Meritor Automotive Gmbh

Arvinmeritor Gmbh

Horst B&ouml;hm

Rainer Grimm

Thomas Becher

Carmelo Mondello

Hubert Bachmann

Kai Stehning

Bardo Imgram

Christoph Boss

Joachim R&ouml;der

Volker Sommer

Karl H&ouml;rmann

Dieter Hinterw&auml;ller

Erik Roeren

A wind deflector for a vehicle roof comprises a flexible deflecting element attached between a base element and a raising device. The base element is mountable on a vehicle roof, and the raising device is pivotably connected to the base element to raise and lower the deflecting element. The deflecting element is air-permeable to allow air to flow through it and is flexible enough to be folded when the raising device is lowered. A resilient member biases the raising device in the raised position, stabilizing the flexible deflecting element and holding it taut enough to counteract pressure variations in a vehicle interior near a roof opening.

Wind deflector for a vehicle roof

A cable drive device for moving a vehicle component, such as a vehicle sliding roof, includes a cable that is guided in an endless loop and whose ends of which are wound up on two winding drums that are driven in the same direction. An intermediate section of the cable is looped around a further winding drum, thereby dividing the cable into two branches having entrainment elements provided thereon for engaging the vehicle component to be moved.

Drive device for a vehicle component

A sliding roof for a motor vehicle comprises a shiftable cover arranged for opening and closing a vehicle roof and at least one electrical light source attached to the cover.

Sliding roof for a motor vehicle

A vehicle roof module is proposed, consisting of a transparent roof skin, constituting the outer shell of a sandwich structure, and of an inner shell of the sandwich structure, the special feature thereof being that the inner shell is molded in the manner of a frame and is provided only in the edge area of the outer shell, thereby forming a panoramic transparent surface, a sun-blind being arranged beneath the transparent surface, which is held on the inner shell by elements foamed into the frame-type inner shell.

Modular vehicle roof

A sandwich structure includes a deep-drawn outer skin and a plastic layer foamed onto the inner side of the outer skin. The plastic layer provides a decorative plastic film on its upper surface and a frame at its outer edge. An encircling canting about the plastic layer retains a sheathing that is provided over the entire flat area of the outer skin to increase the modulus of elasticity of the plastic layer.

Composite component for vehicle bodywork

A composite assembly unit for closing an aperture in a vehicle body, in particular a glass cover for a sliding roof, comprises a flat base body, preferably a glass or plastic pane, having an outside face and an inside face, and a seal for sealing a gap between the composite assembly unit and the vehicle body. The seal has a sealing section and a fixing section, and being attached to the base body by means of plastic foam. The fixing section of the seal is pressed under elastic deformation by the plastic foam against the inside face of the base body so that the sealing section of the seal terminates substantially flush with the outside face of the base body. The result is a composite assembly unit in which a defined, in particular flush, relative position between the flat base body and the seal can be guaranteed in a simple way. A method and an apparatus for producing such a composite assembly unit in a simple way is also described.

Composite assembly unit for vehicle bodies as well as a method and an apparatus for producing it

A device for a detachable fastening of a load carrier ( ) on a vehicle, in particular a roof rack, is disclosed, which has a carrier frame ( ), on which two retaining elements ( ) are fitted, which are relatively mobile to one another when the load carrier ( ) is in unfastened condition. When the load carrier ( ) is in fastened condition the retaining elements ( ) engage in a gap ( ) between a body frame on the vehicle side ( ) and a flat body part ( ) attached to this, where they interlock on a fastening element ( ) on the body frame ( ). The result is that the load carrier ( ) can be fastened to the vehicle easily and securely.

Device for detachable fastening of a load carrier on a vehicle

A vehicle roof module ( ) with integral sunroof unit for mounting on a bodywork frame ( ) is proposed, in which the sunroof frame ( ) is attached to the inner shell ( ) at a plurality of spaced points distributed around the roof opening ( ) of the sunroof unit by means of elements ( ) provided only at these points and connected firmly therewith. The inner shell ( ) may be attached to the bodywork frame ( ) in the same way as the sunroof frame ( ) is attached to the inner shell ( ).

Vehicle roof module with integral sunroof unit

A sun visor arrangement is proposed whose bearing elements, consisting of a swivel/rotary bearing and a removable swivel bearing, are foamed into or onto an inner shell, formed from a foamed plastics material, of a motor vehicle roof module with their component parts on the roof side at the same time as the inner shell is foam molded, so that the sun visors can be preassembled at the inner shell of the roof module, wherein the swivel/rotary bearing is constructed for fastening the sun visors and the inner shell to a body frame.

Sun visor arrangement at a motor vehicle roof module

A roof module for a motor vehicle, with an inner shell molded out of plastic foam which, in the vicinity of its support on the body framework, is divided into an upper layer which can be supported on the body framework and a lower layer that serves to line the body framework. Sun visors and handholds are pre-assembled on the lower layer. In order to improve and simplify assembly of the roof module on the vehicle body, it is envisaged that the upper layer, and thus the roof module as a whole, can be securely fixed to the body framework using just the fixing screws for the sun visors and the handholds. Preferably, captive fixing screws on the bearing elements of the sun visors and the handholds should also be able to be pre-assembled on the lower layer of the inner shell.

Roof module for motor vehicles

A vehicle roof includes a preformed inner shell forming the roof lining. The lining is larger than the inside dimensions of the body opening bounded by the rails or sections of the closed body frame. The roof lining is flexible or elastic on the protruding areas, so that it is bendable for passage through the body opening bordered by the vehicle frame, with partial folding in the corner areas downward without permanent deformation and is designed to cover the vehicle frame. The protruding areas of the roof lining therefore form the coverings for the roof frame sections so that additional cover strips and cover sections are not required, even in the corners.

Vehicle roof and method for mounting said vehicle roof on a vehicle body

For a motor vehicle roof module, preferably of sandwich construction comprising a rigid roof skin and an inner shell of PUR plastic applied as a foam to its inner surface, it is proposed to form recesses in the single layer area of the inner shell when applying the foam, in which functional components, such as loudspeakers, can be placed without a housing and can be secured by catches.

Growing community of inventors

Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Horst Böhm

Growing community of inventors

Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Horst B&ouml;hm

Horst Böhm