US 11,932,094 B2
Passenger car having a roof module
Achim Demmer, Magstadt (DE); and Detlev Penczek, Rastatt (DE)
Assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/763,986
Filed by Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070976
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058173, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 006 759.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305890 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 7/043 (2006.01); B60J 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/022 (2013.01) [B60J 7/043 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger car, comprising:
a roof, wherein the roof defines a roof opening;
a roof module disposed in the roof opening, wherein the roof opening is delimited by transverse elements and longitudinal elements;
wherein the roof module includes:
a module frame comprising longitudinal frame parts spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the passenger car as first frame parts and transverse frame parts spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the passenger car as second frame parts, wherein the longitudinal frame parts are connected to one another by the transverse frame parts; and
a cover element, wherein the cover element is held on the module frame and is displaceable relative to the module frame; and
a cover panel element, wherein the cover panel element is a component of a body shell of the passenger car, wherein the cover panel element is integrated into a front one of the second frame parts of the module frame of the roof module, wherein the cover panel element has a visible surface which forms a part of the body shell of the passenger car, and wherein the visible surface is high-gloss black such that it corresponds to a black-printed edge region of a windscreen of the passenger car;
wherein one of the transverse frame parts of the module frame of the roof module is directly connected to one of the transverse elements that delimit the roof opening of the roof of the passenger car such that a profile component is formed which has a closed hollow cross section and wherein the one of the transverse elements that delimit the roof opening of the roof of the passenger car forms a lower shell of the profile component and the one of the transverse frame parts of the module frame of the roof module forms an upper shell of the profile component.