Vehicle seal structure having two sealing lines

US8950797B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8950797-B2
Application numberUS-201313795224-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 12, 2013
Priority dateJul 22, 2011
Publication dateFeb 10, 2015
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015

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A first seal is installed on one of a first body structure and a second body structure. The first seal has a first sealing surface and a first sealing projection. A second seal is installed on the other of the first body structure and the second body structure, the second seal having a second sealing surface and a second sealing projection. The first and second sealing surfaces and the first and second sealing projections are positioned such that with the second body structure in a closed position and adjacent the first body structure, the second sealing surface contacts the first sealing surface to form a first sealing line between the first and second body structures, and the second sealing projection contacts the first sealing projection to form a second sealing line between the first and second body structures, with the second sealing line spaced apart from the first sealing line.

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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a first vehicle door with a first side surface; a second vehicle door with a second side surface, the second vehicle door being movably mounted relative to the first vehicle door between an open position in which the second vehicle door exposes an opening in the vehicle body structure and a closed position in which the second vehicle door conceals the opening in the vehicle body structure; a first seal installed on th…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B60J10/081Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B60J10/24Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8950797B2 cover?
A first seal is installed on one of a first body structure and a second body structure. The first seal has a first sealing surface and a first sealing projection. A second seal is installed on the other of the first body structure and the second body structure, the second seal having a second sealing surface and a second sealing projection. The first and second sealing surfaces and the first an…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nissan North America Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60J10/081. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).