Patent ID: 6164718
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Guide link for attaching to a side edge of a sliding panel and for the positioning of the sliding panel relative to a corresponding roof opening in a slide-and-lift sunroof construction for motor vehicles, whose sliding panel is guided by means of front and rear guide shoes along guide rails which are attached laterally in the roof opening, is driven by drive elements which engage with the rear guide shoe and is mounted at its front guide shoes in a hinged manner around a horizontal axis which runs in a transverse direction to the direction of slide, whereby the drive for displacing the sliding panel is transmitted via guide pins attached to the rear guide shoes, these pins engaging in a sliding manner for this purpose in a guide slot formed in a link body consisting of several connected, differently formed guide slot areas, the guide slot areas controlling the different movements of the sliding panel according to the relative position of the guide pin in the guide slot and the movement of the guide pin, whereby the rear guide slot area has a course which slopes steeply upwards, associated with the lowering movement of the rear edge of the sliding panel before the start of the slide-to-open movement of the sliding panel, characterized in that the guide slot is constricted in its rear guide slot area, at least across part of its course, to a slot width smaller than the diameter of the guide pin and that the constriction is formed by at least one of a resilient slot wall and a resiliently supported slot wall.