Automobile roof structure
US7393047B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D25/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an automobile roof structure, which comprises a pair of right and left roof side rails 1, a transparent roof panel 4 attached to cover a space between the roof side rails 1, a sun shade 5 disposed slidably along a bottom surface of the transparent roof panel 4, and a shade support member 6 for supporting the sun shade 5 in a slidingly movable manner. Each of the roof side rails 1 includes a rail outer panel 7 and a rail inner panel 8 formed, respectively, with roof flanges 14, 15 which are oriented to protrude in a laterally inward direction of an automobile body and joined together. The roof flanges 14, 15, a lateral peripheral portion of the transparent roof panel 4, and the shade support member 6, are disposed within a given positioning zone where they overlap each other in top plan view. The opposite lateral peripheral portion of the transparent roof panel 4 is fixed onto an upper surface of the roof flange 14 of the rail outer panel 7, and the shade support member 6 is fixed to a wall of the rail inner panel 8 at a position outward of the automobile body relative to the roof flange 14 of the rail outer panel 7.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.