Frame for a vehicle sliding sunroof or slide-and-tilt sunroof

US6663172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Edgar Weiss · Alzenau, DE
• Bardo Imgram · Seligenstadt, DE
• Holger Oechel · Hanau, DE
• Hubert Bachmann · Dannstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/022
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A frame is provided for vehicle roofs of all usual types, such as sliding sunroofs, slide-and-tilt sunroofs and top ridge sliding sunroofs (spoiler roofs), preferably having a motor drive for the cover that can be moved in relation to a roof opening by means of a cable drive system. The frame assembled from few parts comprises a plastic injection molded front member having cable channels open at the bottom and molded-on corner areas for the fixed attachment of the frame side members guiding the cover on guide rails, the side members preferably being cut to length from continuously cast aluminum profiles. The cable channels open at the bottom, into which the drive cables can easily be laid, are closed by at least one likewise plastic injection molded cover element. A motor mounting plate is provided as separate plastic injection molded part, so that it can be formed with high dimensional accuracy from another plastic particularly suited to the drive requirements. The frame is inexpensive to manufacture and can be easily and rapidly assembled by molding on assembly and positioning aids. Through standardisation of its few parts, particularly the motor mounting plate, the frame can be …