Sliding roof system

US9227492B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roof Systems Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Vogel · Brigachtal, DE
• Stefan Kunkel · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Rainer Arnold · Obertshausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A sliding roof system is shown having a pair of guide rails, a slide in each guide rail, the slide being displaceably mounted therein, a functional component which is displaceably received in the guide rail and can be fixed in a raised position by means of a latching hook, the latching hook being shiftable between a release position and a latching position, the latching hook when in the latching position engaging in an opening of the guide rail, and a cover which can be opened from a closed position by displacement of the slide, a retaining lever being provided which can mechanically hold the latching hook in the latching position, wherein the retaining lever is adapted to be pivoted about a pivot pin between the release position and the retaining position.