Vehicle roof

US7404598B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WEBASTO AG · DE

Inventors

• Roland Huebner · Munich, DE
• Friedhelm Wulf · Munich, DE
• Martin Pollak · Puchheim, DE
• Ralf Schwaighofer · Neubeuern, DE
• Rudolf Muttenhammer · Germering, DE
• Andreas Lang · Ettringen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2008
• Expiry date: May 19, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J10/82
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a motor vehicle with a roof opening (12) located in a fixed roof surface (10) and a cover (13) for closing the roof opening, the cover has an at least partially transparent pane (14) and a frame which is connected to the pane and which extends over at least one part of the edge of the pane. The pane (14) is a plastic pane and the frame is formed by in situ foaming (20) of a foam material onto the periphery of the pane, the shape of the pane, in at least one partial area of a connecting region between the pane and the peripheral foam, is configured such that a permanent mechanical, positive interlocking connection is created between the pane and the peripheral foam.