portions joined to ends of the extruded main portion to cover front and rear upper corners of the door panel. Each of the end portions has an insert member of polypropylene and a cover member of thermoplastic olefin elastomer which is molded to cover the outer surface of the insert member.

Abstract: A weather strip is adhered to a vehicle by a double sided adhesive tape. The weather strip seals between the vehicle body and a door when the door is closed. The weather strip includes a first section extruded from a rubber material, which is vulcanized at a vulcanizing temperature. The weather strip also includes a second section molded from a thermoplastic elastomer at a temperature lower than the vulcanizing temperature. The adhesive tape is applied to the weather strip to span the first section and the second section. This permits a single piece of tape to be continuously applied to the weather strip, which is more efficient.

Abstract: A weather strip for use with a center pillar of a motor vehicle, particularly with a center pillar having a width gradually increasing in a downward direction. The weather strip includes an extruded first tubular weather strip to be attached along a front edge of the center pillar, an extruded second tubular weather strip to be attached along a rear edge of the center pillar, and a pillar molding, interposed between these two weather strips, which has a width that gradually increases in a downward direction. A method for manufacturing the above-described weather strip includes the steps of placing first and second weather strips in a mold such that the space therebetween gradually increases downwardly and upper ends thereof face a roof side weather strip to be attached along an edge of a roof of the motor vehicle, and a rubber material is injected into the mold to join the upper ends of the first and second weather strips to the roof side weather strip.

Abstract: The door weather strip mounting structure is constructed such that a base portion of a door weather strip on an inside thereof, is fixed to an outer by clips and, on an outside thereof, is bonded to the outer peripheral portion through a two-sided adhesive tape. Due to this structure, when the tape is bonded, a releasing sheet can be easily removed from the two-side adhesive tape and, at the same time, when a vehicle door is closed, the clips prevent the inside end portion of the base portion from being floated upwardly.

Abstract: A weather strip for use with a center pillar of a motor vehicle, particularly with a center pillar having a width gradually increasing in a downward direction. The weather strip includes an extruded first tubular weather strip to be attached along a front edge of the center pillar, an extruded second tubular weather strip to be attached along a rear edge of the center pillar, and a pillar molding, interposed between these two weather strips, which has a width that gradually increases in a downward direction. A method for manufacturing the above-described weather strip includes the steps of placing first and second weather strips in a mold such that the space therebetween gradually increases downwardly and upper ends thereof face a roof side weather strip to be attached along an edge of a roof of the motor vehicle, and a rubber material is injected into the mold to join the upper ends of the first and second weather strips to the roof side weather strip.

Abstract: An extruded weather strip having a tubular configuration and adapted to be bonded to a body wall along a roof side of a vehicle body, which defines a door opening thereof, with a double-sided adhesive tape. The weather strip includes a bottom portion adapted to be bonded to the body wall with the double-sided adhesive tape, and a seal wall including sides that are connected to both side ends of the bottom portion. The weather strip further includes first and second internal bridge members which interconnect the bottom portion and the seal wall. One end of the first bridge is connected to the seal wall at a position inside of where a door window pane will push on that seal wall while the other end is connected to an outer side end of the bottom portion. One end of the second bridge is connected to the seal wall in a position similar to the first bridge while the other end is connected to an inner side end of the bottom portion.

Abstract: The semiaromatic polyamide of the invention comprises 40 to 90% by mol of (A) recurring units derived from terephthalic acid and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 0 to 50% by mol of (B) recurring units derived from isophthalic acid and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 0 to 60% by mol of (C) recurring units derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 18 carbon atoms and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms and 0 to 50% by mol of (D) recurring units derived from a lactam or an aminocarboxylic acid of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and has a content of boiling water-soluble components (MO components) of not more than 0.25% by weight. The semiaromatic polyamide has a low content of the MO components, so that mold contamination hardly brought about in the molding process, and also molded articles of good heat resistance can be produced.

Abstract: A weather strip is used for a center pillar having a gradually increasing width downwardly along its length, and a roofline of a motor vehicle. The weather strip includes extruded front and rear roofline weather strips, extruded first and second center pillar weather strips, a molded portion which integrally joins the roofline weather strips and the center pillar weather strips, and a molding mounted on the molded portion between the center pillar weather strips. The center pillar weather strips gradually increase in spacing downwardly along the length of the center pillar. The molding gradually increases in width downwardly along the length of the center pillar. The extruded roofline weather strips are placed in a "T" configured mold, and the extruded center pillar weather strips are also placed in the molded but with the gradually increasing spacing. Material is injected molded between the weather strips to form the molded portion.

Abstract: A structure attaches weather stripping to the body along the side of a roof of a vehicle body, and is especially useful around a door opening thereof. A molding that extends along the side of a roof for covering an outside surface of the weather strip is attached to the vehicle by securing a base portion of the molding to an outer part of the body wall defining the door opening. The weather strip has a bottom portion and a sealing portion. An outer part of the bottom portion is bonded to the base portion of the molding with a first double-sided adhesive tape, while an inner part of the bottom portion is bonded to the body wall defining the door opening with a second double-sided adhesive tape which is made of a material having a density below that of a material forming the first double-sided adhesive tape.

Abstract: A weather strip is secured to an outer peripheral surface of a door frame of a motor vehicle by a double-sided adhesive tape. The weather strip has a bottom surface on a base portion with at least one continuous rib thereon extending in a longitudinal direction of the weather strip. The at least one projecting rib enables a continuous and aligned seal line to be formed.

Abstract: A method for producing a weather strip having a molded end portion joined to an end of an extruded weather strip having a base portion and a tubular seal portion. The method includes the steps of cutting-off a portion of the tubular seal portion from the end of the extruded weather strip with the base portion thereof remaining uncut, placing the uncut base portion of the end of the extruded weather strip in a cavity of a mold, placing a core along the uncut base portion, injecting a molding material into the cavity to mold a tubular part having a configuration conforming to the cut off tubular seal portion integrally with a fin-like end part extending from the tubular part, opening the mold, and removing the core from the tubular part along a reverse face of the fin-like end part.

Abstract: A weather strip adapted to be continuously attached to a body panel around door openings of motor vehicles, which extends from a front pillar to a quarter pillar by way of a side face of a roof. The weather strip includes a base portion of solid rubber, a seal portion of sponge rubber and a molding portion of solid rubber, which is continuously formed along an outside end of the base portion. The width of the molding portion gradually varies such that its front part has a first width capable of covering substantially an entire outside face of the seal portion, its rear corner part has a width gradually reducing towards the quarter pillar and its rear part has a width less than the first width to prevent interference with a rear edge of a rear door window glass or rear door frame upon opening and closing of a rear door. The weather strip thus constructed is produced by extrusion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fire-resistant polyamide resin composition comprising 3 to 30 weight percent melamine cyanurate and 0.02 to 1 weight % of an amide compound or a fatty acid glyceride compound or a combination of said amide and glyceride compound.

Abstract: A structure for use in attaching weather stripping to the body along the side of a roof of a vehicle body, and is especially useful around a door opening thereof. A molding that extends along the side of a roof for covering an outside surface of the weather strip is attached to the vehicle by securing a base portion of the molding to an outer part of the body wall defining the door opening. The weather strip has a bottom portion and a sealing portion. An outer part of the bottom portion is bonded to the base portion of the molding with a first double-sided adhesive tape, while an inner part of the bottom portion is bonded to the body wall defining the door opening with a second double-sided adhesive tape.