Nissan North America, Inc.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Barugur S Balasundaramohan

Ashley Earl

Paxton Steven Williams

Nicholas H Augustyn

Randy Johnson

A weather strip is provided adapted to connect to a door frame and a window. The weather strip includes a cavity adapted to mechanically secure at least a portion of foam within a cavity of the weather strip. In one embodiment, a retainer is provided within the cavity to secure the foam within the cavity.

Weather strip foam retention feature

A vehicle splash guard includes a base portion, a mounting structure, and a first non-fastener locating projection. The base portion is configured to extend into a wheel well defined by a vehicle body structure. The mounting structure is defined on an inner surface of the base portion and is configured to fixedly couple the vehicle splash guard to the vehicle body structure. The first non-fastener locating projection extends away from an inner surface of the base portion and is spaced apart from the mounting structure. The first non-fastener locating projection is configured to contact a laterally extending edge of the vehicle body structure that is located on an underside of the vehicle body structure to restrict movement of the base portion relative to the vehicle body structure in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body structure when the vehicle splash guard is installed to the vehicle body structure.

Vehicle splash guard

A vehicle splash guard comprises a base portion, a guard portion, a mounting portion, a mating portion and a flexible portion. The guard portion extends from the base portion. The mounting portion extends from the base portion and is configured to mount to a vehicle body structure. The mounting portion includes a mounting portion free edge. The mating portion is configured to abut the vehicle body structure. The mating portion includes a first mating portion free edge and a second mating portion free edge. The first mating portion free edge extends from the base portion to the mounting portion. The flexible portion is defined by the mounting portion free edge and the second mating portion free edge, such that the guard portion is configured to move about the flexible portion between a normal position in which the second mating portion free edge is positioned at a first position proximate to the mounting portion free edge and a flexed position in which the second mating portion free edge is spaced at a second position further apart from the mounting portion free edge than the first position.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Barugur S Balasundaramohan