Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Patent
1981-10-26
1984-02-28
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
52716, 296213, B60J 504
Patent
active
044338678
ABSTRACT:
An extruded plastic molding is attached to the roof rail and faces downwardly toward the door opening so that the molding conceals the spot welds on the roof rail. The molding has an outboard edge portion defining a recess which is installed over the pinch-weld flange and accommodates a sealant to prevent the flow of moisture through the interface between the panels at the pinch-weld and between the roof rail and the molding. The outboard edge portion also defines an upwardly opening drip gutter and has an integral longitudinal extending retention lip structure by which a decorative drip molding may be snap-retained on the molding. The inboard edge of the molding overlaps a leg of the door sealing strip.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3974606 (1976-08-01), La Borde
patent: 4266824 (1981-05-01), Inamoto
patent: 4277099 (1981-07-01), Klein et al.
Perry William H.
Stewart David C.
Waterworth Geoffrey
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Weaver Ross
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