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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Kim Boris Seemann, Nackenheim, DE;
Claus Steller, Gross-Gerau, DE;
Dirk Rainer Lungershausen, Wiesbaden, DE;
Tony Hofmann, Tieringen, DE;
Kim Boris Seemann, Nackenheim, DE;
Claus Steller, Gross-Gerau, DE;
Dirk Rainer Lungershausen, Wiesbaden, DE;
Tony Hofmann, Tieringen, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A sub-frame system is provided for integrating at least two different roof modules in a motor vehicle body. The sub-frame system includes, but is not limited to a common sub-frame base sub-frame component for roof modules, preferably all the roof modules, mountable on the car body, as well as several different supplementary sub-frame components, each of which is suited for a different roof module, and detachably connected to the base sub-frame component, and appropriately replaced for the purpose of creating a sub-frame suitable for a specific roof module.