US 6,659,541 B1Granted

Sun roof cover for a roof opening in a motor vehicle roof

AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH

InventorJean-Luc Guicheteau

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Abstract

A sliding roof cover for the roof opening of a motor vehicle roof which is supported to be moved along and be raised on guide rails which run lengthwise on either side of the roof opening. The sliding cover including a bearing on each guide rail having a front and a rear swiveling guide arrangement for raising or lowering the front edge and/or rear edge section of the cover when opening or closing the cover, and the two swiveling arrangements being coupled to one another. Each swiveling guide arrangement has a swiveling arm coupled to the cover and two guide elements which are spaced apart from one another and are movably supported on a guideway located on the roof-mounted guide rail. The two guide elements of each swiveling arm are guided in a deflection section of the guideway such that they swivel the swiveling arms for lifting or lowering the front or rear section of the cover.

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Dependent claims

Sliding roof cover for the roof opening of a motor vehicle roof capable of being moved along and raised on guide rails which run lengthwise on each side of the roof opening comprising,

a bearing means on each side of the roof opening which cooperates with a respective one of the guide rails and includes a front and a rear swiveling means for raising a front edge and a rear edge of the cover when opening the cover from a closed position, and for lowering the front edge and the rear edge of the cover when lowering the cover back to said closed position after opening thereof, wherein
the front and rear swiveling means, at each side of the roof opening, are coupled to one another by a respective guideway which produces a synchronized movement of the front and rear swiveling means, and
each swiveling means includes a swiveling arm coupled to the cover wherein each swiveling arm includes first and second guide elements which are spaced apart from one another and which are movably supported on said respective guideway and are guided along a deflection section of the respective guideway such that the swiveling arms are swiveled for raising or lowering the front edge and rear edge of the cover.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.