Patent ID: 8215708

Claim:
Body of a motor vehicle, in which the lateral roof area has an outer skin, an outer roof frame and an inner roof frame, wherein the outer roof frame is arranged under the outer skin and the inner roof frame is arranged under the outer roof frame, and the outer skin, the outer roof frame and the inner roof frame have a common weld flange, by means of which the outer skin, the outer and the inner roof frames are connected to one another and which is designed to accommodate an adhesive layer for a roof module having a roof module frame, and wherein the outer roof frame of the body is designed as a locking element for the roof module frame, at least one part of the outer roof frame of the body extends above the common weld flange, wherein an angle of an area of the at least one part of the outer roof frame sloping away to the common weld flange is more than 90° to the plane of the common weld flange and forms an undercut with the common weld flange.