Patent ID: 8414067

Claim:
A mobile vehicle having a shell construction comprising: a plurality of body shell composite panels, each panel having an edge; a profiled section, with respective edges of two adjacent panels of the plurality of body shell composite panels being joined to the profiled section, the adjacent panel edges being received in respective edge receiving profiles of the profiled section; an adhesive or sealant material between the profiled section and each of the adjacent panel edges, respectively, so as to provide a weatherproof seal; a plurality of fasteners; and a plurality of clamping brackets; wherein each of the clamping brackets is engaged with the two adjacent panels, and each of the fasteners is connected between a respective one of the clamping brackets and the profiled section so as to clamp the two adjacent panel edges between the profiled section and the clamping brackets at spaced intervals along the profiled section; and wherein each of the clamping brackets has flanges which engage, respectively, with slots formed in respective interior surfaces of the two adjacent panels, and each one of the slots is structured and dimensioned to receive one of the flanges but not to extend, in an axial direction of the profiled section, for an entire length of the panel in which that slot is formed.