Motor vehicle with a closeable roof opening
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorFrancois De Gaillard
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Abstract
A motor vehicle (1) with a vehicle roof (2) with a sequence of cover elements (8) which are guided on roof-mounted guides for selective closing or at least partial clearance of a roof opening (6) in the vehicle roof (2), and the cover elements (8) can be swung out and are located stacked in their swung out position on the back end of the roof opening (6) for complete clearance of the roof opening (6), the roof opening (6) extending as far as the rear trunk lid (9). The cover elements are louvers (8) of a louvered roof (7) and at least the rear louvers, which in their rear closed position are located in the rear window area, are transparent louvers or glass louvers. In this configuration, the cover elements or louvers (8) are located in a compact stacked arrangement in the area above the hat rack (11).
Claims10
Motor vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body having a rear trunk with a rear trunk lid;
- a vehicle roof mounted to the vehicle body and having roof-mounted guides at each of lateral sides of the roof;
- a roof opening formed in vehicle roof between the roof-mounted guides and extending rearward to a rear end of the roof opening which is located at the rear trunk lid;
- a movable roof formed of a series of cover elements which are guided on the roof-mounted guides for selective closing and at least partial clearance of the roof opening in the vehicle roof, the cover elements being stackable in a swung-out, fully opened position at a back end of the roof opening for clearing a major portion of the roof opening;
- wherein the cover elements are louvers of a louvered roof, and wherein at least rear louvers are transparent and have a closed position in which a rear window area of the roof is formed by the transparent rear louvers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.