Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.

Mazda Motor Corporation

Mazda Motor Corporat Ion

Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Ishizaki Honten Co., Ltd.

Akio Okayama

Miwa Shinohara

Tomohiro Komaji

Daisuke Nakazato

Hiromu Oda

Yoshihiko Horita

Tomoki Takahashi

Tatsuo Koibuchi

Kazuaki Kikumitsu

Sachi Matsui

Keiichiro Nishiura

Yukihiro Moriyama

Tomomi Miyamoto

Norifumi Inoue

Yutaka Hashimoto

Ayako Teishi

Yoshihiro Kinoshita

Tooru Waki

Kazuhiro Takagaki

In a motor vehicle having an openingthrough an upper or lateral side of the vehicle cabin, a return portionextending toward the inside of the vehicle cabin and the front of the vehicle from a region spaced rearward from the rear edge of the openingis formed to return travel wind toward the front of the vehicle.

Penetrating wind prevention structure for vehicle

Corner portions of an upper edge of the rear-side roofclose to the side windows protrude toward a front of the vehicle beyond a rear frame portion of the associated side window. Pillars are positioned on the respective corner portions inside the vehicle. Weatherstripseach include a lip portioncovering an upper end portion of the associated pillar from outside of the vehicle while the roof is closed. Sealing membersare respectively provided on the inside of the corner portions. An extended sealing portionextends from each sealing member. The extended sealing portionblocks a gap, formed between the associated corner portion and the associated pillar and intended for the lip portion, while the front-side roof is open. The lip portionof the weatherstripis sandwiched between the extended sealing portionand the pillar while the roof is closed.

Sealing structure for openable roof-equipped vehicle

There are provided a front weather strip provided between a first roof member and a second roof member, a rear weather strip provided between the second roof member and a third roof member, a roof-side weather strip provided at the second roof member, and a vertical weather strip. Plural partition walls which form the plural vertical flow passages are provided at the vertical weather strip, and a first flow passage for distributing water from the front weather strip to plural vertical flow passages of the vertical weather strip by way of the roof-side weather strip and a second flow passage for distributing water from the rear weather strip to at least one of plural vertical flow passages of the vertical weather strip are provided.

Seal structure of automotive vehicle with storing-type roof

There are provided a pillar attached to a vehicle-body side separately from a roof, a pillar-side weather strip provided at the pillar, a vehicle-body-side weather strip provided at a vehicle-body side of a lower portion of the pillar, and an engagement portion provided at a lower end portion of the pillar-side weather strip, the engagement portion being configured to engage from an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the vehicle-body-side weather strip. The vehicle-body-side weather strip comprises a guide portion which guides the engagement portion of the pillar-side weather strip inward and downward, an engaged portion positioned at a lower portion of the guide portion, and a wall portion which contacts a hanging piece provided at the lower end portion of the pillar-side weather strip from an outward side in the vehicle width direction.

Vehicle-body structure of automotive vehicle with storing-type roof

A weather strip mounted along a circumferential edge of a door opening of an automobile body comprises: an installation base member having a substantially U-shape in cross-section; and a hollow seal member provided on an outer-cabin side of the installation base member, which makes elastic contact with a protrudingly curved surface having a substantially U-shape in cross-section of the door; in which the hollow seal member includes: a first hollow wall having a substantially reversed V-shape in cross-section and a second hollow wall having a substantially V-shape in cross-section, which are connected with each other; a seal wall swelled and curved toward an inner side of the hollow seal member; and a protrusion protrudingly provided toward the outer-cabin side in succession to the seal wall, which makes elastic contact with the protrudingly curved surface.

Weather strip

A door glass guiding structure is provided which can be constituted by using a glass guide member made from a low-priced material such as rolled sheet, and is capable of satisfactorily maintaining required functions. The door glass guiding structurecomprises the glass guide memberwhich is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses, the core bracketwhich is constituted of a member different from the glass guide memberand is mounted on top end of the glass guide memberso as to extend the length thereof upward, and the guide upper end seal memberattached to cover the external surface of the core bracketso as to provide water-tight sealing on the top ends of the two door glasses.

Door glass guiding structure for vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Akio Okayama