An illuminated trim fitting for a motor vehicle, in particular a trim fitting as a cover fitting of a sealing strip for the window channel of a vehicle door, is intended to provide a high-quality illuminating effect accompanied at the same time by a simple structural design, low manufacturing costs and space-saving means of attachment. In addition, the trim fitting is to differ as little as possible externally from non-illuminated trim fittings. For this purpose there is provision that a light gap is formed between a profiled strip of the trim fitting and the adjacent vehicle outer skin, through which light gap the light emitted by an optical waveguide provided on the rear of the trim fitting can exit to the outside.

A hybrid-type door outside belt for a vehicle utilizes different materials for a skin layer of a skin body that is mounted to an upper end of a door panel and a main wing that is moved by contacting the door glass, the skin layer of the skin body being made of a material having excellent scratch-resistance, and the main wing being made of a material having excellent compression set (deformation).

A plug is disclosed that reduces a potential for damage to a cap or bright strip of a weatherstrip assembly. The plug is preferably an elongated member having a cross-sectional first dimension that extends between and contacts an indented, transition region of the weatherstrip body and an inner surface of the cap.

An assembly is provided for fixing and positioning a decorative side profile and a decorative upper profile on the outside of a front or rear door of a motor vehicle, wherein the decorative upper profile includes two longitudinal rims curved towards each other. The assembly comprising includes a trim profile for the doorframe and a sealing profile made of deformable material, fixed to the trim profile, and on which the decorative upper profile is fixed.

A blocking part made of rigid material is, fixed on the trim profile, and includes a portion for fixing the decorative side profile, a portion for axially and transversely blocking the decorative upper profile and a connecting portion between these two portions. The blocking portion includes an axial groove for receiving a section of one of the rims of the upper profile, which is obturated at one of its ends by an axial stop which cooperates with the upper profile received in this groove, to block the axial displacement of the upper profile.

A method of manufacturing a window surround for a vehicle, a window surround for a vehicle, and a device for manufacturing a window surround. The window surround includes a first component to serve as a circumferential support frame to hold a window glass panel, a second component, composed of a material of less hardness than the material of the first component, onto the first component, to serve as a circumferential sealing element, and a third component that is composed of a high gloss material. The method includes injection molding the first component onto a window glass panel, then injection molding the second component onto the first component, and then injection molding the third component onto the first component.

A vehicle door comprising a mount, a encapsulated fixed window module, a movable window, and a sliding joint, the windows comprising outer surfaces which are aligned with each other as well as with an outer surface of a first trim attached to the first ascending strand and fixed to the first ascending post, and an outer surface of a second trim attached to the second ascending strand and fixed to the ascending profile.

A glass run for an automobile door is provided with an enhanced look of a design portion thereof, allowing the glass run to be deformed easily along the curved shape of a window frame during assembly to the window frame, thereby improving ease of assembly. The glass run includes a glass run body 21 including upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c, and a design portion 29 forming part of appearance design of an automobile. A material forming the upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c and a material forming the design portion 29 respectively contain a resin as a main ingredient. The material forming the design portion 29 is less rigid than the material forming the upper and lower planar portions 23a and 23c.

A sealing structure of a door frame of a vehicle to seal a body weather strip disposed at a body and a side outer panel of the vehicle to prevent noise, the door frame including a fitting end bent to an outside at an upper end, an installing end protruding to an inside at lower side of the fitting end, and a curved portion contacting the body weather strip, may include an outside weather strip unit including an upper weather strip correspondingly contacting a side outer panel and a lower weather strip introducing a door glass integrally or monolithically formed at an upper surface and lower surface of a carrier disposed at a fitting end of the door frame, an inside weather strip disposed at an installing end of the door frame to correspondingly contact the side outer panel, and a molding device inserted and fixed in one side of the carrier.

The present invention relates to a profile section molded by the multi-injection molding of thermoplastic materials having different hardnesses, and forming a seal or a molding for the body of a motor vehicle, as well as to a method for manufacturing said profile section. Said profile section (10″) includes at least: an antifriction coating (13″) tightly bonded to a longitudinal sealing surface (12a″) of the profile section and intended enabling the latter to sealingly contact a mobile element of the vehicle, said sealing surface ending, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two transverse sealing edge surfaces of the profile section; and/or a decorative film (14″) tightly bonded to a visible longitudinal surface (11c″) of the profile section and intended for enhancing the appearance of said surface, wherein said visible longitudinal surface is separate from the sealing surface and ends, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two visible transverse edge surfaces of the profile section, characterized in that said materials are overmolded: (i) either on said coating(s) or on said film(s), which is/are tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the visible edge surfaces; (ii) or on said coating(s) and on said film(s), which are optionally tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the sealing edge surfaces and to at least one of the visible edge surfaces.

The present invention relates to a profile section molded by the multi-injection molding of thermoplastic materials having different hardnesses, and forming a seal or a molding for the body of a motor vehicle, as well as to a method for manufacturing said profile section. Said profile section (10″) includes at least: an antifriction coating (13″) tightly bonded to a longitudinal sealing surface (12a″) of the profile section and intended enabling the latter to sealingly contact a mobile element of the vehicle, said sealing surface ending, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two transverse sealing edge surfaces of the profile section; and/or a decorative film (14″) tightly bonded to a visible longitudinal surface (11c″) of the profile section and intended for enhancing the appearance of said surface, wherein said visible longitudinal surface is separate from the sealing surface and ends, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two visible transverse edge surfaces of the profile section, characterized in that said materials are overmolded: (i) either on said coating(s) or on said film(s), which is/are tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the visible edge surfaces; (ii) or on said coating(s) and on said film(s), which are optionally tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the sealing edge surfaces and to at least one of the visible edge surfaces.