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Method of manufacturing door glass run for motor vehicle

US5976438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1998
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/003
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a door glass run to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of a vehicle door. The method includes forming a door glass run having a main portion of a generally U-shaped cross-section, and seal lips which extend from ends of side walls of the main portion toward the inside thereof by extrusion such that one side wall has a height greater than that of the other side wall, forming first, second and third cutouts in the extruded door glass run from a bottom wall of the main portion to angular parts connecting the bottom wall to the side walls such that the first cutout faces about a center of a corner of the door frame, and the second and third cutouts face about borders between the corner of the door frame and straightly extending parts thereof, bending the door glass run having these cutouts in conformity with the corner of the door frame, and filling these cutouts with molding material to mold a bottom wall and angular parts connecting the bottom wall to side walls therein such that the thickness of the angular part connecting the bottom wall to the side wall having a greater height is increased, as compared to that of a corresponding angular …

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