Patent ID: 8414063
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a first body structure; a second body structure movably mounted relative to the first body structure between an open position in which the second body structure exposes an opening in the vehicle body structure and a closed position in which the second body structure conceals the opening in the vehicle body structure; a first seal installed on one of the first and second body structures, the first seal having a first sealing surface extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle body structure and a first sealing projection spaced apart from the first sealing surface; and a second seal installed on the other of the first and second body structures, the second seal having a second sealing surface extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle body structure and a second sealing projection spaced apart from the second sealing surface, the first and second sealing surfaces and the first and second sealing projections extending such that with the second body structure in the closed position and adjacent the first body structure, the second sealing surface contacts the first sealing surface to form a first vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures and the second sealing projection contacts the first sealing projection to form a second vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures along at least upper portions of the first and second body structures by elastic deformation of at least one of the first and second sealing projections.