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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Peter Rieger, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Joachim Röder, M{overscore (u)}hlheim, DE;
Bernard Audibert, Frankfurt, DE;
ArvinMeritor GmbH, Dietzenbach, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle roof designed in particular for motor vehicles, in particular a roof module to be manufactured separately from the bodywork and connected with the bodywork frame, which roof module consists substantially of a rigid roof skin, optionally an inner shell of foamed plastic material foamed thereon and a decorative roof liner of foamed plastic material. The roof module may be provided with an integral sunroof unit. The particular feature thereof is that the roof liner may be produced separately from the roof module and may be brought into releasable engagement with the inner shell or optionally with the sunroof frame of the sunroof unit by means of complementary, precisely fitting guide elements, i.e. may be replaced.