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US 4,717,199 AGranted
Motor vehicle roof with improved headlining mounting arrangement
AssigneeWebasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
InventorsGeorg Kohlpaintner, Horst Bienert
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AssigneeWebasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
InventorsGeorg Kohlpaintner, Horst Bienert
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Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening which can be closed by a cover that can slide and preferably be pivoted out. The underside of the cover is covered by a headlining, which, close to the cover front edge, is joined to the cover by at least one mounting device. The mounting device allows a height adjustment of the cover without affecting a flush-lifting of the headlining against a fixed roof frame bounding the roof opening. The mounting device includes an essentially vertical mounting pin and a catch clip that, by a relative movement in an essentially horizontal direction, can be brought to engage with each other. The catch clip in the engaged condition can be freely moved a limited distance with respect to the drive pin in the direction of the pin axis and can be freely tilted a limited angle with respect to the drive pin, as well as being swingable into a position permitting unobstructed upholstering of the headlining frame.
Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening and a cover by which the roof opening may be opened and closed, and an underside of the cover being covered by a headlining which, close to a front edge of the cover, is joined to the cover by at least one mounting device which allows a height adjustment of the cover relative to the headlining, wherein the mounting device comprises a vertically oriented mounting pin and a catch clip, said catch clip being engageable with the mounting pin by a relative movement between the catch clip and mounting pin in essentially only a horizontal direction, and wherein the catch clip, when engaged with the mounting pin, forms means for biasing said headlining in a downward direction relative to the cover and is movable a limited distance with respect to the mounting pin in an axial direction of the mounting pin and is tiltable a limited angle with respect to the mounting pin.
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