Vehicle body
Two outer skin parts of a vehicle body border one another at a joint. The first outer skin part includes an apron which engages in the interior of the vehicle body and overlaps with the second outer skin part. A screen engages with a guiding contour of the apron running in the direction of the joint from an end of the joint between the apron and the second outer skin part.
1. A vehicle body comprising:
first and second outer skin parts bordering at a joint, wherein the first outer skin part engages into an interior of the vehicle body and overlaps with the second outer skin part; and
a screen inserted between the first and second outer skin parts into engagement with a guiding contour of the first outer skin part which runs in the direction of the joint.
2. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the first outer skin part comprises an outer wall of a pillar carrying the roof of the vehicle.
3. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the second outer skin part comprises a fender.
4. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , further comprising a moveable flap bordered by an end of the joint.
5. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the screen comprises an adhesive fixing the screen to at least one of the first and second outer skin parts.
6. The vehicle body according to claim 5 wherein the adhesive comprises a double-sided adhesive tape.
7. The vehicle body according to claim 1 wherein the first outer skin part comprises an apron.
8. The vehicle body according to claim 7 , further comprising a retainer formed between the apron and the screen for locating the screen in a stop position when the screen is inserted between the apron and the second outer skin part.
9. The vehicle body according to claim 8 , wherein the apron at an end of the guiding contour comprises at least one of a wall or an edge, which the screen abuts in the stop position.
10. The vehicle body according to claim 8 , wherein further comprising a hook carried on the screen which abuts an edge of one of the first and second outer skin parts running transversely to the joint.
11. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , herein the guiding contour is a groove configured to engage a projection of the screen.
12. The vehicle body according to claim 11 , wherein the groove has a pocket end, on which the groove is locally deepened.
13. The vehicle body according to claim 11 , wherein the first outer skin panel comprises a hole configured to engage the projection.
14. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the screen comprises a base plate that lies against the apron and covers a bottom of the joint.
15. The vehicle body according to claim 14 , wherein a spring projecting from the base plate is held under tension by way of contact with the second outer skin part.
16. The vehicle body according to claim 14 , bulkhead projects from the base plate towards the second outer skin part.
17. The vehicle body according to claim 16 , wherein the course of the bulkhead follows the course of an edge of the second outer skin part which delimits the joint.