Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle roof structure and vehicle, and method of manufacturing vehicle roof unit
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Application No.: US14553411Application Date: 2014-11-25
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Publication No.: US09597956B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Hirotaka Inaba , Hideaki Terai
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Current Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-246418 20131128
- Main IPC: B60K16/00
- IPC: B60K16/00 ; B62D25/06 ; B62D29/00 ; B32B37/04 ; B32B37/10 ; B32B17/10 ; H01L31/048 ; H02S20/20 ; B60J7/00

Abstract:
A vehicle roof structure includes a solar cell unit including a plurality of solar cells arranged in a planar form, a plate-like roof panel made of a resin having transparency and disposed to cover the solar cell unit from above, and a plurality of reinforcements each being implemented by a metallic member and disposed to support the solar cell unit from below and to extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction and/or a vehicle width direction. The vehicle roof can be reduced in weight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150145289A1 VEHICLE ROOF STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VEHICLE ROOF UNIT Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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