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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Takeo Kawazoe, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideki Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Aoi, Tokyo, JP;
Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sealing structure for a convertible, by which water used for washing, etc. is prevented from invading inside the compartment. In a sealing structure for a convertible, the roof of which is openable at a foldable hood portion,, the attaching base,of weather strip,is fitted to a retainer,fixed at a link,, the end portions,of elevating and lowering side glass,are resiliently engaged in the hollow sealing portion,of the weather strip,when the hood portion,is closed, and the hood sealing portion,is resiliently engaged in the hood portion,from inside the compartment; another hood sealing portion,corresponding to the folding portions X, Y and Z of the hood portion,is die-molded at the end portion of the hood sealing portion