A system for mounting a fairing 12 to a vehicle roof 14 has a first bracket 46 with a pivot 16, a second bracket 20 with first and second notches 30, 36 at least partially bounded by wall regions, and a reinforcement 34 coupled to fairing 12 and having first and second bores 42, 44 vertically aligned with respective notches 30, 36. Pivot 16 couples fairing 12 to first bracket 46, and reinforcement 34 is coupled to second bracket 20 using at least one bolt. An installation method is also provided, in which fairing 12 is held in a raised position RP by the bolt using first notch 30 and first bore 42 while the fairing is being painted, and then moved to a lowered position having a seal to cover a gap between roof 14 and fairing 12.
System for mounting a roof fairing to a roof of a vehicle
2021-07-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
Roof fairing, railway vehicle and roof fairing mounting method
European Patent Office | 2020
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