Openable motor vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorsBernhard Wingen, Wolfgang Seifert
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Abstract
An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with a carrier (16) for a cover element (10) for a roof opening (12) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first slide element (18) and a second slide element (22) which are offset relative to one another and extend in the lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide (40), the first slide element (18) being guided in the vertical direction along a first guideway (20) and the second slide element (22) along a second guideway (24), and the first and the second guideway (20 and 24) being at different vertical levels. In contrast to known motor vehicle roofs, the first guideway (20) and the second guideway (24) are offset relative to one another in the transverse direction of the roof.
Claims13
Openable motor vehicle roof, comprising:
- a cover element for a roof opening which is pivotable and slidable;
- a roof-mounted guide;
- a first slide element and a second slide element which are offset relative to one another in a lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide;
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- a carrier for the cover element which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by the first slide element and the second slide element, the first slide element being guided in a vertical direction along a first guideway and the second slide element being guided along a second guideway, and the first and the second guideways being at different vertical levels and being offset relative to one another in a transverse direction of the roof, and the second guideway having a starting area with a vertically oriented surface area for blocking sliding movement of the second slide element during pivoting of the cover and having a horizontally oriented surface area that is vertically offset with respect to said starting area for enabling sliding of said second slide element after pivoting of the cover;
- and wherein said starting area and said horizontal area are closed from above for preventing disengagement of the second sliding element from the second guideway.
Openable motor vehicle roof, comprising:
- a cover element for a roof opening;
- a roof-mounted guide;
- a first slide element and a second slide element which are offset relative to one another in a lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide;
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- a carrier for the cover element which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by the first slide element and the second slide element, the first slide element being guided in a vertical direction along a first guideway and the second slide element being guided along a second guideway, and the first and the second guideways being at different vertical levels and being offset relative to one another in a transverse direction of the roof;
- wherein the first guideway and the second guideway run essentially horizontally, aside from starting areas thereof and wherein the first guideway and the second guideway ascend in their starting areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.