Motor vehicle roof with sliding cover and wind deflector

US6135544A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Georg Kohlpaintner · Maisach, DE
• Thomas Staltmayer · Gauting, DE
• Engelbert Hirschvogel · Stockdorf, DE
• Gunther Schwanitz · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2000
• Expiry date: May 10, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

Motor vehicle roof with at least one roof opening (11) which can be selectively closed or at least partially exposed by means of an sliding cover (12) which can be displaced by a cover A drive (20), and with a wind deflector (14) which is located along the front edge (13) of the roof opening and which can be operated by a wind deflector actuating mechanism (23) depending on the movements of the sliding cover or the cover drive, between a working position with the roof (10) at least partially opened and a rest position with the roof closed. To suppress wind deflector whistling noises, the wind deflector actuating mechanism is coupled to the cover drive or the sliding cover itself such that, when the roof is opened, the wind deflector is raised into the working position on a delayed basis, after the sliding cover is first moved a predetermined distance (S) in the opening direction.