Frame arrangement for a vehicle roof

USRE34098E · kind E · reissue

Assignee

• Webasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Schleicher · Hersbruck, DE
• Alfons Lutz · Grafing, DE
• Hans Jardin · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Karl Dworschak · Munich, DE
• Peter Wolf · Tonawanda, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 1991
• Grant date: Oct 13, 1992
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A frame arrangement for a vehicle roof that has a roof opening that is closable by a displaceable cover panel that, along with driving and guiding components thereof, is supported on a frame bounding the roof opening which has only the function of a support, i.e., does not form a necessary part of a fully functional installation unit, comprising a guide insert and a covering. The guide insert and the covering form the tracks for a slidable guide element and the cable guide channels for actuating cables, which interact with an appropriately suitable actuation device for displacing the cover panel. The guide insert can be made of plastic or metal, and the covering is advantageously divided into a front side section and side sections. These sections of the covering can be uniformly produced of plastic or metal or individual sections can be produced of plastic and others, in turn, of metal. Also, the guide insert as well as the covering can be produced entirely of plastic. Further, the guide insert can also form a guide for a sliding internal headliner panel.