Wind deflector for a motor vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorMichael Schoenberger
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Abstract
A motor vehicle roof is provided which includes a roof opening, a movable cover, and a wind deflector coupled to bearing points located laterally with respect to the roof opening such that, in the closed position of the cover, the wind deflector lies between the cover and the roof surface with the deflector's top edge flush with the roof surface. The wind deflector swivels around an axis running through the bearing points when the cover is being opened such that its top edge lies over the fixed roof surface and a side of the wind deflector faces the front edge of the roof opening in any plane which is perpendicular to the swiveling axis. The side of the deflector has a curvature with a radius which corresponds to the distance of the front edge of the roof opening to the swiveling axis of the wind deflector.
Claims13
A motor vehicle roof, comprising:
- a roof opening;
- a cover moveable in a lengthwise direction of the motor vehicle to selectively close and at least partially clear the roof opening;
- a wind deflector coupled to bearing points located laterally with respect to the roof opening, the wind deflector lying between the cover and a front edge of the roof opening and a top edge of the wind deflector flush with a fixed roof surface when the cover is in the closed position, the wind deflector being swiveled around an axis which runs through the bearing points such that the top edge of the wind deflector lies over the fixed roof surface when the cover is being opened, said wind deflector including a side facing the front edge of the roof opening in a plane which is perpendicular to the swiveling axis of the wind deflector, said side having a curvature with a radius corresponding to the distance of the front edge of the roof opening to the swiveling axis of the wind deflector, said distance being measured in the plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.