US 2023/0406080 A1Published application

Assembly and cover system for a vehicle roof, vehicle roof for a motor vehicle, and method for manufacturing an assembly for a vehicle roof

OwnerJulian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER +3inventors

InventorsJulian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG

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Abstract

An assembly for vehicle roof has a deployable cover, a cover inside panel which is coupled to the cover, and a cover frame configured to couple the cover to the roof. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit to receive the cover and to couple the latter to the cover frame, and a cover centering unit with a centering lever and lever receptacle, configured to match one another. One centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover frame on a lateral longitudinal strut of the latter. The other of centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover inside panel so that the cover can be coupled to the cover frame by the cover receptacle unit and by inserting the centering lever is able to be centered in the lever receptacle in relation to a plane of main extent of the cover relative to the cover frame.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An assembly for a vehicle roof for a motor vehicle, having:

a cover for configuring a deployable and retractable roof element for the vehicle roof,
a cover inside panel which is coupled to the cover,
a cover frame which is configured to couple the cover to a roof body of the motor vehicle,
a cover receptacle unit which is designed to receive the cover and to couple the latter to the cover frame, and
a cover centering unit which comprises a centering lever and a lever receptacle, which are configured to match one another, one of centering lever and lever receptacle in terms of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle roof being coupled to the cover frame on a lateral longitudinal strut of the latter, and the other of centering lever and lever receptacle being coupled to the cover inside panel so that the cover can be coupled to the cover frame by the cover receptacle unit and by inserting the centering lever being able to be centered in the lever receptacle in relation to a plane of main extent of the cover relative to the cover frame, an aligned and operationally ready state of the assembly being able to be formed thereby.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/034,979Filed 21 Oct 2021
Priority: DE 10 2020 129 286.46 Nov 2020
Published: 21 Dec 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60J 7/1642
Of non-convertible vehicles: roof panels, e.g. sunroofs or hatches, movable relative to the main roof structure, e.g. by lifting or pivoting
B60J 7/1657
Of non-convertible vehicles: at least a major part of the roof pivoting about a stationary axis
B62D 65/02
Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided…
B60J
Windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices for vehicles