Fastening device for roof carrier of a motor vehicle

A fastening arrangement for fastening a carrier to a roof of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a support member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and disposed at respective side edges of the vehicle, characterized in that the fastening arrangement includes a carrier bracket adapted to be mounted near a side edge of the motor vehicle, a threaded bore means is provided in the carrier bracket for accommodating a threaded portion of the carrier holder means, and in that a cover means is detachably insertable into the threaded bore means so as to seal the bore means when the carrier holder means is not accommodated in the bore means,

• the carrier bracket is adapted to be mounted in a vicinity of the support member,
• wherein the roof is provided with an opening in an area in which the carrier bracket is to be mounted, characterized in that the carrier bracket includes a first portion disposed below a surface of the roof and a second portion which extends through the opening in the roof and terminates above an upper surface of the roof, the carrier bracket includes a peripheral flange on the second portion thereof, the peripheral flange has a lower portion adapted to bear against the upper surface of the roof with a predetermined pretensioning,
• the first and second portion of the carrier bracket are integrally formed, and the carrier bracket is fixed at the roof by a swaging of the first portion of the carrier bracket,
• a seal means is interposed between the peripheral flange and the upper surface of the roof, and further characterized in that
• two mutually opposed members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle are provided at the flange, said two members being adapted to receive decorative strips that join flush with one another.

A fastening arrangement for fastening a carrier to a roof of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a support member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and disposed at respective side edges of the vehicle, characterized in that the fastening arrangement includes a carrier bracket adapted to be mounted near a side edge of the motor vehicle, a threaded bore means is provided in the carrier bracket for accommodating a threaded portion of the carrier holder means, and in that a cover means is detachably insertable into the threaded bore means so as to seal the bore means when the carrier holder means is not accommodated in the bore means,

• wherein the roof is provided with an opening in an area in which the carrier bracket is to be mounted, characterized in that the carrier bracket includes a first portion disposed below a surface of the roof and a second portion which extends through the opening in the roof and terminates above an upper surface of the roof, the carrier bracket includes a peripheral flange on the second portion thereof, the peripheral flange has a lower portion adapted to bear against the upper surface of the roof with a predetermined pretensioning,
• the carrier bracket is of a bipartite construction, and in that the first portion of the carrier bracket includes a threaded section adapted to cooperate with a threaded nut so as to fix the carrier bracket to the roof of the vehicle, and further characterized in that
• two mutually opposed members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle are provided at the flange, said two members being adapted to receive decorative strips that join flush with one another.

A fastening arrangement for fastening a carrier to a roof of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a support member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and disposed at respective side edges of the vehicle, characterized in that the fastening arrangement includes a carrier bracket adapted to be mounted near a side edge of the motor vehicle, a threaded bore means is provided in the carrier bracket for accommodating a threaded portion of the carrier holder means, and in that a cover means is detachably insertable into the threaded bore means so as to seal the bore means when the carrier holder means is not accommodated in the bore means,

• the carrier bracket is adapted to be mounted in a vicinity of the support member,
• wherein the roof is provided with an opening in an area in which the carrier bracket is to be mounted, characterized in that the carrier bracket includes a first portion disposed below a surface of the roof and a second portion which extends through the opening in the roof and terminates above an upper surface of the roof, the carrier bracket includes a peripheral flange on the second portion thereof, the peripheral flange has a lower portion adapted to bear against the upper surface of the roof with a predetermined pretensioning,
• the carrier bracket is of a bipartite construction, and in that the first portion of the carrier bracket includes a threaded section adapted to cooperate with a threaded nut so as to fix the carrier bracket to the roof of the vehicle, and further characterized in that
• two mutually opposed members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle are provided at the flange, said two members being adapted to receive decorative strips that join flush with one another.