US 7,320,199 B2
Seal structure for a vehicle
Toshiyuki Ueda, Atsugi (Japan); and Koso Deguchi, Hatsukaichi (Japan)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken (Japan); and Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-Ken (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/919,433.
Claims priority of application No. P 2003-315811 (JP), filed on Sep. 08, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0050800 A1, Mar. 10, 2005
Int. Cl. E06B 7/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 49—479.1 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal structure for a vehicle, comprising:
a door member by which an opening provided on a vehicle body is closed; and
a seal member attached to the door member, the seal member comprising
a horizontally extending upper seal lip having a tongue-shaped cross section, which comes into elastic contact at one side thereof with a peripheral part of the opening of the vehicle body,
a vertically extending side seal lip having a tongue-shaped cross section, which comes into elastic contact at one side thereof with another peripheral part of the opening of the vehicle body, wherein the upper seal lip and side seal lip meet to form a joint therebetween, and
a sealing sheet member joined at a periphery thereof to the one side of the upper seal lip and to the one side of the side seal lip, so as to cover the joint.