Patent · US Expired

Sliding roof for motor vehicles

US4312533A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

4References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Hans Jardin · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Walter Schatzler · Gauting, DE
Werner Sielk · Lechenich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 1980
Grant date	Jan 26, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding roof assembly for motor vehicles of the type having a translucent, rigid sliding cover that closes a roof opening of a fixed roof part in a closed position and is lowerable down and out of the opening and is slidable behind a rear roof part in an open position as well as a sliding headlining that is slidable independently of the sliding cover and jointly therewith is improved in accordance with the present invention by the construction of guide channels for the sliding headlining by surfaces of a U-shaped shield connected to the sliding cover and a portion of an upper surface of lateral tracks used to guide the sliding cover.

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