Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd

Ningbo Geely Automobile Research and Development Co., Ltd

Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.

Oscar Tullberg

Tom Stoddart

Daniel Zylberstein

A roof rail system for a vehicle includes first and second roof rails each having front and back attachment structures and a rail bar. The first rail bar is attached to its front attachment structure via a first hinge and its back attachment structure via a first lock. The second rail bar is attached to its back attachment structure via a second hinge and its front attachment structure via a second lock. A length of the first rail bar is equal to a first separating distance between the first hinge and the second lock and a length of the second rail bar is equal to a second separating distance between the second hinge and the first lock. The hinges rotate the rail bars in a horizontal plane to attach to the front attachment structures and to rotate the rail bars 90 degrees around length axes of the rail bars, respectively.

Roof rail system for being arranged on the roof of a vehicle and a method for mounting the roof rail system

Tolerance absorber sleeve () for fastening a first component () to a second component () within a predetermined tolerance range (D), wherein said sleeve () is made of a metallic material and comprises a wall () and a first axial end portion () and a second axial end portion (). Said sleeve () is adapted to be arranged in a hole of said first component () and abutting said second component () at the second axial end portion (), wherein said wall () of said sleeve () comprises at least one weakening zone () adapted to plastically deform upon axial compression of the sleeve (), such that said wall () of said sleeve () forms a first radially outward projection () on a first side of said hole of said first component (), and a second radially outward projection () on a second side of said hole of said first component (), whereby said tolerance absorber sleeve () is adapted to hold said first component () by said first and second projections () within a predetermined tolerance range (D) from said second component ().

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Oscar Tullberg