Patent ID: 7523982

Claim:
A sealing structure sealing a gap between first and second components, comprising: a sealing member of an elastic material attached to the first component and pressed against the second component to create a sealing area between the first and second components, wherein the first component has an upper wall, a lower wall, and a channel extending along the sealing area, the upper and lower walls project from the first component toward the second component so that the channel is located between the upper and lower walls, the sealing member of elastic material has a tabular lip portion, a connecting portion, and a fixing portion, wherein the lip portion tabularly extends from inside of the channel to a surface of the second component and is compressed between the first and second components to create the sealing area, the connecting portion branches from an intermediate region of an under side of the lip portion and extends along an end face of the lower wall, except for a side clearance between the connecting portion and the second component, and the connecting portion continues into the fixing portion that extends along a back side of the lower wall; and a fixing device for securing the fixing portion to the back side of the lower wall.