Patent ID: 7537278
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. Guide device for a movable roof element of an openable vehicle roof, comprising: a guide sliding block for connection to the roof element, said guide sliding block having upper and lower sliding contact surfaces, a guide unit which has two guide portions between which the guide sliding block is routed and which face in opposite directions, each of the guide portions having a slide surface along which the guide sliding block is movable, and spring means for pretensioning the guide sliding block against the slide surfaces, wherein the spring means comprises at least two spring elements which are connected in the guide unit such that the spring characteristics of the at least two spring elements connected are added to provide the spring means with a steeper overall spring characteristic than that of the individual springs, wherein the lower sliding contact surface of the guide sliding block is supported by the first spring element of said at least two spring elements on a first support site of the guide unit and by at least the second spring element of said at least two spring elements on a second support site of the guide unit, and wherein the second spring element forms the lower slide surface and is supported by the first spring element on the first support site of the guide unit and is supported itself at the second support site of the guide unit.