Abstract: A structural door belt seal (56) for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes an elastomeric seal member (60) mounted on a belt edge portion (51) of the door (50) and a stiffening member (70) carried within the elastomeric seal member (56), and further including a reinforcing member (72) extending outwardly from the elastomeric seal member (56) with the stiffening member (70).

Abstract: A combination seal is provided for dynamically sealing the interface between an automotive vehicle body and an associated closure panel. The seal provides a compressible sealing portion of bulbous shape and a valve portion that normally seals the interior of the vehicle against the inward passage of fluid and permits venting the interior to the atmosphere upon a certain build-up of pressure within the vehicle body.

Abstract: A two-piece hood support bumper of such construction that it can be set at an infinitely determinable height by the weight and/or position of the hood itself during the process of installing the support member, and whereby the support member is permanently set in that position by an adhesive carried within the two-piece member prior to the final position being set. A method of installing a vehicle hood assembly by providing a self-height adjusting support member intermediate the ends of the hoods and at both side edges, and which is set in its final position after bringing both ends of the hood into a condition flush with the adjoining body panels and wherein the height of the support member is established by the hood itself as it is brought to rest on the front hood bumpers.

Abstract: A fastener for securing two workpieces together in a desired spatial relation, at an axial distance within a predetermined spacing range comprising a screw, an insert, and a heat curable member. The heat curable member has a predetermined thickness establishing a maximum spacing within the predetermined range. The screw is drawn down toward the insert and the heat curable member is reduced in thickness until the desired spacial relation is attained. The heat curable member is subsequently cured setting the fastener and the first and second workpieces in the desired special relation.