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US 12,722,712 B2Granted
Roof structure for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsChan Woong Jeon, Youngrock Kim, HaeHoon Lee, ChangHak Kang, Sang Kyoung Han, Kwangok Han
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Abstract
An embodiment roof structure for a vehicle includes a plurality of roof rail assemblies disposed along a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body and connected to a pair of side structures that are disposed on each side of the vehicle body along a front to rear direction of the vehicle body and a roof module connected to the plurality of roof rail assemblies.
Claims20
A roof structure for a vehicle, the roof structure comprising:
- a plurality of roof rail assemblies each comprising an upper rail panel and a lower rail panel, wherein each of the plurality of roof rail assemblies is disposed along a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body and connected to a pair of side structures that are disposed on each side of the vehicle body along a front to rear direction of the vehicle body;
- a roof module connected to the plurality of roof rail assemblies;
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- an adhesive sealer between a lower edge portion of a base provided in the roof module and a roof side of one of the side structures and between the lower edge portion of the base provided in the roof module and the upper rail panels of the plurality of roof rail assemblies,
- wherein a drainage path is defined along the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body between the adhesive sealers adjacent to each other on upper surfaces of the upper rail panels.
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A roof structure for a vehicle, the roof structure comprising:
- a plurality of roof rail assemblies each comprising an upper rail panel and a lower rail panel connected to each other, each of the plurality of roof rail assemblies extending along a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body with each end respectively being connected to one of a pair of side structures extending along each side of the vehicle body in a front to rear direction of the vehicle body;
- a roof module connected to the plurality of roof rail assemblies;
- a module mounting unit coupling the roof module and the plurality of roof rail assemblies along a vertical direction;
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- an adhesive sealer between a lower edge portion of a base provided in the roof module and a roof side of one of the side structures and between the lower edge portion of the base provided in the roof module and the upper rail panels of of the plurality of roof rail assemblies,
- wherein a drainage path is defined along the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body between the adhesive sealers adjacent to each other on upper surfaces of the upper rail panels.
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A roof structure for a vehicle, the roof structure comprising:
- a plurality of roof rail assemblies each comprising an upper rail panel and a lower rail panel connected to each other, each of the plurality of roof rail assemblies extending along a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body with each end respectively being connected to one of a pair of side structures extending along each side of the vehicle body in a front to rear direction of the vehicle body;
- a plurality of roof modules disposed in the front to rear direction of the vehicle body and connected to respective ones of the plurality of roof rail assemblies;
- a plurality of module mounting units coupling the roof modules and the roof rail assemblies along a vertical direction;
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- an adhesive sealer between lower edge portions of bases provided in the roof modules and roof sides of the side structures and between the lower edge portions of the bases provided in the roof modules and the upper rail panels,
- wherein a drainage path is defined along the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body between the adhesive sealers adjacent to each other on upper surfaces of the upper rail panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.