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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-Shi, JP;
Abstract
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.