Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Nakatani

Masahiro Nozaki

Shinichi Goto

Tatsuo Ito

Hiroshi Mukai

Yasunobu Teramoto

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Takeshi Naitou

A method for molding an end of a long resin molded article that is obtained by extrusion molding and has a design surface and an attachment surface extended in a longitudinal direction of the long resin molded article, and the attachment surface is attached to other parts. An end portion of the long resin molded article is heated so as to soften the end portion of the long resin molded article. The design surface of the heated end portion is pressed so as to stretch resin on a side of the design surface thereby forming an inclined surface on the end portion, whereby the end portion is inclined from the design surface at the end portion to said attachment surface at the end portion along said inclined surface. The attachment surface of the heated end portion is pressed so as to form a cavity on the attachment surface and stretch resin on a side of the attachment surface. In the processing, the resin on the design surface side is stretched to a substantially equal degree to the resin on the attachment surface side.

Method for molding an end of a long resin molded article

A weatherstrip having an upper lip and a support section on one side defining therebetween a panel receiving groove and having a hollow seal on the other side. A sponge rubber material is integrally provided with at least a portion of the upper lip and faces the panel receiving groove, to thus firmly bond with a panel and to absorb a bending deformation of the weatherstrip at corners of the panel. Such as a weatherstrip is particularly suitable for use as a weatherstrip for a sliding roof of an automotive vehicle.

Weatherstrip for automotive vehicle

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Nagoya, Japan

Masahiro Nakatani