Convertible vehicle body
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSadamu Nisiguchi, Kozo Odoi, Shigeki Akamatsu, Takahiko Akamatsu
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Abstract
A convertible vehicle body including a first door weatherstrip for sealing engagement with a front pillar and a second weatherstrip mounted on the front pillar within the vehicle body and formed with a water pocket.
Claims16
A convertible vehicle body including front windshield means provided at each side with front pillar means and at a top portion with front header means, roof means having a front edge portion adapted for engagement with said front header means, said roof means being removable from a closed position wherein the front edge portion is engaged with said front header means so that a top portion of the body is opened when the roof means is removed from the closed position, side door means provided at each side of the body and having a front edge portion adapted for engagement with said front pillar means, said front edge portion of the side door means being provided with first weather strip means having an upper end portion adapted to be engaged with a front corner portion of said roof means when the roof means is in the closed position, said front pillar means being provided with surface means extending in a lengthwise direction of the front pillar means for engagement with said first weather strip means on said front edge portion of the side door means, said front pillar means being provided at a portion inside the vehicle body relative to the surface means with second weather strip means extending in the lengthwise direction of the front pillar means, said second weather strip means being formed with water pocket means extending in the lengthwise direction of the front pillar means and having an upper end portion located adjacent to the upper end portion of the first weather strip means.
A convertible vehicle body including front windshield means provided at each side with front pillar means and at a top portion with front header means, roof means having a front edge portion adapted for engagement with said front header means, said roof means being removable from a closed position wherein the front edge portion is engaged with said front header means so that a top portion of the body is opened when the roof means is removed from the closed position, side door means provided at each side of the body and having a front edge portion adapted for engagement with said front pillar means, said front edge portion of the side door means being provided with first weather strip means having an upper end portion adapted to be engaged with a front corner portion of said roof means when the roof means is in the closed position, said front pillar means being provided with surface means extending in a lengthwise direction of the front pillar means for engagement with said first weather strip means on said front edge portion of the side door means, said front pillar means being provided at a portion inside the vehicle body relative to the surface means with second weather strip means extending in the lengthwise direction of the front pillar means, said second weather strip means being formed with groove means extending in the lengthwise direction of the front pillar means and water pocket means formed at an upper end portion of said groove means and located adjacent to the upper end portion of the first weather strip means.
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