Lifting and/or sliding roof for installation in vehicles
AssigneeWebasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
InventorKlaus-Peter Srdinko
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Abstract
A roof having a cover that is displaceable by lifting and/or sliding and/or removable for vehicles has a frame that, as a whole, is disposed below the solid roof skin of the vehicle and is supported against the interior side thereof. A seal, running along the edge of a roof opening, is borne by the frame. On the frame, a liftable and/or slidable and/or removable cover is mounted, the edge of which in the closed position of the cover engages onto the seal. The frame is connected with the roof skin only by a clamping arrangement that presses the frame against the underside of the roof skin.
Claims33
A displaceable roof, for installation into vehicles, having a frame for seating against the underside of a roof skin of a vehicle so as to be disposed below the roof skin, a seal running along the peripheral area of a roof opening formed in the roof skin and a cover mounted on the frame for displacement between a position closing the roof opening, wherein an edge of the cover is placed on the seal, and at least one position at least partially uncovering the roof opening;
- wherein a clamping connection is provided as a means for connecting the frame with the roof skin by pressing the frame against the underside of the roof skin, said clamping connection comprising a trim ring having an outer portion for overlying the exterior of the roof skin and an inner portion for being secured with the frame, said frame having a recess with at least one holding detent and means lockingly engageable with said detent of said frame by being inserted through an open end of the recess for holding said inner portion of the trim ring to said frame in a manner establishing the clamping connection of the frame to the roof skin with the roof skin being disposed between the frame and the outer portion of the trim ring, wherein the frame is continuous at its underside in an area underlying the recess in a manner closing said recess from below and limiting access to said recess and said detent to via said open end.
A displaceable roof, for installation into vehicles, having a frame for seating against the underside of a roof skin of a vehicle so as to be disposed below the roof skin, a seal running along the peripheral area of a roof opening formed in the roof skin and a cover mounted on the frame for displacement between a position closing the roof opening, wherein an edge of the cover is placed on the seal, and at least one position at least partially uncovering the roof opening;
- wherein a clamping connection is provided as a means for connecting the frame with the roof skin by pressing the frame against the underside of the roof skin, wherein the clamping connection comprises a clamping element and a portion of the roof skin along the periphery of the roof opening, said portion being downturned so as to form a support for said clamping element thereon, and wherein the clamping element is supported on a top side of a flange formed on the downturned portion of the roof skin, a free end of said flange extending from the downturned portion essentially in a parallel relationship to the roof skin in a direction toward the roof opening.
A displaceable roof, for installation into vehicles, having a frame for seating against the underside of a roof skin of a vehicle so as to be disposed below the roof skin, a seal running along the peripheral area of a roof opening formed in the roof skin and a cover mounted on the frame for displacement between a position closing the roof opening, wherein an edge of the cover is placed on the seal, and at least one position at least partially uncovering the roof opening;
- wherein a clamping connection is provided as a means for connecting the frame with the roof skin by pressing the frame against the underside of the roof skin, said clamping connection comprising a sheet material trim ring having an outer portion for overlying the exterior of the roof skin and an inner portion for being secured with the frame, said frame having a recess and means lockingly engageable with said frame within said recess for holding said inner portion of the trim ring to said frame in a manner establishing the clamping connection of the frame to the roof skin with the roof skin being disposed between the frame and the outer portion of the trim ring, the lockingly engageable means being received in said recess in a wedge-like manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.