Assembly including at least one guide rail and one slide for a roll-up sun screen in a motor vehicle
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsMartin Messerschmidt, Rainer Hattass
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Abstract
An assembly for a shade system of a motor vehicle, such as a roll-up shade or a sliding sunroof, includes a guide rail and a slide movable in the guide rail. The slide includes a braking element engageable in a braking groove of the guide rail to stop the slide in a desired position in the guide rail. The slide has a swivel pin and a support element acted upon by a spring and set apart from the swivel pin. The support element is supported on the guide rail so that the braking element is forced into the braking groove to stop the slide in the guide rail.
Claims16
An assembly comprising:
- at least one guide rail having at least one braking groove;
- and
- a slide movable in said guide rail, said slide having at least one braking element engageable in said at least one braking groove, a swivel pin pivotable about an axis, a sliding segment, and a support element supported on said guide rail to force said at least one braking element into said at least one braking groove.
A method of moving a slide in a guide rail comprising the steps of:
- pivoting said slide in a first direction to remove at least one braking element of said slide from at least one braking groove of said guide rail;
- moving said slide in said guide rail;
- and
- pivoting said slide in a second direction opposite to said first direction to engage said at least one braking element of said slide from said at least one braking groove of said guide rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.