Vehicle roof with two cover elements

US5601330A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Ulbrich · Kaufering, DE
• Thomas Wikelski · Schlagenhofen, DE
• Johann Mayer · Wernberg-Köblitz, DE
• Olaf Kraschienski · Munich, DE
• Christian Toduta · Germering, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 11, 1997
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle roof with two cover elements (2, 3) which selectively close or at least partially expose a roof opening. The front cover element is formed as a wind deflector strip (2) which can be pivot around a pivot axis forming pin (4) located near its front edge and which can be raised at its rear edge above the fixed vehicle roof (1). The rear cover element is designed as sliding cover (3) which can be lowered under the fixed vehicle roof (1) by means of a lowering mechanism and which can be moved under the fixed vehicle roof (1) on slide elements (20, 33) which can be moved along guide rails (18) which are secured to the roof. The wind deflector strip (2) and sliding cover (3) can be actuated by means of a common drive (drive cable 27). At each lateral side of the roof, the sliding cover (3) has front and rear slide elements (20, 33) to which the lowering mechanism is coupled for forced actuation of the two cover elements which, however, is independent of time. Furthermore, there are front and rear auxiliary slide elements (13, 26) which can move relative to the front and rear slide elements (20, 33) and which can be coupled automatically to the respective slide element (20, 33) o…