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AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorSuyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei
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An open roof construction includes a rollo screen and a winding shaft. The screen includes a screen edge which is attached to a stationary member. An operating beam on an opposite edge is movable parallel to the opening in correspondence with the amount of screen wound on or off the winding shaft. The screen has two longitudinal edges which, when the screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening. The holding members each comprise at least a groove having an elongated opening. An edge area near each edge of the screen is insertable into the respective groove together with a locking member clamping the screen in the groove. The locking member, the edge area of the screen and the groove having a shape and/or dimension preventing the locking member from unintentially leaving the groove through the entrance opening.
An open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening in a stationary roof part and a rollo assembly positioned below said roof opening for covering the roof opening, wherein the rollo assembly comprises a rollo screen and a winding shaft, said rollo screen including a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member of the open roof construction, wherein an opposite edge is formed by an operating beam which is movable parallel to the roof opening in first and second directions in correspondence with the amount of rollo screen being wound on or off said winding shaft, the rollo screen having two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening, wherein the holding members each comprise at least a holding groove having an elongated entrance opening, an edge area near each longitudinal edge of the rollo screen being insertable into the respective holding groove together with a locking member clamping the rollo screen in the holding groove, the locking member, the edge area of the rollo screen and the holding groove having a shape and/or dimension preventing the locking member from unintentially leaving the holding groove through the entrance opening.
An open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening in a stationary roof part and a rollo assembly positioned below said roof opening intended for covering the roof opening, wherein the rollo assembly comprises a rollo screen and a winding shaft for the rollo screen which is rotatable around a stationary axis of rotation, and wherein the rollo screen, starting from the winding shaft, firstly extends in a first direction, next around a reversal member and finally back in an opposite second direction and ends at a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member of the open roof construction, wherein the reversal member is movable in parallel to said first and second directions in correspondence with the amount of rollo screen being wound on or off said winding shaft, the rollo screen having two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening, characterized in that the holding members each comprise a least a holding groove having an elongated entrance opening, the longitudinal edges of the rollo screen being insertable into the holding groove together with a locking member clamping the rollo screen in the holding groove, the locking member, the edge area of the rollo screen and the holding groove having a shape and/or dimension preventing the locking member from leaving the holding groove through the entrance opening.
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