Sliding roof for vehicles

US4183577A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Ohrle · Herrenberg, DE
• Richard Godel · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 1978
• Grant date: Jan 15, 1980
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/192
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding roof for vehicles, especially for passenger motor vehicles, equipped with a sliding cover movable in the vehicle longitudinal direction within longitudinal guidances and with a locking mechanism for the sliding cover to prevent movement thereof relative to the longitudinal guidances; at least one pressure member movable along with the sliding cover is provided, which is guided and selectively actuatable transversely to the slide direction; the pressure members which preferably consist of suitable soft-elastic material, are adapted to engage with brake surfaces extending at least approximately vertically in the slide direction whereby the brake surfaces are provided with a roughening to increase the attainable brake forces.