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Weather strip having a drainage structure

US8479450B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2011
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60J10/86
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A weather strip includes an installation base member installed on a door opening edge of a retractable roof vehicle; a hollow seal part provided on an outer-cabin side with respect to the installation base member, the seal part makes elastic contact with a top end of a door glass; and a seal lip extending from the base member and having a top end which curves and makes elastic contact with an inner-cabin side surface of the door glass, the seal part and the seal lip forming an eaves-trough-shaped water receiving part, wherein: a wall surface of the hollow seal part, with which the top end of the door glass makes elastic contact, has a head part formed thereon for guiding water to a drainage hole.

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