Vehicle roof

US6619731B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Rieger · Großau, AT
• Joachim Röder · Refrath, DE
• Bernard Audibert · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle roof designed in particular for motor vehicles, in particular a roof module to be manufactured separately from the bodywork and connected with the bodywork frame, which roof module consists substantially of a rigid roof skin, optionally an inner shell of foamed plastic material foamed thereon and a decorative roof liner of foamed plastic material. The roof module may be provided with an integral sunroof unit. The particular feature thereof is that the roof liner may be produced separately from the roof module and may be brought into releasable engagement with the inner shell or optionally with the sunroof frame of the sunroof unit by means of complementary, precisely fitting guide elements, i.e. may be replaced.