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US 12,589,808 B2Granted
Roof module, motor vehicle, and method for assembling a motor vehicle
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorsMagnus Sviberg, Maximilian Ehrmann, Cèdric Langlais, Michael Huelsen
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Abstract
A roof module having a panel component which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, and at least one electrical and/or electronic and/or electromagnetic component. The roof module may have at least one vehicle body rail configured to form at least part of a vehicle body roof frame when the roof module is disposed on a vehicle body.
Claims18
A roof module comprising:
- a panel component which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, and
- at least one electrical and/or electronic and/or electromagnetic component, which has at least one environment sensor,
- wherein the roof module comprises at least one vehicle body rail configured to form at least part of a vehicle body roof frame when the roof module is disposed on a vehicle body,
- wherein the at least one vehicle body rail forms a front cross rail of the vehicle body roof frame when viewed in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
- wherein the at least one vehicle body rail is formed by the panel component, and
- wherein a front windshield is bonded to the vehicle body rail by glue.
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A method for assembling a motor vehicle, the method comprising at least the following steps:
- providing a vehicle body having at least one longitudinal rail and/or at least one transverse rail, which forms at least part of a vehicle body roof frame;
- providing a roof module comprising a panel component which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, at least one vehicle body rail, and least one electrical and/or electronic and/or electromagnetic component, which has at least one environment sensor;
- arranging the roof module on the vehicle body in such a manner that the at least one vehicle body rail and the at least one longitudinal rail and/or the at least one transverse rail together form the vehicle body roof frame;
- attaching the at least one vehicle body rail to the at least one longitudinal rail and/or the at least one transverse rail;
- attaching a front windshield and/or a side window to the vehicle body and the at least one vehicle body rail, the at least one vehicle body rail being formed by the panel component;
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- wherein the step of attaching a front windshield and/or a side window to the vehicle body and the at least one vehicle body rail is by gluing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.