SUBASSEMBLY ELEMENT AS INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR A CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR VEHICLES CONSISTING OF SEVERAL SUBASSEMBLY PARTS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, MULTIPART CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR VEHICLES CONSTRUCTED FROM THE INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT

US6533343B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/041
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A subassembly element in the form of an intermediate product for a multipart cover element for motor vehicles contains at least two subassembly parts, e.g., for a multipart sunroof or sliding roof cover or for a multipart loading zone or cargo space cover, containing edge regions on the adjacent edges of the subassembly parts which are correspondingly shaped such that they had least partially overlap in the closed position. All subassembly parts are present in the form of one connected-together part and are shaped in accordance with the predetermined contour of the cover element. A channel-shaped depression is arranged at least in the outer side of the subassembly element in the edge region in which two respective subassembly parts adjoin one another. The contour of the channel-shaped depression is comprised of the desired contours of the edge regions of adjacent subassembly parts of the respective cover element.