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US 10,173,503 B2Granted
Open roof construction for a vehicle and rollo assembly for use therein
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorSuyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei
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AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorSuyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei
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An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a rollo assembly. The rollo assembly comprises a rollo screen and a winding shaft for the rollo screen which is rotatable around a stationary axis of rotation. The rollo screen firstly extends in a first direction, next around a reversal member and finally back in an opposite second direction and ends at a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member. The rollo screen has two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members. The longitudinal edges of the rollo screen each comprise a hooking member insertable into a holding groove and hook behind a narrow entrance thereof. A reversal member is provided with a device acting on at least one of the hooking member and holding groove to enable the hooking member to enter and exit the holding groove.
An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening in a stationary roof part comprising a rollo assembly positioned below said roof opening and configured to cover the roof opening, the rollo assembly comprising a rollo screen and a winding shaft, said rollo screen including a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member of the open roof construction, wherein an opposite edge being formed by an operating beam which is movable parallel to the roof opening in first and second directions in correspondence with an amount of rollo screen being wound on or off said winding shaft, the rollo screen having two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening, wherein the holding members each comprise a least a holding groove having a narrow entrance, the longitudinal edge areas of the rollo screen each cooperating with a locking member which is insertable into the holding groove and hooks behind the narrow entrance thereof thereby holding the respective longitudinal edge of the rollo screen in the holding groove, the operating beam being provided with a device acting on at least one of the locking member and holding groove to enable the locking member and the edge area of the rollo screen to enter and exit the holding groove.
An open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening in a stationary roof part and a rollo assembly positioned below said roof opening intended for covering the roof opening, wherein the rollo assembly comprises a rollo screen and a winding shaft for the rollo screen which is rotatable around a stationary axis of rotation, and wherein the rollo screen, starting from the winding shaft, firstly extends in a first direction, next around a reversal member and finally back in a second opposite direction and ends at a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member of the open roof construction, wherein the reversal member supports the screen and is movable parallel to said first and second directions in in correspondence with the amount of rollo screen being wound on or off said winding shaft, the rollo screen having two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening, wherein the holding members each comprise at least a holding groove having an elongated entrance opening, the longitudinal edges of the rollo screen, together with a locking member clamping the rollo screen in the holding groove, being insertable into the holding groove through the elongated entrance opening with a device attached to the reversal member, wherein the locking member, the edge area of the rollo screen and the holding groove have at least one of a shape and dimension preventing the locking member and the edge area of the ran screen from leaving the holding groove through the elongated entrance opening.
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