Open roof construction for a vehicle
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorMarcel Johan Christiaan Nellen
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Abstract
An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening in a fixed roof part, comprises a first panel and a second panel for at least closing first and second portions of the roof opening. The first panel is movably supported by an operating mechanism guided in a guide rail. A rear support member partly moves alongside the second panel when the first panel moves above the second panel. The seal of the second panel and/or of the fixed roof part being such that the rear support member is enabled to pass between the second panel and the fixed roof part. The seal for the second panel extends, in lateral sense, more inwardly than the seal of the first panel at the rear thereof when in the closed position, the rear support member passing between the seal on the holding member and the second panel.
Claims12
An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening in a fixed roof part, comprising:
- a guide rail extending along at least one longitudinal side of the roof opening;
- a first panel for closing and at least partly opening a first portion of the roof opening and a second panel for at least closing a second portion of the roof opening;
- a first seal to seal at least side edges of the first panel with respect to the fixed roof part;
- an operating mechanism guided in the guide rail and configured to movably support the first panel, the operating mechanism including a rear support member attached to the first panel and supporting a rear portion of the first panel, the guide rail and operating mechanism being such that the rear support member is movable to an extent that the rear support member partly moves alongside the second panel when the first panel moves above the second panel;
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- a second seal for the second panel, wherein the second seal for the second panel is attached to a holding member such that at a front of the second panel it extends, in lateral sense, more inwardly than the first seal of the first panel, the rear support member passing between the second seal on the holding member and the second panel when the first panel moves above the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.