Device for closing off an aperture in the body of a vehicle, and corresponding vehicle

A motor vehicle comprising at least one device for closing off an opening formed in a structure, comprising a stationary portion, in which the opening is defined, and at least one sliding movable panel guided along two guide rails mounted on a face of said stationary panel, between a closure position, closing off said opening, in a first plane defined by said stationary panel, called closure plane, and at least one opening position, in a second plane, called sliding plane, substantially parallel to said closure plane, each of said guide rails carrying at least one shuttle translationally guided in said respective rail, translationally movable in said guide rails, and ensuring passage of the movable panel from said closure position into said at least one opening position, and vice versa, and the sliding movement of said movable panel in said sliding plane,

• wherein at least one of said guide rails carries a removable guiding element with a length at least equal to the length of said shuttle, allowing, when removed, disengaging said shuttle from said respective guide rail, and
• wherein at least one of said guide rails carries at least one hook able to be secured to a corresponding compartment formed in said removable guiding element in said securing position, said removable guiding element being movable in a direction parallel to said guide rails, between a position of securing to the respective rail and a release position and being movable in at least one direction perpendicular to said guide rails, so as to be separated from the latter.

A device for closing off an opening formed in a structure, comprising a stationary portion, in which the opening is defined, and at least one sliding movable panel guided along two guide rails mounted on a face of said stationary panel, between a closure position, closing off said opening, in a first plane defined by said stationary panel, called closure plane, and at least one opening position, in a second plane, called sliding plane, substantially parallel to said closure plane,

• each of said guide rails carrying at least one shuttle translationally guided in said respective rail, translationally movable in said guide rails, and ensuring passage of the movable panel from said closure position into said at least one opening position, and vice versa, and the sliding movement of said movable panel in said sliding plane,
• wherein at least one of said guide rails carries a removable guiding element with a length at least equal to the length of said shuttle, allowing, when removed, disengaging said shuttle from said respective guide rail, and
• wherein said removable guiding element carries at least one hook able to be secured to a corresponding compartment formed in said at least one of said guide rails in a securing position,
• said removable guiding element being movable in a direction parallel to said at least one of said guide rails, between a position of securing to the respective rail and a release position and being movable in at least one direction perpendicular to said at least one of said guide rails, so as to be separated from the latter.