Toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle, system for a vehicle roof, and method for producing a toothed belt for a movable roof element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10914360-B2
Application number	US-201716323432-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2017
Priority date	Aug 16, 2016
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle which may have a toothed belt body made of plastic, a coupling element, and an interface of the toothed belt, which interface is formed by the coupling element, for coupling to the movable roof element, wherein—the coupling element and the toothed belt body are coupled to each other in a form fitting manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle, comprising:
a toothed belt body made of plastic,
a coupling element, and
an interface of the toothed belt, which interface is formed by a set-back region of the coupling element, for coupling to the movable roof element, wherein the coupling element and the toothed belt body are coupled to each other in a form fitting manner, and
in which the coupling element has a recess, and the plastic reaches through the recess from one side of the coupling element to an opposite side of the coupling element.

2. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , comprising a fused connection which connects the coupling element and the toothed belt body to each other.

3. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , in which a surface of the coupling element has a structured form, and the plastic forms a form fit with the structured form.

4. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , in which the interface has a region set back transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the toothed belt.

5. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , in which the coupling element has a region projecting transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the toothed belt body.

6. A toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle, comprising:
a toothed belt body made of plastic,
a coupling element, and
an interface of the toothed belt, which interface is formed by a set-back region of the coupling element, for coupling to the movable roof element, wherein the coupling element and the toothed belt body are coupled to each other in a form fitting manner, and
in which the coupling element is completely covered by the plastic at least on two opposite sides.

7. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , in which the coupling element is metal.

8. The toothed belt according to claim 1 , in which the interface is configured for coupling to a roller blind coupling of a roller blind.

9. A system for a vehicle roof, comprising: a movable roof element, a toothed belt according to claim 1 , a drive, wherein the toothed belt is coupled to the drive and to the movable roof element to transfer a movement of the drive into a movement of the roof element.

10. A method for producing a toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle, comprising:
providing a toothed belt body made of plastic,
providing a coupling element with a recess, wherein the plastic reaches through the recess from one side of the coupling element to an opposite side of the coupling element,
positioning the coupling element and the toothed belt body on each other,
fusing part of the plastic in a region in which the coupling element and the toothed belt body are positioned on each other, and
reshaping the plastic in the region such that the plastic forms a form fitting coupling of the coupling element and the toothed belt body.

11. A method for producing a toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle, comprising:
providing a toothed belt body made of plastic,
providing a coupling element which is completely covered by the plastic at least on two opposite sides,
positioning the coupling element and the toothed belt body on each other,
fusing part of the plastic in a region in which the coupling element and the toothed belt body are positioned on each other, and
reshaping the plastic in the region such that the plastic forms a form fitting coupling of the coupling element and the toothed belt body.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Schreiber Ulrich
• Rockelmann Andreas

Classifications

• B60J7/0015 Primary

  roller blind · CPC title

• B60J7/057

  Driving or actuating arrangements (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. manually operated levers or knobs} · CPC title

• F16G3/00 Primary

  Belt fastenings, e.g. for conveyor belts (for V-belts F16G7/00) · CPC title

• B60J1/2027

  with a buckle-proof guided flexible actuating element acting on the draw bar for pushing or push-pulling, e.g. a Bowden cable · CPC title

• F16G1/28

  with a contact surface of special shape, e.g. toothed · CPC title