Vehicles for effecting a seal

Claim 1

A vehicle body, comprising: a front hinge pillar; a windshield having a lateral edge portion bonded to said front hinge pillar; a side door having a door frame formed from panel members located adjacent said front hinge pillar; and a windshield weatherstrip mounted to said front hinge pillar, said weatherstrip being T-shaped in cross section and including a base portion extending to engage the front hinge pillar and the lateral edge portion of said windshield, a lip portion extending from said base portion to contact and overlie the outer surface of the lateral edge portion of said windshield, said lip portion having an outer surface tapered toward said windshield to terminate in a pointed end on the windshield so that transition from the outer surface of the windshield to the outer surface of the windshield weatherstrip is smooth and uninterrupted to obtain laminar air flow at the point of contact between and about the windshield and weatherstrip, said weatherstrip further having a tongue portion extending from said base portion in a direction opposite said lip portion; the door frame panel members having a forward end portion overlying a front end of said front hinge pillar where the windshield weatherstrip base portion is mounted, the forward end portion of the door frame panel members being engaged at an inner surface thereof with said tongue portion of said windshield weatherstrip; said door frame also having an outer surface being smoothly curved to extend forwardly and laterally inward toward the windshield to generally form a continuation of the outer surface of the windshield; and said windshield weatherstrip having an outer surface extending generally smoothly over a substantial portion thereof between the outer surfaces of said windshield and said door frame.