IP Library Granted Patent US 12691733
Granted Patent B2
US 12691733 · App. 18/041,311 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Roof arrangement having a liner element

Inventor: Bernhard Harnischfeger (Stockdorf, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
B60J1/006B60R13/0212B60R13/0231B62D25/06B62D29/043
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Patent No.
US 12691733
App. No.
18/041,311
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A roof arrangement of a motor vehicle, the roof arrangement having a fixed roof element which is disposed rigidly and so as to not be displaceable with respect to a roof substructure and comprises a flat glass or plastic panel, and the roof arrangement having a headliner having a liner element, which forms an inner viewing area and which is connected to the fixed roof element. The fixed roof element has a mold portion manufactured according to a foaming process or injection molding process which is molded onto the glass or plastic panel and on which a fastening geometry is molded, to which the liner element is fastened.

Claims (22)

1 . A roof arrangement of a motor vehicle, the roof arrangement comprising:

a fixed roof element which is disposed rigidly and so as to not be displaceable with respect to a roof substructure and comprises a flat glass or plastic panel, and

the roof arrangement comprising a headliner having a liner element, which forms an inner viewing area and which is connected to the fixed roof element,

wherein the fixed roof element has a mold portion manufactured according to a foaming process or injection molding process which is molded onto the glass or plastic panel and on which a fastening geometry is molded, to which the liner element is fastened,

wherein the glass or plastic panel has an edge foaming at its circumferential edge, and

wherein the mold portion is molded from a polyurethane material from which the edge foaming is also formed.

2 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the liner element is in engagement with the fastening geometry.

3 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening geometry comprises a groove.

4 . The roof arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the groove has an undercut.

5 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the liner element has a fastening structure, which engages in the fastening geometry of the mold portion.

6 . The roof arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the fastening structure comprises an edge beading.

7 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mold portion is disposed on a lower surface of the glass or plastic panel.

8 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mold portion is spaced apart from the edge foaming.

9 . The roof arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the glass or plastic panel is glued to the roof substructure via a glue bead in an area between the edge foaming and the mold portion.

10 . A roof arrangement of a motor vehicle, the roof arrangement comprising:

a fixed roof element which is disposed rigidly and so as to not be displaceable with respect to a roof substructure and comprises a flat glass or plastic panel, and

the roof arrangement comprising a headliner having a liner element, which forms an inner viewing area and which is connected to the fixed roof element,

wherein the fixed roof element has a mold portion manufactured according to a foaming process or injection molding process which is molded onto the glass or plastic panel and on which a fastening geometry is molded, to which the liner element is fastened,

wherein the mold portion is formed frame-like,

wherein the glass or plastic panel has an edge foaming at its circumferential edge,

wherein the mold portion is molded from a polyurethane material from which the edge foaming is also formed, and

wherein the frame-like mold portion is formed circumferentially.