US 6,367,872 B1 · Vehicle roof and method for mounting said vehicle roof on a vehicle body

Abstract

A vehicle roof includes a preformed inner shell forming the roof lining. The lining is larger than the inside dimensions of the body opening bounded by the rails or sections of the closed body frame. The roof lining is flexible or elastic on the protruding areas, so that it is bendable for passage through the body opening bordered by the vehicle frame, with partial folding in the corner areas downward without permanent deformation and is designed to cover the vehicle frame. The protruding areas of the roof lining therefore form the coverings for the roof frame sections so that additional cover strips and cover sections are not required, even in the corners.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A vehicle roof, comprising:

an outer shell mountable to a vehicle body;
an inner shell adjacent said outer shell, said inner shell having an outer edge defined by an upper layer mountable to said outer shell and a lower layer extending continuously about an outer periphery defined by said outer shell;
and
a flexible portion of said lower layer passable through an opening in the vehicle body during mounting of said outer shell to the vehicle body, said flexible portion covering a portion of the vehicle body within an interior of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/380,792Filed 7 Dec 1999

Priority

DE 197 09 0166 Mar 1997

Granted

9 Apr 2002

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B60R 21/213
Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components: in…
B60H 1/245
Characterised by the location of ventilation devices in the vehicle: located in the roof
B60R 13/0212
Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners: roof or head liners
B60R 21/04
Occupant safety arrangements or fittings , e.g. crash pads: padded linings for the vehicle interior ; Energy absorbing structures associated with…

Vehicle roof and method for mounting said vehicle roof on a vehicle body

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Vehicle roof and method for mounting said vehicle roof on a vehicle body

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Abstract

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