Arvinmeritor Gmbh

Meritor Automotive Gmbh

Frank Niebuhr

Matthias Ludwig

Marcus Lutz

Joachim Röder

Kai Stehning

Daniel Hock

Markus Lutz

Manfred Röhnke

Tobias Niesner

Harald Batke

Herbert Beck

Hans Langhoff

Sven Hardel

The invention relates to a composite component and a method of producing such composite component, in particular a car body attachment part for a motor vehicle, which includes an outer skin that is defined by an outer skin foil associated with the motor vehicle. An inner layer made of plastic is applied to a rear side of the outer skin foil by providing a foamed or injection-molded backing. A mounting piece is disposed in a depression of the outer skin foil and is anchored therein. An intermediate foil is situated between the mounting piece and the outer skin foil and prevents, at least in sections, any direct contact between the mounting piece and the outer skin foil.

Composite component, in particular, a car body attachment part for a motor vehicle

A roof component, in particular an inner liner for a vehicle roof, comprises a carrier layer which consists of a cured material, and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is formed by at least one undercut. There is further proposed a method of producing such a roof component, comprising the following steps: first, a forming tool is provided which consists of a first and a second tool part, an elastically deformable body provided on the first tool part being capable of being deformed between an initial position in which it is extended in a direction perpendicular to a general direction of extension of the roof component, and a working position in which it forms at least one protrusion which extends in parallelism to the general direction of extension of the roof component and at a distance from the first tool part; next, a curable material is introduced into the forming tool, the curable material curing to form the carrier layer while the deformable body is in the working position, such that the protrusion formed by the body is imparted to the carrier layer so as to form an undercut; subsequently, the forming tool is opened and the deformable body is transferred to the initial position, so that it frees the undercut in the carrier layer; finally, the roof component is taken out of the forming tool.

Roof component, in particular an inner liner for a vehicle roof, and a method of producing same

A car body part for a motor vehicle has an outer skin formed of an at least partially deformable material. An inner layer is formed of a foamed plastic. A mounting part which is placed in a recess of the outer skin and is anchored via an interlocking fit between the outer skin and a deformed portion of the mounting part. The interlocking fit may be created when the foamed plastic is expanded in a mold, which increases interior pressure within the mold and deforms the outer skin against the mounting part.

Car body part and method of its production

A roof assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a rim portion that guides a roof module towards an opening for a sliding roof cover. The rim portion has a water groove formed integrally with the roof module. In addition, the roof module may have an integrally formed spoiler adjacent the water groove.

Roof module for a motor vehicle

A sliding interior sunroof panel assembly for covering the lower side of a sliding panel of a sliding sunroof construction and for the ventilation of the vehicle interior with a partially, opened or raised sliding panel consists of a rigid interior roof panel (1) and a ventilation strip (4) attached near the front of the panel. The ventilation strip (4) is set into an opening in the interior roof panel (1) with longitudinal play and latched there in a particular manner so that differing coefficients of thermal expansion of the different materials used for the interior roof panel (1) and the ventilation strip (4) cannot lead to undesirable undulation of the ventilation strip (4) with corresponding temperature conditions since stress is regulated at the latch positions by displacement movements between the latch elements (16, 19). The ventilation strip (4) always, therefore, lies flat against the covered (12, 13), lower visible surface of the sliding interior sunroof panel. Mounting of the ventilation strip on the interior roof panel (1) is such that at first the ventilation strip is attached with location spaces (14) to the rear edge (15) of the interior roof panel (1) and then pivoted upwards in its front area until the latching projections (16), resilient above the latched surfaces (19) but lying in contact with these, snap into place.

Sliding interior sunroof panel assembly for an automobile sunroof

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Wilsche, Germany

Frank Niebuhr