Open roof construction for a vehicle, as well as a vehicle having such open roof construction

A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the closing part (7) is a pivotable rear window or a vehicle, whereas the co-operating part (15) is a roof part.

A vehicle fitted with an open roof construction, which open roof construction includes a closure element (9, 10) and at least one guide rail (15, 40, 42, 43, 46) provided with a groove (44), in which at least one sliding shoe or slide (14, 19, 32) of the closure element is guided, which guide rail (15, 40, 42, 43, 46) is built up of a number of rail parts (15, 40, 42, 43, 46) joining each other in the longitudinal direction, which rail members can be connected to and disconnected from each other, characterized in that the grooves (44) in said parts (15, 40, 42, 43, 46) of the guide rail diverge slightly at the ends facing towards each other in the interconnected condition.

A vehicle comprising a movable closing part (2, 7, 43) as well as a part (15, 42) of the vehicle that co-operates therewith, which closing part (2, 7, 43) and which co-operating part (15, 42) can be disconnected from each other and be connected to each other again, said parts including a locking element (53) and a mating counter element (43, 54), characterized in that said locking element (53) includes a self-locating fitting means, which can mate with a counter element.

A folding roof for a vehicle having a roof opening, comprising stationary guide rails (15) on either side of the roof opening, a flexible liner (9, 10), a drivable operating beam (13) on the opening side of said liner, which operating beam is guided in said guide rails for selectively opening and closing the roof opening, a number of folding elements (12, 22), which support said liner and which define a folding movement thereof upon opening of the folding roof, which folding elements are mounted on slides (14, 19) which are guided in said guide rails (15), characterized in that said slides (14, 19) are provided with locking elements (23) and in that the guide rails (15) are provided with counter elements (24) at such locations that the locking elements can come into engagement with the counter elements in an extreme closed position of the slides (19) in question, whereas the slides (14, 19) include unlocking elements (29) for unlocking the locking elements (23) of the next slide (19), seen in the opening direction, when the folding roof is being opened.

A folding roof for a vehicle having a roof opening in its fixed roof, comprising stationary guide rails (15) on either side of the roof opening, a flexible liner (9, 10), a drivable operating beam (13) on the opening side of said liner, which operating beam is guided in said guide rails for selectively opening and closing the roof opening, a number of folding elements (12, 22), Which support said liner and which define a foldinq movement thereof upon opening of the folding roof, which folding elements are mounted on slides (14, 19) which are guided in said guide rails (15), as well as a as well as a cover plate (31) on the side of the liner (9, 10) remote from the opening side, which provides a seal against the fixed roof, wherein the slides (14, 19) and the cover plate (31) of the open roof construction are interlocked to form one unit in an entirely open position, after which they can be moved further as a unit, characterized in that said cover plate (31) is mounted on slides (32) capable of sliding movement in said guide rails (15), which each comprise a height adjusting mechanism (33) to be actuated by an adjacent rear slide (19) for moving the cover plate (31) upwards before further movement the aforesaid unit is possible.

A vehicle comprising a swing-down rear closing part (2), which closing part includes a frame (8) with a rear window (7), wherein the frame (8) is supported by arms (55), which are pivotally connected to the vehicle, in such a manner that the closing part (2) is movable between a closed position at the location of the rear window (7) and a swung-down position in the vehicle, characterized in that the arms (55) each include two arm members (56, 59), which are movable relative to each other, and first and second locking means (64, 65), wherein the first locking means (64) lock the arm members (56, 59) in a position which corresponds with the closed position of the frame (8), whereas the second locking means (64, 65) lock the arm members (64, 65) in an intermediate position of the arm members (56, 59) and the frame which is different from the closed position, in which position the arms (55) and the frame (8) can be jointly pivoted to the swung-down position.