Solar cover

US6474729B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Patz · Freising, DE
• Helmut Teschner · Landsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: May 15, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/90
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a solar cover for a motor vehicle roof (2) with a carrier plate (10), a plurality of solar cells (18) located on the carrier plate, and a cover layer (36) which covers the side of the solar cells facing away from the carrier plate, there is a plastic injection molded part that service as the carrier plate (10) and in which contours (12, 16) are molded for positioning of the solar cells (18). The contours prevent the solar cells from becoming off-center during installation of the solar cover.