Openable motor vehicle roof

US6550853B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Wingen · Straubing, DE
• Wolfgang Seifert · Wielenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with a carrier (16) for a cover element (10) for a roof opening (12) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first slide element (18) and a second slide element (22) which are offset relative to one another and extend in the lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide (40), the first slide element (18) being guided in the vertical direction along a first guideway (20) and the second slide element (22) along a second guideway (24), and the first and the second guideway (20 and 24) being at different vertical levels. In contrast to known motor vehicle roofs, the first guideway (20) and the second guideway (24) are offset relative to one another in the transverse direction of the roof.