Composite assembly unit for vehicle bodies as well as a method and an apparatus for producing it

US6491341B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Grimm · Frankfurt, DE
• Horst Bohm · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J10/82
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite assembly unit for closing an aperture in a vehicle body, in particular a glass cover for a sliding roof, comprises a flat base body, preferably a glass or plastic pane, having an outside face and an inside face, and a seal for sealing a gap between the composite assembly unit and the vehicle body. The seal has a sealing section and a fixing section, and being attached to the base body by means of plastic foam. The fixing section of the seal is pressed under elastic deformation by the plastic foam against the inside face of the base body so that the sealing section of the seal terminates substantially flush with the outside face of the base body. The result is a composite assembly unit in which a defined, in particular flush, relative position between the flat base body and the seal can be guaranteed in a simple way. A method and an apparatus for producing such a composite assembly unit in a simple way is also described.