Patent ID: 8136819

Claim:
A sealing structure comprising: a first member including an inner space area partitioned with a partition wall and having a first opening portion formed by an end portion of an outer wall portion and a second opening portion formed by part of the end portion of the outer wall portion and an end portion of the partition wall and provided in an area of the first opening portion; a second member having an opposed face facing the end portion of the outer wall portion and the end portion of the partition wall; and a gasket mounted along the end portion of the outer wall portion and the end portion of the partition wall to seal a clearance between the respective end portions of the outer wall portion and the partition wall and the opposed face of the second member, wherein a first groove provided along an opening end edge of the first opening portion is formed in the end portion of the outer wall portion, a second groove having an inclined bottom face extending from a bottom face of the first groove to a surface of the end portion of the partition wall is formed only at a portion of the end portion of the partition wall connected to the outer wall portion, and the gasket includes a first gasket portion which has a first mounted portion to be mounted in the first groove to come in contact with the bottom face of the first groove and which is formed in a shape along the end portion of the outer wall portion and a second gasket portion which has a second mounted portion to be mounted in the second groove near a portion connected to the first gasket portion and which is formed in a shape along the end portion of the partition wall, the second mounted portion having an inclined face for coming in contact with the inclined bottom face of the second groove.