Openable motor vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorFrancois DeGaillard
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Abstract
An openable motor vehicle roof with a fixed roof structure having front and rear roof openings, a front roof system which covers the front roof opening and which includes at least one roof cover which is selective movable in a pivoting position such that its rear edge is positioned above the fixed roof structure and which can be moved longitudinally to at least partially expose the front roof opening. The openable motor vehicle roof further includes a rear roof system which has at least one roof cover which in a closed position covers the rear roof opening over a cargo space in the rear area of the motor vehicle and at least partially clears the rear roof opening in an at least partially opened position.
Claims15
A motor vehicle roof comprising:
- a fixed roof structure having a front roof opening and a rear roof opening;
- at least one front roof panel which has a closed position in which said at least one front roof panel covers said front roof opening, said at least one front roof panel being selectively movable from said closed position to at least partially expose said front roof opening such that a rear edge of said at least one front roof panel is displaced over said fixed roof structure;
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- at least one rear roof panel which has a closed position in which said at least one rear roof panel covers said rear roof opening over a cargo space in an interior rear area of a motor vehicle, said at least one rear roof panel being selectively movable to at least partially expose said rear roof opening;
- wherein said at least one rear roof panel includes a rigid cover having a rear edge which rests adjacent at least one of a rear window, a rear hatch and a rear door of the motor vehicle while in said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.