Motor vehicle roof module
AssigneeMeritor Automotive GmbH
InventorsHorst Böhm, Thomas Becher, Rainer Grimm
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Abstract
For a motor vehicle roof module, preferably of sandwich construction comprising a rigid roof skin and an inner shell of PUR plastic applied as a foam to its inner surface, it is proposed to form recesses in the single layer area of the inner shell when applying the foam, in which functional components, such as loudspeakers, can be placed without a housing and can be secured by catches.
Claims18
A vehicle roof module assembly that is manufactured separately from another portion of the vehicle body, comprising:
- a shell having an inner surface that is adapted to face toward an interior of a vehicle and an outer surface that provides a roof surface for the vehicle, the shell having at least two side edges and a central portion extending between the side edges, the central portion including at least one recess in the shell between the inner surface and the outer surface with an opening facing in the same direction as the inner surface such that a vehicle component can be selectively placed at least partially into the recess and the shell supports the vehicle component in the recess.
A vehicle roof module assembly that is manufactured separately from another portion of the vehicle body, comprising:
- a shell having an inner surface that is adapted to face toward an interior of a vehicle and an outer surface that provides a roof surface for the vehicle, the shell having at least two side edges and a central portion extending between the side edges, the central portion including at least one recess in the shell with an opening facing in the same direction as the inner surface;
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- a vehicle component supported by the shell and at least partially received into the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.