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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Frank Böcker, Hagen, DE;
Jörg Schmitz, Wuppertal, DE;
Reinhold Rothstein, Wuppertal, DE;
Rainer Steffens, Sprockhöval, DE;
Klaus Kolodziej, Wuppertal, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Böcker, Hagen, DE;
Jörg Schmitz, Wuppertal, DE;
Reinhold Rothstein, Wuppertal, DE;
Rainer Steffens, Sprockhöval, DE;
Klaus Kolodziej, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
JAC Products, Inc., Saline, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle article carrier system for clamping a roof rail to a roof of a vehicle. The system enables a variation in the spacing between an outer layer of the roof and an underlying roof structure to be taken up when clamping a roof rail to the vehicle roof without causing deformation of the outer layer of the vehicle roof.