Abstract: Each corner portion is formed between straight-lined portions so as to connect them. Each of the straight-lined portions has a trim portion having a substantially U-shape in section and a hollow seal portion. The corner portion has a molded trim portion and a molded hollow seal portion. The molded trim portion is formed of a hard material with predetermined hardness and flexibility so as to have a substantially U-shape in section. The molded hollow seal portion is composed of a soft material. The opening width between opposite side walls of the molded trim portion is formed to be narrower than the opening width between opposite side walls of the trim portion. Further an opening portion for drawing out a forming core member is formed at an edge of the molded hollow seal portion. Then, a flap portion is provided for abutting against the outer surface of the molded trim portion. Notch portions for facilitating the elastic deformation of the flap portion are formed in portions of the flap portion.

Abstract: There is provided a structure of a molding part of a weather strip for use in a rear door by firmly attaching the molding part in the rear door so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs and ensures sufficient sealing property. The molding part is attached to a recess together with a slide arm 4. The recess is formed at the front lower end of the rear door. The molding part comprises merely a plate insert except sealing function parts. The sealing function parts elastically contact a car body side. The plate insert is fixed to the rear door by bolts and nuts.

Abstract: A door weather strip with seal lips attached thereto, fitted to a door sash, and provided with a gap of a given magnitude on a vertical plane between edges of respective seal lips of both an extrusion molded part on the side of a roof and an extrusion molded part on the side of a center pillar, a reinforcing rib is provided over the whole length of a seal lip of a molded part, which connects the extrusion molded parts with each other to form a corner section. The reinforcing rib is located on the interior side of an automobile where no elastic contacts with a body panel is being made, thereby preventing the waving from occurring to the molded part.

Abstract: A corner mold is provided for use in a seal system which protects the corner of a structure from damage and deterioration and creates a barrier covering the gap between adjacent structures. The corner mold includes two external members distanced apart by an interconnecting spacer sized to match the width of the structure. In addition to the corner mold, the seal system includes two moldings and an adhesive which is placed in joints between the corner mold and moldings.

Abstract: A multi-part hollow chamber seal for sealing a rectangular cover (10) relative to the edge of a rectangular motor vehicle roof opening with a connecting part for connecting a sealing part (14) which runs around a curved comer to a sealing part (13) which adjoins it via a seam, in the form of a connecting tube (21) which penetrates the seam and which is inserted into the hollow chambers (19, 20) of the two sealing parts (13, 14). The connecting tube (21) extends along the entire bend of the sealing part (14) which runs around the corner.

Abstract: A weather strip includes a trim body having a generally U-shaped cross section, a hollow seal portion that protrudes from an outside surface of the trim body, and a holding lip formed on the trim body so as to extend from an inside surface of the trim body toward the inside of the trim body. The weather strip is mounted on the vehicle body such that the trim body is held by a flange provided at a periphery of a door opening of a motor vehicle. The weather strip is formed by extrusion molding such that the length of the holding lip is changed in a plurality of steps in accordance with the thickness of the flange.

Abstract: In order to avoid an improper bending-open of a sealing element on the door and thus an access gap for a tool or the like, a corner plate is provided in the miter corner of the door, which corner plate is held in the door frame by way of a safety catch, so that the sealing element cannot be pulled out of the member profile of the door.

Abstract: A multi-piece applique for a pillar (e.g., B-pillar) or other suitable structure of a vehicle. An applique is a decorative member which is fastened to a vehicle surface (e.g., to a door frame structure adjacent a pillar) in order to add styling and/or to functionally cover unsightly portions of the vehicle. In certain embodiments of this invention, the applique includes multiple pieces. Optionally, different pieces may be painted different colors (e.g., a first piece red or green, and a second piece black or silver). In such a manner, a multi-color applique is provided that is easy to mount on a vehicle and is aesthetically pleasing.

Abstract: In the mounting base section of a door weather strip, first and second mounting faces extend in the longitudinal direction while making a right angle with respect to each other. Between these mounting faces, there is provided a twisted face which continues from the first mounting face to the second mounting face. One piece of double-sided adhesive tape is continuously attached to the door weather strip from the first mounting face to the second mounting face via the twisted face, and these mounting faces and the twisted face are bonded to the door by the double-sided adhesive tape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing profile for securing to a motor vehicle component, more particularly to a frame of a door. The sealing profile comprises in accordance with the invention an insert provided with at least one elastically deformable detent for securing to the motor vehicle component. Furthermore, the insert is provided with at least one supporting plate for stiffening the sealing profile. The supporting plate is materially connected to the detent in one piece. The insert is provided more particularly in the region of the C-pillar of a motor vehicle. Prohibitive deformations of the sealing profile are prevented by the insert.

Abstract: A retainerless weather strip to be fixed to a door panel of an automobile by a clip, which comprises: a base bottom portion to be attached to the door panel; a hollow seal portion to seal between the door panel and a body panel; and a seal lip portion, wherein the base bottom portion has a cutout-shaped step portion formed at a lower end portion on the automobile exterior side of the base bottom portion, and the weather strip further comprises a thick waterproof sponge member provided on the cutout-shaped step portion, wherein the thick waterproof sponge member has a thickness sufficiently larger than the depth of the cutout-shaped step portion, and has an elasticity such that a portion in which the clip is located and portions in which the clip is not located can be equally elastically contracted when the base bottom portion is fixed to the door panel by the clip so that watertightness is kept between the thick waterproof sponge member and the door panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a front door weather strip includes continuously forming one extrusion molding section by extrusion molding corresponding to a region from an upper section of the front door to the rear side section of the front door and forming a mold molding section corresponding to a corner of a rear side upper section of the front door used a mold so as to connect both ends of the extrusion molding section, thereby manufacturing the front door weather strip.

Abstract: The invention provides a door weather strip structure comprised of a first weather strip and a second weather strip, and fitted into a door sash, wherein a seal block kept in elastic contact with a retainer of the door sash is provided in the vicinity of a connection between a molded part which is a portion of the second weather strip, corresponding to the roof of an automobile, and an extruded part on the side of a pillar, positioned on a side opposite from an extruded part on the side of a center pillar, thereby preventing water as intruded from the molded part from flowing down through the gap passage formed among the first weather strip, the second weather strip, and the door sash to make ingress into the interior of the automobile through the lower part of the front pillar.

Abstract: A door weather strip, which is of annular form as a whole, includes a base section and a hollow sealing section as its basic constituent elements. The portion of the door weather strip corresponding to the corner part of the upper portion on the center pillar side of the front door provides a molded section, and any other section provides a continuously formed extrusion section. On the portion other than the lower side portion in the peripheral portion of the opening section for the front door of a vehicle body, the ridge portion as along the peripheral portion thereof is provided. In the closed state of the front door, the sealing section is elastically deformed so as to be pressed and extended in opposite directions away from the top portion of the ridge portion.

Abstract: Each corner portion is formed between straight-lined portions so as to connect them. Each of the straight-lined portions has a trim portion having a substantially U-shape in section and a hollow seal portion. The corner portion has a molded trim portion and a molded hollow seal portion. The molded trim portion is formed of a hard material with predetermined hardness and flexibility so as to have a substantially U-shape in section. The molded hollow seal portion is composed of a soft material. The opening width between opposite side walls of the molded trim portion is formed to be narrower than the opening width between opposite side walls of the trim portion. Further an opening portion for drawing out a forming core member is formed at an edge of the molded hollow seal portion. Then, a flap portion is provided for abutting against the outer surface of the molded trim portion. Notch portions for facilitating the elastic deformation of the flap portion are formed in portions of the flap portion.

Abstract: A front door weather strip is annular as a whole, and has one mold molding section fixed to the corner section which is the rear side upper section of a door frame, and one extrusion molding section. The extrusion molding section includes a base section and a hollow sealing section. A seal lip is integral with the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the upper section of the door frame. The length of the seal lip is gradually changed at a front upper corner part. During extrusion molding, the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to a front lower corner part is formed as follows: That is, the sealing section is larger in height than the other part. At least the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the lower section is smaller in wall thickness of the vehicle outside base end part of the sealing section than the part which corresponds to the upper section.

Abstract: A front door weather strip is annular as a whole, and has one mold molding section fixed to the corner section which is the rear side upper section of a door frame, and one extrusion molding section. The extrusion molding section includes a base section and a hollow sealing section. A seal lip is integral with the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the upper section of the door frame. The length of the seal lip is gradually changed at a front upper corner part. During extrusion molding, the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to a front lower corner part is formed as follows: That is, the sealing section is larger in height than the other part. At least the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the lower section is smaller in wall thickness of the vehicle outside base end part of the sealing section than the part which corresponds to the upper section.

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 window frame carried on the door of a vehicle is in the form of an aluminum extrusion having a smooth bend in the region where the top of the frame meets the corner between the “B” pillar of the vehicle and the vehicle roof. The window glass has a sharp angle matching this corner. The aluminum extrusion carries flanges directed towards but stopping short of the sharp corner. The sealing and guiding strip assembly comprises a molded part incorporating a separate metal corner piece and defining a window glass receiving channel. The metal corner piece has clips which fit in a channel on the aluminum extrusion. The molded part is concealed beneath extruded strip parts meeting at a miter join at the sharp corner. These strip parts extend away from the corner piece and form integral parts of extruded window glass receiving channels matching the channel in the molded part.

Abstract: A weatherstrip assembly mounted to a body component or a body aperture through a holder includes a weatherstrip having weatherstrip bodies. Each pair of the weatherstrip bodies cooperate to form an L-shaped or a V-shaped corner portion of the weatherstrip corresponding to an associated one of L-shaped or V-shaped corner portions of the holder. Each of two weatherstrip bodies which constitute one of the corner portions of the weatherstrip has a mounting base held between a retainer and a clip which are respectively fixed to the inner and outer faces of the mounting base and which are coupled to each other through coupling pins formed integrally with the clip and extending through the weatherstrip mounting base, each coupling pin having a distal end portion thereof press-fitted into a pin hole formed in the retainer.