Cover for a vehicle roof, and method for producing a cover
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorKevin Schluse
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Abstract
A cover for a vehicle roof may have a panel with a surface, a functional insert which is of flexible design, and a foamed-on plastics structure. The functional insert may have two contact regions, which are spaced apart from one another and which are each in direct contact with the surface. The foamed-on plastics structure fixes the functional insert to the panel.
Claims10
A cover for a vehicle roof, comprising:
- a panel with a surface,
- a functional insert which is of flexible design,
- a foamed-on plastics structure,
- wherein the functional insert comprises two contact regions which are spaced apart from one another and which are each in direct contact with the surface,
- the foamed-on plastics structure fixes the functional insert to the panel,
- wherein the functional insert comprises a middle region between the two contact regions, the middle region being spaced apart from the surface, and
- wherein the foamed-on plastics structure comprises two spaced-apart separate regions, each spaced-apart separate region assigned to one of the contact regions and each spaced-apart separate region arranged on the sides of the contact regions which face away from the middle region.
The cover according to 1, wherein the functional insert comprises two side regions, each of which is arranged between the middle region and one of the contact regions, wherein the side regions are each configured such that the contact regions are movable in each case relative to the middle region.
A method for producing a cover for a vehicle roof 1, comprising:
- providing a panel with a surface, providing a functional insert which is of flexible design and which comprises two contact regions which are spaced apart from one another, placing the contact regions directly onto the surface, and forming a foamed-on plastics structure for fixing the functional insert to the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.