Ventilator roof for motor vehicles
AssigneeWebasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik
InventorsThomas Schreiter, Arpad Fuerst, Werner Paetz
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Abstract
A ventilator roof for use in motor vehicles with a roof opening made in a front part of a fixed roof skin. The roof opening can be closed by a single cover that can be swung, by pivoting around a pivoting axis at or near its rear edge, into a ventilation position in which the cover front edge is at a distance below the fixed roof surface, while the cover rear edge is kept approximately at the height of the fixed roof skin. Starting from the ventilation position, the cover can be lowered at its rear edge below the fixed roof surface and can then be slid as a whole rearwardly under the roof skin into an open position that at least partially opens the roof opening.
Claims37
A ventilator roof structure for a motor vehicle having a fixed roof skin with a roof opening therein, a single cover operable to close said roof opening in a closed position, and an adjustment means for swinging said cover from said closed position into a ventilation position in which a front edge of the cover is spaced a distance below the fixed roof skin and a rear edge of the cover is substantially at the same height as the fixed roof skin, and for moving said cover rearward into an open position that at least partially opens said roof opening, wherein said roof opening is provided in a front portion of said fixed roof skin, wherein said cover is pivotable about a pivot axis provided by said adjustment means near a rear edge of said cover for swinging the cover into said ventilation position, and wherein said adjustment means is operable for moving said cover from said ventilation position into said open position by lowering the rear edge of the cover below said fixed roof skin and then sliding said cover rearward under said roof skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.