Patent ID: 7055453
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B60J,B63B

Abstract:
1. A movement support system for an openable roof of a vehicle which can be fitted to an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle for movably supporting at least one closure element operable selectively to close the said opening, including: a pair of elongate support elements each in the shape of a rectilinear bar, for mounting on the roof of the vehicle on opposite sides of the said opening, each of the said support elements having a track element extending substantially parallel to the said support element and with one or more carriage elements mounted thereon for connection to the said closure element, and transmission means for imparting movement controlled by a motor to at least one of the said one or more carriage elements, the said transmission means including a belt member connected to at least one of the said one or more carriage elements and closed in a loop about two end pulleys so as to form two belt branches extending in the longitudinal direction of the support elements and spaced by a distance substantially to the order of a transverse dimension of the said carriage elements.