Patent ID: 8833843
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: a vehicle window for approximately horizontal arrangement in a roof area of a vehicle; and at least one roller blind system arranged below the vehicle window for at least partially covering the vehicle window, the roller blind system having two guide rails and a flexible planar structure guided in lateral areas thereof by the respective guide rails, the guide rails being fixed with regard to their distance from one another in a front end area and/or in a rear end area only indirectly by the vehicle window, the guide rails in the front end area and/or the rear end area each being fastened to the vehicle window by a fixing device, the fixing device of one of the guide rails comprising a variable fixing device which positively fixes the one guide rail relative to the vehicle window in one of several discrete and predetermined relative positions with respect to a direction transverse to the respective guide rails, the variable fixing device having a fastening section attached to the vehicle window and to which the one guide rail is fastened, the fastening section and the one guide rail having respective profiles with respective complementary-shaped surfaces which face one another and which are positively engaged with one another in one of several discrete and predetermined relative positions to maintain a fixed distance between the respective guide rails in a direction transverse thereto over the life of the sunroof unit, the surfaces of the profiles allowing adjustment of the distance between the respective guide rails in a direction transverse to the respective guide rails; wherein the profile and the respective surface thereof of the fastening section are non-movable relative to the fastening section and the profile and the respective surface thereof of the one guide rail are non-movable relative to the one guide rail.