# US 2018/0022194 A1 · Arrangement comprising a cover for a vehicle roof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022194 A1 - Document ID: US20180022194A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/547,734 - Filed: 2016-02-04 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-06 - Assignees: Webasto SE - Applicants: Webasto SE - Inventors: Dominik Hölzel; Thomas Ripa; Christian Lipovsky - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022194A1 ## CPC - B60J 7/057: Driving or actuating arrangements (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. manually operated levers or knobs} - B60J 7/022: {Sliding roof trays or assemblies} - B60J 7/024: {characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel (B60J7/043 - B60J7/053 take precedence)} - B60J 7/043: Sunroofs (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. sliding above the roof} - B60J 7/1856: {for interlocking the roof linkage system when deployed} - B60J 7/19: for rigid panels {(B60J7/1851 - B60J7/1856 take precedence)} - B60J 7/02: of sliding type {, e.g. comprising guide shoes} - B60J 7/047: movable to overlapping or nested relationship {(B60J7/041 takes precedence)} - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) ## Abstract Vehicle roof arrangement can have displaceable sliding member, activation element having a mechanical coupling element, locationally fixed construction element in relation to the guide rail and has a coupling element pocket, and an elastic element mounted to be locationally fixed in relation to the guide rail. In a first state the elastic element protrudes into the pocket. In a second state the elastic element is guided out of the pocket. In a first movement section of the sliding member the elastic element by the sliding member is transferable from the first state to the second state. In an adjacent second movement section an introduction of the coupling element into the pocket is controllable, and the activation element is blocked in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In an adjacent third movement section the elastic element is again transferable to the first state, and the coupling element is blocked. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An arrangement comprising a cover for a vehicle roof, said arrangement having a sliding member which is displaceable in a guide rail in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of a drive; an activation element having a mechanical coupling element; a construction element that is locationally fixed in relation to the guide rail, a pocket which in the shaping thereof is adapted to the mechanical coupling element being formed in said construction element; and an elastic element that is mounted so as to be locationally fixed in relation to the guide rail; wherein in a first state the elastic element by way of a locking region protrudes into the pocket; in a second state the locking region is guided out of the pocket; such that, starting from a closed position of the cover, when the sliding member is being displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in a first movement section of the sliding member the elastic element by means of the sliding member is transferable from the first state to the second state; in an adjacent second movement section of the sliding member an introduction of the mechanical coupling element into the pocket is controllable such that a displacement of the activation element is blocked at least in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and in an adjacent third movement section of the sliding member the elastic element is transferable from the second state to the first state, and a movement of the coupling element out of the pocket is blocked. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element in the first state protrudes into the pocket by way of a first groove which is configured in the construction element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the elastic element is guided in the first groove. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a second groove is configured in the coupling element, the elastic element in the first state at least partially engaging in said second groove so as to block the coupling element when the coupling element is located in the pocket. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the second groove of the coupling element is at least partially configured so as to be funnel-shaped. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein one end of the elastic element is mounted so as to be locationally fixed, and the locking region of the elastic element is movable by means of the sliding member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element in the first state is pretensioned and impacts on a detent element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element has a contact region which when the sliding member is being displaced contacts the sliding member in order for the elastic element to be transferred from the first state to the second state and/or to be transferred from the second state to the first state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the contact region (KB) is configured as a gate-type guide. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the contact region has a first part-portion in which a spacing of an external side of the elastic element that faces a base of the guide rail from the base decreases toward the rear in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the contact region has a second part-portion in which a spacing of an external side of the elastic element that faces a base of the guide rail from the base increases toward the rear in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element by means of the sliding member is movable in a plane which is defined by the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a vertical direction that is perpendicular thereto. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element is disposed between the construction element and the activation element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the activation element is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of the sliding member, wherein the activation element in the closed position of the cover is coupled to the sliding member and upon the introduction of the coupling element into the pocket is decoupled from the sliding member when the sliding member is displaced farther. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the activation element, starting from the closed position of the cover, when the sliding member is being displaced, in a decoupling plane is capable of being decoupled from the sliding member, and in the second movement section relative to the guide rail is capable of being blocked by introducing the coupling element into the pocket, wherein the introduction of the coupling element for blocking is performed substantially in the normal direction of the decoupling plane. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the decoupling plane is defined by the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a vertical direction that is perpendicular thereto. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the activation element in the closed position of the cover by way of the coupling element is coupled to the sliding member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the activation element is configured as a deployment rod. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element is configured as a spring element, in particular as a coil spring or a torsion spring. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The arrangement according claim 1, wherein the coupling element is configured as a friction element, in particular as a rotary slide.