Abstract: An automotive vehicle body has a body opening defined by body structural members and a closure structure mounted on one of the body structural members for swinging movement between closed and opened positions. A sealing arrangement for the closure structure includes a corner bracket structure formed at a front upper portion of the closure structure, a reinforcement formed on one of the body structural members at a front upper portion of the body opening, and a continuous sealing member securely attached to the body structural members and a lower edge of the reinforcement. When the closure structure is in a closed position, the sealing member is in abutment with an inwardly facing surface of a sash member of the closure structure at the location above the corner bracket structure and gradually departs from the sash member in a rearward direction of the vehicle body at the location of the corner bracket structure.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle door lock apparatus consists of a latch mechanism having a latch for latching a door by latching a striker secured to a vehicle body upon closing the door, a door release or unlatch mechanism for unlatching the door by releasing the striker from the latch and a lock mechanism for locking the door by operationally disabling the unlatching mechanism. The unlatching mechanism is in cooperation with a disconnecting mechanism having an extension arm which extends laterally toward the outer door panel. Upon a lateral car crash, the extension arm is pushed laterally inward by the crushed outer door panel to operate and operationally disable the unlatching mechanism independently of the unlatching mechanism.