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Roof system for a motor vehicle

US9376000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

BOS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Heidan · Stuttgart, DE
Hartmut EBERST · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Marius Marquart · Scharnhauser Park, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 21, 2013
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/1856
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Roof system for a motor vehicle having a fixed roof cutout and having a movably mounted roof part for closing and opening the roof cutout which is displaceable by a tilt and guide mechanism between a closed position, a tilt position and an open position. The tilt and guide mechanism includes on both sides of the roof part in each case a front tilt lever and a rear tilt lever pivotably connected to the roof part by means of a pivot point and operatively connected to a control carriage movable in a guide rail arrangement. The roof part pivot points of the front and of the rear tilt lever are interconnected by an integral, dimensionally stable fastening profile extending along a side edge of the roof part and fastened on the side edge thereof.

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