Sliding-tilting-roof for motor vehicles

US4417763A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Albert Schlapp · Dreieich, DE
• Rudolf Roos · Maintal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 1981
• Grant date: Nov 29, 1983
• Expiry date: May 28, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/024
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding-rising roof for motor vehicles having a rigid cover plate which, in its closed position, closes a roof cut-out while forming an encircling marginal gap. The cover plate has front and rear slide blocks by which it is laterally guided on guide rails in the roof cut-out and is driven by pressure-resistantly and displaceably guided cables which engage the rear slide blocks. The roof can be either raised in the manner of front hinged ventilator flaps, by having its rear edge raised or, once its rear edge has been lowered, moved under the rear rigid roof cover.