Patent ID: 6322137
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof, the folding roof comprising:a stationary part to be fixed to the roof, which includes guide rails disposed at the longitudinal edges of the opening;an adjustable closure element supported by said stationary part, which is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it opens the roof opening on an opening side, wherein the closure element includes an operating beam extending in a transverse direction, which is connected to a drive device and a foldable cover attached thereto, wherein the cover is alternately supported by first supporting bows extending in the transverse direction, the first supporting bows being supported at their ends by first sliding shoes guided in said guide rails, as well as by vertically adjustable second supporting bows extending in the transverse direction, the second supporting bows being adjustably supported at their ends by connecting members, wherein elongated tensioning elements are guided along said guide rails, the tensioning elements engaging said second supporting bows via at least one point of engagement, the tensioning elements being operably connected to said drive device to tension the tensioning elements when the cover is being closed, thereby exerting a downward force on the second supporting bows via said points of engagement, and wherein each tensioning element is guided via an associated second sliding shoe along the guide rail on either side of the points of engagement of the second supporting bows such that the tensioning elements extend steeply adjacently to the point of engagements in the closed position of the cover.