Solar cover
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorsWerner Pätz, Helmut Teschner
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Abstract
In a solar cover (14) for a motor vehicle roof (10) with an outside pane (20), an inside cover (18) and a plurality of solar cells (16) which are located between the outside pane and the inside cover, both the outside pane and also the inside cover being made of plastic, the outside pane (20) or the inside cover (18) is formed of an injection molded part (34) which has reinforcement and/or attachment elements (24, 29, 32) which are made in one piece with the outside pane (20) or the inside cover (18).
Claims16
Solar cover for a motor vehicle roof comprising:
- a transparent outside pane made of a one-piece injection molded plastic part;
- an inside cover made of a plastic plate or film with a thickness which is much less than that of the outside pane;
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- a plurality of solar cells which are located between the outside pane and the inside cover,
- where the outside pane has reinforcement elements having a section formed of a closed cross-section hollow profile and attachment elements, both of which are integral parts of said one-piece injection molded plastic part.
Solar cover as claimed in claim 10, wherein in the edge area there is a component of opaque material which is injected molded onto the outside pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.