Roof module
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsArnulf Zinsmeister, Daniel Hock
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Abstract
A module for mounting on a vehicle body and closing an outer skin of the vehicle body comprises at least one part made of metal that in an installed state of the module forms at least a portion of the outer skin. The module further comprises a plastic layer which is connected with the metal part and with which the module rests at the vehicle body. An electrically conductive contact element is provided that is connected with the metal part in an electrically conductive manner and is attached to the plastic layer. The contact element has an exposed section with regard to the plastic layer, the exposed section serving for making electrical contact with the vehicle body. There is further proposed a method of producing such a module.
Claims21
A module for mounting on a vehicle body, comprising:
- at least one metal part that forms at least a portion of a vehicle body's outer skin;
- a plastic layer which is connected with said at least one metal part;
- an electrically conductive contact element connected with said at least one metal part in an electrically conductive manner and attached to said plastic layer;
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- said contact element having a section for providing an electrical contact, said section being exposed with regard to said plastic layer.
A method of fastening a module to a vehicle body said module being for mounting on a vehicle body and closing an outer skin of said vehicle body, said module comprising at least one part made of metal that forms at least a portion of said outer skin and a plastic layer which is connected with said metal part and with which said module rests at said vehicle body, an electrically conductive contact element that is connected with said metal part in an electrically conductive manner and that is attached to said plastic layer, said contact element having a section for providing an electrical contact with said vehicle body, said section being exposed with regard to said plastic layer, said plastic layer being produced by means of foaming, said method comprising the step of:
- contacting said module and said vehicle body only in a region of said plastic layer;
- providing a fastening device;
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- fastening said plastic layer to said vehicle body and said module via said plastic layer to said vehicle body, said electrical contact element also being connected in an electrically conductive manner to said vehicle body by the same fastening device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.