US 11,718,223 B2
Glass panel assembly for a roof of a vehicle
Jiangtao Li, Shanghai (CN); Jur Johannes Maria Custers, Lottum (NL); Eduardus Christianus Henricus Van Boxtel, Zeeland (NL); Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Merselo (NL); Robert Rikkert, Nuenen (NL); Robbert Arij Jeroen De Jong, Panningen (NL); and Sander De Bie, Nuth (NL)
Assigned to INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V., Oostrum (NL)
Filed by Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V., Oostrum (NL)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,726.
Application 17/357,726 is a continuation of application No. 16/883,527, filed on May 26, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 201920766381.2 (CN), filed on May 27, 2019; and application No. 1902408 (EP), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316655 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B60J 7/043 (2006.01); B60Q 3/208 (2017.01); B60Q 3/62 (2017.01); B60Q 3/88 (2017.01); B60Q 3/56 (2017.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/208 (2017.02) [B60J 7/043 (2013.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.02); B60Q 3/56 (2017.02); B60Q 3/62 (2017.02); B60Q 3/88 (2017.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass panel assembly for use in a roof of a vehicle, the glass panel assembly comprising:
a glass panel comprising an interior main surface, the interior main surface of the glass panel being configured to be directed to a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
a frame adhered to the interior main surface, the frame comprising an elongated recess extending between the interior main surface and the frame along a length direction of at least a part of the frame;
an elongate lighting device mechanically retained at the frame by a mating shape of the elongate lighting device engaging the recess and wherein the lighting device is configured to directly illuminate at least a part of said passenger compartment.