Abstract: A roof arrangement for a vehicle, which is particularly useful in a passenger car, has a roof frame, a sliding cover, and two lateral guideways, in which the sliding cover is movably guided for closing or at least partially exposing a roof opening. The sliding cover interacts with several bearing devices. Each bearing device, on one side, is linked to the sliding cover and, on the other side, is supported by way of a guiding element in one of the guideways. Each of the bearing devices has a lever arrangement which is fastened to the guiding element as well as to the sliding cover in a pivot bearing. In order to avoid bearing device rattling noise when the sliding cover is open, the lever arrangement is supported in its pivot bearing against at least one of the guiding element and the sliding lid by way of an elastic element made of a rubber-elastic material.

Abstract: The vehicle mounted cargo van has a floor, rigid side walls, a rigid front wall, a roof and a rear wall. The rear wall is a door assembly that opens substantially the entire rear of the van. An elongated cargo opening is provided in one of the rigid side walls. The cargo opening extends upwardly from the floor about one meter. The horizontal length of the elongated cargo opening is longer than the length of the longest elongated cargo that is to be transported in the cargo van. An elongated cargo door assembly is pivotally attached to the cargo van for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis that is slightly below the elongated cargo opening. A latch assembly secures the elongated door assembly in a closed position. When the latch assembly is released, the elongated cargo door assembly pivots about 180° to an open position.

Abstract: An automotive headliner assembly includes a substrate that is configured to mount to a vehicle in a position generally covering a lower surface of a passenger compartment roof. Cavities are formed into the substrate between the upper substrate surface and the lower substrate surface to provide receptacles for electrical wiring, fiber optic cabling, EA foam and the like or to form a duct for directing air flow. Each of the cavities is integrally formed in the substrate. A foam layer is adhered to a lower surface of the substrate and the decorative cover is adhered to a lower surface of the foam layer. The headliner is constructed by first extruding molten parison into a blow mold shaped to complement the desired exterior contours of the headliner substrate to be formed. The cavities are then formed in the molten parison by inserting at least one blow pin into the parison and injecting pressurized gas.

Abstract: In a floor structure of a vehicle comprising: left and right side sills; a substantially flat floor panel extending between the left and right side sills; and a cross member for connecting the left and right side sills, the cross member comprises: left and right upper members which extend inwardly from the left and right side sills, respectively, and attached to a top surface of the floor panel with their opposing inward ends spaced from each other; and a lower member extending laterally across a part of a lateral length of the vehicle and attached to an under surface of the floor panel. In the above floor structure, an open space formed beside the lower member can accommodate external piping under the floor panel, and the floor surface can be substantially flat by placing front seats over the upper members. Thus, a floor structure is achieved in which the floor surface is substantially flat and the floor is placed at a lower position.