Fastening assembly for a roof add-on part of a motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMartin Kerscher
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Abstract
A fastening assembly is provided for a roof add-on part of a motor vehicle, which has a roof skin element, an outer roof side frame, and a roof-add-on-part fastening element, which has a thread for detachably fastening the roof add-on part. The roof-add-on-part fastening element is fastened to a support plate. The support plate is arranged on a flange of the outer roof side frame and is fixed by a blind rivet only to the flange of the outer roof side frame, in such a way that the support plate and the flange of the outer roof side frame are jammed, in particular against each other.
Claims14
A fastening assembly for a roof add-on part of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an outer roof skin element;
- an outer roof side frame;
- a roof add-on part fastening element having a thread for detachably fastening the roof add-on part, wherein
- the roof add-on part fastening element is fastened to a support plate arranged on a flange of the outer roof side frame, and
- the support plate is fixed via a blind rivet only on the flange of the outer roof side frame.
A fastening assembly for a roof add-on part of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an outer roof skin element;
- a roof side frame, the roof side frame including an inner roof side frame, an outer roof side frame, and a roof side reinforcement disposed therebetween;
- a roof add-on part fastening element having a thread configured to detachably fasten the roof add-on part;
- a blind rivet configured to fix some but not all components;
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- a support plate, wherein
- each of the inner roof side frame, the outer roof side frame, and the roof side reinforcement define a flange portion,
- the roof add-on part fastening element is fastened to the support plate, and
- the blind rivet fixes only the support plate and the flange portion of the outer roof side frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.