Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Rong Yao

Jeffrey Scott Mayville

Patrick Reed

David James Spolyar

James Brian Slemons

John T Reed

Gavin Smith

Alexandre Costa Henriques

Mounting strategies for locating and securing roof hinge covers to vehicle roofs. An exemplary roof hinge cover may be mounted relative to a roof component (e.g., roof panel, body side panel, bracket, etc.). A locator may be received through the roof hinge cover and into a locating hole of the roof component. One or more clips that are connected to the roof hinge cover may be received within locating openings of a bracket. The bracket supports at least a portion of the roof hinge cover.

Roof hinge cover attachment strategies

A tolerance compensator for a vehicle frame includes a base member having an upper portion in keyed engagement with a roof structure. The tolerance compensator also has an extension member that is threadably coupled with a lower portion of the base member. A fastener extends up from a body-side structure to threadably engage and move the extension member down into contact with the body-side structure before threadably engaging the base member.

Tolerance compensator for a vehicle frame

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