Cover for a motor vehicle roof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9676259-B2
Application number	US-201514692322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 29, 2014
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A cover for a motor vehicle roof has a first sheet of planar extent with a main area, a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet, the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet, a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cover for a motor vehicle roof, comprising:
a first sheet of planar extent with a main area,
a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet,
the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet,
a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet, and
a light source, which is arranged laterally with respect to the second sheet, in order to couple light into a side of the second sheet that is transverse to the main area.

2. The cover of claim 1 , in which
the first sheet has a further region projecting beyond the second sheet, which is aligned transversely to the first projecting region, and in which
the light source is arranged at the further projecting region.

3. The cover of claim 2 , comprising:
a fastening element for fastening the cover to the motor vehicle roof, and
a surrounding border, which is arranged at the further projecting region and fixes the fastening element to the first sheet.

4. The cover of claim 2 , comprising:
a screen, which is arranged at the further projecting region and covers the light source.

5. The cover of claim 1 , in which the second sheet has an element to diffuse light.

6. The cover of claim 1 , comprising:
a surrounding border, which is arranged at the projecting region and fixes the coupling element to the first sheet.

7. The cover of claim 1 , comprising:
an adhesively bonded joint, which is arranged between the main area of the second sheet and a second region of the coupling element and fixes the coupling element to a second sheet.

8. The cover of claim 1 , comprising:
a screen, which is arranged at the projecting region and covers the coupling element.

9. The cover of claim 1 , in which a first region of the coupling element runs in a first plane and a second region runs in a second plane, which is at a distance from the first plane, and in which the coupling element has a sloping region, which runs between the first region and the second region.

10. A cover for a motor vehicle roof, comprising:
a first sheet of planar extent with a main area,
a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet,
the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet, and
a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are glued together by an adhesive layer.

11. A cover for a motor vehicle roof, comprising:
a first sheet of planar extent with a main area,
a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet,
the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet,
a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet, and
the second sheet is connected to the vehicle roof by the coupling element.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Kleinert Oliver
• Lorenz Steffen

Classifications

• B62D25/06

  Fixed roofs (non-fixed roofs or like shelters B60J7/00; roof liners B60R13/02; insulating elements B60R13/08) · CPC title

• B60Q3/208

  Sun roofs; Windows · CPC title

• B60J7/04 Primary

  with rigid plate-like element or elements {, e.g. open roofs with harmonica-type folding rigid panels (B60J7/061 takes precedence)} · CPC title