Openable motor vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorsFrancois De Gaillard, Wolfgang Seifert
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Abstract
A openable motor vehicle roof with at least one cover (10, 12) which can be moved out of a closed position in which it closes a roof opening along a roof guideway (14) to the rear into a deposited position in a rear gate (16) of the motor vehicle. The rear gate is provided with a guideway (22) for the at least one cover and is coupled to the vehicle body to swing about a transverse pivot axis that is located on or near its upper end in order to be swung out of the closed position into an open position. The guideways (14, 22) and the rear gate (16) are made such that the transfer of the at least one cover to the rear gate takes place in a transfer position of the rear gate which lies between the closed position and the open position of the rear gate (16).
Claims16
Openable motor vehicle roof arrangement, comprising:
- a fixed vehicle roof having at least one roof opening formed therein;
- a roof guideway mounted extending along the fixed vehicle roof in a front to rear direction;
- an openable rear gate having an upper end area thereof pivotably mounted at a rear end of the fixed vehicle roof so as to be swingable relative thereto between a closed gate position and an open gate position;
- at least one cover which is movable from a closed cover position in which it closes the roof opening in the fixed vehicle roof, rearward along said roof guideway into a deposited position in the rear gate;
- wherein the rear gate has a guideway for the at least one cover;
- wherein the guideways of the fixed vehicle roof and the rear gate are adapted to enable transfer of the at least one cover from guideway of the fixed vehicle roof to the guideway of the rear gate when the rear gate is in a transfer position which lies between the closed gate position and the open gate position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.