Patent ID: 8870271
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle having a vehicle body with an engine compartment and a passenger compartment formed therein, the vehicle comprising: a dashboard of the vehicle body separating the engine compartment and the passenger compartment, the dashboard including a flange projecting forwardly into the engine compartment; and a cowl mounted to the vehicle body and having a grill formed therein for taking in external air, the cowl including: a hood sealing portion disposed forward of the grill, a hood seal integrally molded with the hood sealing portion and projecting upwardly from the hood sealing portion for sealing with a hood disposed over the engine compartment, a vertical wall portion extending downward from the hood sealing portion, wherein the hood sealing portion and the vertical wall portion are integrally formed of a first material, and a plenum sealing portion integrally molded with the vertical wall portion and projecting forwardly from a lower end of the vertical wall portion for sealing with the flange of the dashboard, and wherein the hood seal and the plenum sealing portion are integrally formed of a second material, the second material less rigid than the first material.