Vehicle body roof construction and molding

Details Vehicle body roof construction and molding Vehicle body roof construction and molding

1987-02-02

1988-12-20

Reeves, Robert B.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

296213, 296 93, B60D 2506

Patent

active

047921803

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body includes a roof panel having an edge flange and a rear quarter panel including a sail panel portion having an edge flange. The panels have flanges overlapping one another and welded together to define a tap having a bottom wall and laterally spaced apart side walls. A door weatherstrip is mounted on the roof panel flange forwardly of the quarter panel so that the closed position of the door defines a gap between the door and the roof panel which is a rectilinear extension of the gap between the roof panel and the sail portion of the rear quarter panel. A molding for filling the roof gap includes a central body having continuously extending fins along each side edge thereof reaching downwardly toward the gap bottom wall. The fins have a width greater than the maximum space between the laterally spaced side walls of the gap and yield upon insertion of the molding into the gap so that the molding fully fills the gap. An adhesive secures the molding on the gap bottom wall. The forward end of the molding has a tongue extending forwardly beneath the door weatherstrip to further attach the molding in the gap. The rearward end of the molding has a tongue extending rearwardly beneath the reveal molding of the rear window to further attach the molding to the vehicle body.

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