US 7,320,498 B2
Roof module for a motor vehicle
Horst Boehm, Frankfurt am Main (Germany); and Rainer Grimm, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Assigned to ArvinMeritor GmbH, Dietzenbach (Germany)
Filed on Dec. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/293,767.
Claims priority of application No. 04029113 (EP), filed on Dec. 08, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0119142 A1, Jun. 08, 2006
Int. Cl. B60J 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—216.06 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof module for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an external roof skin;
a roof ledge, the roof module together with the roof ledge comprising a preassembled unit with the roof ledge being configured as a separate part; and
a connecting portion, the roof ledge being coupled to the connecting portion to form a clip connection interface, wherein the roof ledge is pivotable between an upright position and a retracted position via the clip connection interface, and wherein the connecting portion is configured to have a first noncircular profile with the roof ledge having a second noncircular profile that corresponds to the first noncircular profile wherein the first and second noncircular profiles interfit with each other to form the clip connection interface.