Roof frame arrangement for motor vehicles

US6974180B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Konrad Eipper · Herrenberg, DE
• Heinz Koslowski · Gerlingen, DE
• Thomas Lohse · Mechtersen, DE
• Thomas Sailer · Metzingen, DE
• Matthias Schroeder · Badendorf, DE
• Roland Wendler · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A roof frame arrangement of a motor vehicle has a front, a rear and two lateral roof frames, and a supporting device for a motor vehicle tailgate. The supporting device includes a tailgate hinge and at least one gas-filled compression spring. At least the lateral roof frame contains an inner shell and an outer shell connected to the latter. A hollow space is formed between the inner shell and outer shell. In order to provide a roof frame arrangement having increased stiffness, which can be produced in a simple and space-saving manner and with as few manufacturing tolerances as possible and in which a relatively great outlay on leakproofness is not required, it is proposed to form a rear end region of the lateral roof frame as a single-piece, circumferentially closed hollow profile which encloses the hollow space there and forms a receiving housing in which at least one of the hinge and the gas-filled compression spring is fitted.