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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Rainer Grimm, Frankfurt, DE;
Carmelo Mondello, Frankfurt, DE;
Meritor Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A vehicle roof intended in particular for motor vehicles and in particular a roof module ( ) to be made separately from the bodywork ( ) and to be combined with the bodywork, consisting essentially of a rigid roof skin, where appropriate with an applied foamed inner skin ( ) made from plastics foam, and a decorative headliner ( ) made from plastics foam. The roof module can be fitted with an integral sliding roof unit. The characteristic feature is that the headliner ( ) is made separately from the roof module ( ) and can be locked into place on to or released from the inner skin ( ) or where appropriate the sliding roof frame of the sliding roof unit by means of complementary exactly fitted interlocking elements ( ), i.e. it can be exchanged.