Roof assembly

A roof assembly for a vehicle having a roof opening in a fixed roof, comprising:

• a pair of guide rails configured to be attached stationary to the fixed roof and to extend in longitudinal direction substantially parallel to opposite lateral sides of the roof opening, a roof panel movably supported on the guide rails and configured to close the roof opening in a closed position and to be moved at least rearwardly to an opened position in which the roof opening is at least partly opened, the roof panel having a front edge and a rear edge;
• each guide rail slidably supporting a respective operating mechanism for the roof panel,
• each operating mechanism comprising a front mechanism, a tilting mechanism, a locking mechanism, and a driving slide, each capable of at least partly moving in the guide rail in a longitudinal direction;
• the front mechanism comprising a front lever configured to move the front edge of the roof panel in a vertical direction;
• the locking mechanism comprising a locking lever configured to lock the front mechanism relative to the tilting mechanism;
• the tilting mechanism comprising a sliding claw and a tilting lever configured to move the rear edge of the roof panel in a vertical direction;
• the operating mechanism further comprising a panel bracket which is pivotally connected to the front lever and slidably connected to the sliding claw;
• wherein the driving slide is configured to operate the front mechanism on a first side of the panel bracket in the guide rail and configured to operate the locking mechanism on a second, opposite side of the panel bracket in the guide rail;
• and
• wherein the tilting mechanism is operable by the locking mechanism on the second side of the panel bracket in the guide rail.