Patent ID: 7954889

Claim:
A sub-frame system for integration of at least two different roof modules in a motor vehicle body, the sub-frame system comprising: a common base sub-frame component mountable on the motor vehicle body, the common base sub-frame component including two longitudinally extending members, each having a front end and a rear end, the two longitudinally extending members being disconnected from one another at their respective rear ends; and a plurality of different supplementary sub-frame components, each of said plurality of different supplementary sub-frame components suited for one of the at least two different roof modules and each configured to be detachably connected to the common base sub-frame component such that each supplementary sub-frame component connects the two longitudinally extending members proximate their respective rear ends, and configured to create a sub-frame suitable for a specific roof module, wherein at least one of the supplementary sub-frame components includes an adjustable load beam, wherein the adjustable load beam is adjustable between a closed position and an open position, and wherein the adjustable load beam is arranged in a rear section of the at least one of the supplementary sub-frame components.