Frame for a vehicle sliding sunroof
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsVolker Sommer, Mathias Janda, Steffen Seyfarth
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Abstract
A frame is provided for vehicle sliding sunroofs, the frame front member of which is injection molded in one piece from a suitable plastic and has molded-on side arms for the connection of frame side members. Molded-on swivel bearings for supporting the deployment arms of a wind deflector, arranged on the frame front member, are incorporated into the frame front member and the side arms. The wind deflector can be specially fitted to the swivel bearings without the aid of separate fasteners, in that the swivel bearings and the associated swivel bearing pivot pins of the wind deflector are designed in the manner of so-called turn catches.
Claims20
A frame assembly for a vehicle sliding roof, comprising:
- a front frame member having a front channel portion and swivel bearings formed as part of the front frame member, such that the entire front frame member including the swivel bearings is a single plastic piece having a continuous, unbroken surface at an interface between the swivel bearings and an adjacent portion of the front frame member;
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- a wind deflector that is received in the front frame member channel in a first position, the wind deflector having swivel pivot member that are received by the swivel bearings such that the deflector is moveable into a second position where the deflector extends at least partially out of the channel.
A wind deflector assembly for a vehicle roof, comprising:
- a front frame member having side arms that each have a channel between two sidewalls and swivel bearing grooves extending along an inner surface of each of the sidewalls, the entire front frame member being a single piece of plastic;
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- a wind deflector having swivel pivot members that are received by the swivel bearing grooves such that the deflector is moveable relative to the front frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.