Roof rail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9321405-B2
Application number	US-201414227220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Apr 26, 2016
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

A roof rail includes a support member configured to be assembled on a roof of a vehicle, a first cover made from synthetic resin material, the first cover including a lengthwise-direction first end portion which is fixed to the support member and a lengthwise-direction second end portion which is supported by the support member to be expandable and contractible in a vehicle front/rear direction, and a second cover made from synthetic resin material, the second cover being supported by the support member to be expandable and contractible in the vehicle front/rear direction, the second cover including a lengthwise-direction end portion which is assembled to the lengthwise-direction second end portion of the first cover, wherein an outer surface of the lengthwise-direction second end portion of the first cover and an outer surface of the lengthwise-direction end portion of the second cover are coplanar with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roof rail comprising:
a support member which is formed to be extended in a vehicle front/rear direction and is configured to be assembled on an upper surface of a roof of a vehicle;
a first cover which is made from synthetic resin material and is formed to be extended in the vehicle front/rear direction, the first cover including a lengthwise-direction first end portion which is fixed to the support member and a lengthwise-direction second end portion which is supported by the support member to be expandable and contractible in the vehicle front/rear direction; and
a second cover which is made from synthetic resin material and is formed to be extended in the vehicle front/rear direction, the second cover being supported by the support member to be expandable and contractible in the vehicle front/rear direction, the second cover including a lengthwise-direction end portion which is assembled to the lengthwise-direction second end portion of the first cover, wherein
an outer surface of the lengthwise-direction second end portion of the first cover and an outer surface of the lengthwise-direction end portion of the second cover are coplanar with each other.

2. The roof rail according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lengthwise-direction second end portion of the first cover and the lengthwise-direction end portion of the second cover is provided with a fitting portion, and the fitting portions engage with each other.

3. The roof rail according to claim 2 , wherein each of the fitting portions includes a first restriction portion which restricts the second cover from moving in a vehicle height direction relative to the first cover and a second restriction portion which restricts the second cover from moving in the vehicle front/rear direction relative to the first cover.

4. The roof rail according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover includes a length in the vehicle front/rear direction, which differs from a length of the second cover in the vehicle front/rear direction.

5. The roof rail according to claim 1 , wherein a positioning hole is provided at the support member, and a positioning portion is provided at the lengthwise-direction first end portion of the first cover, the positioning portion being inserted in the positioning hole such that the lengthwise-direction first end portion of the first cover is fixed to the support member.

6. The roof rail according to claim 3 , wherein the first restriction portion includes a through hole and a locking piece, and the second restriction portion includes a recessed portion and a locking piece.

7. The roof rail according to claim 6 , wherein a positioning hole is provided at the support member, and a positioning portion is provided at the lengthwise-direction first end portion of the first cover, the positioning portion being inserted in the positioning hole such that the lengthwise-direction first end portion of the first cover is fixed to the support member.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Shibutani Yukihide
• Haneda Shinichi
• Taniguchi Yoshiteru
• Shibata Yasushiro

Classifications

• B60R9/048 Primary

  Carriers characterised by article-gripping {, -covering,}-retaining, or -locking means · CPC title