Modular vehicle roof

US6848739B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Stallfort · Maintal, DE
• Horst Schonebeck · Gelnhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A modular vehicle roof, in particular motor vehicle roof, is proposed which has a strong outer roof skin as its outer shell and an inner shell of foamed plastics connected firmly thereto, preferably foamed thereon, in the manner of the sandwich. A preferably transparent panel of glass or plastics, which allows light to reach the vehicle interior, is inserted into the vehicle roof and attached and sealed thereto in a particular way, approximately flush with the outer surface. The modular vehicle roof is simple and economic to produce, is light and has only a small structural height.