Guide arrangement for motor vehicle sliding roofs

US6874846B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArvinMeritor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Friedrich · Zeil am Main, DE
• Rainer Hattass · Grundau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/057
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A guide arrangement for linear sliding movements of guide shoes (10) along guide rails (3) for sliding roofs of motor vehicles includes slide elements (17, 20) at three spaced points, which coincide approximately with the vertices of an imaginary triangle. The slide elements are guided in sliding fashion along three associated slideways (16, 19) of the guide rail (3) with little play or, if the guide shoe (10) is resilient, even without play or rattling.