Roof assembly for a roof of a vehicle, and method of moving a closure panel and wind deflector of a roof assembly

A roof assembly for a vehicle having a roof opening in its fixed roof, comprising:

• a stationary part at least partially defining a roof opening passage below the roof opening;
• a movable closure panel for opening and closing the roof opening;
• guide rails in or on the stationary part extending laterally of the roof opening;
• a closure moving mechanism guided in said guide rails and having a front end, wherein the closure moving mechanism comprises panel supports fixed to the closure panel above respective guide rails, each of said panel supports being provided with a front slide shoe guided in the respective guide rail;
• a wind deflector positioned at a front edge of said roof opening, said wind deflector being movable between an inoperative lower position in which it is positioned substantially below the level of the vehicle roof and at least one operative upper position in which it at least partially extends above said level;
• arms supporting the wind deflector, each arm extending substantially rearwards up to a rear end of the arm, such that at least in one position of the closure panel the front end of the closure moving mechanism is positioned forwardly of the rear end of the arms, said arms are configured to move the wind deflector between the inoperative and operative positions, wherein the wind deflector arms are positioned in plan view at least partly within the lateral boundaries of the respective guide rails, and wherein each front slide shoe is guided in a guide groove of the respective guide rail which extends at least partly under a support structure of a respective wind deflector arm.