Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening that can be closed by a cover
AssigneeWebasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik
InventorsThomas Schreiter, Arpad Fuerst, Bernhard Wingen
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Abstract
Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening made in a fixed roof skin which can be closed or at least partially opened as desired by a cover. The cover can be pushed out into a raised ventilation position, in which its rear edge is located above the fixed roof skin, by being pivoted around an axis lying at or near its front edge and can, then, be slid rearward above the roof skin into a slid-back position. Additionally, the cover can be pivoted around an axis lying at or near its rear edge into a lowered ventilation position in which the cover front edge is lowered below the roof skin.
Claims33
In a motor vehicle roof of the type having a roof opening in a fixed roof skin, a cover by which said opening can be closed and at least partially opened, and a cover displacement means for pivoting of the cover around a pivot axis lying in proximity to its front edge, so as to raise a rear edge of the cover above the fixed roof skin into a raised ventilation position and for, selectively, pushing the cover rearward over the fixed roof skin, once raised in a slid-back position;
- the improvement wherein said cover displacement means further comprises means for also pivoting the cover generally around a rear edge of the cover into a lowered ventilation position in which the front edge of the cover is lowered below the fixed roof skin.
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