US 9,174,591 B2 · Roof molding

Abstract

A vehicle roof molding to be fitted into a roof groove of a roof panel of a vehicle is provided. The molding has a main body for filling at least a portion of a the roof groove in a groove width direction and a latching portion on a back side of the main body to secure the roof molding within the roof groove. The main body includes a first segment and a second segment, the first and second segments resides in different planes and are joined by a wall oriented generally transverse to both segments. A pair of protruding portions are provided on opposed edges of the first and second segments, respectively. Each protruding portion includes an elastic deforming region engaging an opposed side wall of the roof groove when the latching portion is fitted in the roof groove.

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Dependent claims

A roof joint construction for an automobile having a roof panel with a side edge and a side outer panel with an upper edge, the roof joint construction comprising:

an elongated channel extending substantially parallel to the side edge of the roof panel and having first and second substantially vertical side walls joined by a substantially horizontal base, said first side wall extending to engage the side edge of the roof panel, said second side wall extending to engage said upper edge of the side outer panel;
and
a molding filling said elongated channel, said molding comprising an elongated body having a first molding edge engaging the side edge of the roof panel and a second molding edge engaging the vertical side wall of the side outer panel, and a primary surface extending between the first molding edge and the second molding edge, the primary surface including a generally planar first substantially horizontal region, a generally planar second substantially horizontal region and a generally vertical step wall joining the first substantially horizontal region to the second substantially horizontal region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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