Roof construction of a vehicle body

US8215708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE

Inventors

• Axel Grüneklee · Duisburg, DE
• Lothar Patberg · Aachen, DE
• Kai Schmitz · Kürten, DE
• Alfred Lösch · Tholey, DE
• Ralf Stegmeyer · Medebach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

A body of a motor vehicle includes a lateral roof region that has an outer skin, an outer roof frame, and an inner roof frame, wherein the outer roof frame is arranged under the outer skin and the inner roof frame is arranged under the outer roof frame, and the outer skin, the outer roof frame, and the inner roof frame have a common welded flange, by means of which the outer skin and the outer and inner roof frames are connected to one another, and which is configured to receive an adhesive layer for a roof module having a roof module frame. An aspect of the invention is to provide an accident-optimized vehicle body at little expense that prevents a tearing off of the roof module, and is achieved in that the outer roof frame of the body is configured as a locking element for the roof module frame.