Motor vehicle roof with a series of raisable cover elements

US5897160A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Reihl · Starnberg, DE
• Manfred Farber · Wielenbach, DE
• Robert Kronseder · Hohenpolding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/047
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle roof with cover elements which are joined on each of their narrow sides to a pivotable attachment element which is guided along a guideway attached to the roof. Adjacent attachment elements are coupled for joint movement in the opening and closing direction so long as neither is in a fully swung-out position, and are decoupled, one by one as each of the adjacent attachment elements reaches its fully swung-out position. In the decoupled state, the adjacent attachment elements can be moved against one another as they are fully swung-out. An attachment element in the fully swung-out position is locked securely on the roof under the influence of the opening motion of an adjacent attachment element by a respective pivotable locking element, and is automatically released under the influence of the closing motion of the other adjacent attachment elements.