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US 6,283,542 B1Granted
Solar cover of an openable motor vehicle roof and process for its production
AssigneeWebasto Systemkomponenten GmbH
InventorWerner Påtz
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AssigneeWebasto Systemkomponenten GmbH
InventorWerner Påtz
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A solar cover of an openable motor vehicle roof with a transparent cover panel (1) which is surrounded in the edge area at least in part by a plastic frame (2), with a solar cell network (9) which is provided on the inside of the cover panel (1) and which extends into the vicinity of the cover panel edge area, and with an inside cover sheet (3) which is located in the cover panel edge area and which overlaps the solar cell network (9) with its inside edge. To prevent load application by the inner cover sheet (3) to the solar cell network (9) which leads to delamination the inside edge (7) of the inner cover sheet (3) is located in a noncontacting, overly relationship with respect to the solar cell network (9). Furthermore, the cover sheet (3) is connected by means of adhesive securely to the combination of the cover panel (1) and the plastic frame (2).
A Solar cover of an openable motor vehicle roof comprising a transparent cover panel, a plastic frame surrounding an edge area of the cover panel, at least in part, a solar cell network which is provided on the inside of the cover panel and which extends to near the edge area of the cover panel, and an inner cover sheet which is located in the edge area of the cover panel and which overlaps the solar cell network with its inside edge, said inner cover sheet being completely out of contact with the solar cell network with a gap existing between the inside edge of the inner cover sheet and the solar cell network so that the inner cover sheet remains completely out of contact with the solar cell network despite thermal expansion effects.
A solar cover of an openable motor vehicle roof comprising a transparent cover panel, a plastic frame surrounding an edge area of the cover panel, at least in part, a solar cell network which is provided on the inside of the cover panel and which extends to near the edge area of the cover panel, and an inner cover sheet which is located in the edge area of the cover panel and which is totally out of contact with the solar cell network;
Solar cover as claimed in 4, wherein a groove is formed in the plastic frame to hold a sealing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.