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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Scott Watson, Novi, MI (US);
Adam David Tacey, Wixom, MI (US);
Scott Watson, Novi, MI (US);
Adam David Tacey, Wixom, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A first seal installed on a first body structure has a first sealing surface extending in a vertical direction and a first sealing projection spaced apart from the first sealing surface. A second seal installed on a second body structure has a second sealing surface extending in the vertical direction and a second sealing projection spaced apart from the second sealing surface. 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 vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures and the second sealing projection contacts the first sealing projection to form a second vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures along at least upper portions of the first and second body structures by elastic deformation of at least one of the first and second sealing projections.