Sliding roof

US6224147A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Farber · Wielenbach, DE
• Wolfgang Ettl · Gräfelfing, DE
• Jadi Karami-Malamiri · Hersbruck, DE
• Wolfgang Dittrich · Gilching, DE
• Andreas Engl · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1998
• Grant date: May 1, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/022
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding roof with at least one slidable and optionally also raisable rigid cover element for selectively closing or at least partially exposing a roof opening of a motor vehicle in which the cover element is guided along at least one roof-mounted guide for a sliding motion between an open position and a closed position and is equipped with a brake mechanism which takes effect only in case of a crash, the brake mechanism remaining inactive during normal movements of the cover element between the open and closed position, and braking the cover element over a path which has a length which is dependent on the acceleration forces which occur during a crash.