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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Connolly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Caroline Park, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hubert Kaesweber, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A base roof rack system for use in a vehicle having a glass roof. A set of base brackets are installed at the factor proximate to the seam between a glass room and metal support members of the vehicle supporting the roof. A j-shaped hook is able to slide in the seam to access the base bracket. Rotation of the bracket inserts the hook into a cavity formed in the base bracket so that it resist pull out when oriented normal to the roof surface. A tower receives the other end of J-shaped hook, a threaded bolt, and a retaining nut threaded about the bolt compresses the tower down toward the roof.