Patent ID: 6666502
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Sliding roof device for a motor vehicle roof comprising:a movable cover for selectively closing and at least partially exposing a roof opening in the motor vehicle roof, the movable cover being raisable at a rear edge thereof into a ventilation position, a sliding headliner movably located underneath the cover, a rear section of the sliding headliner being raisable from a lowered position in which the rear section is in a common plane with a front section of the sliding headliner into a folded-up position for producing a ventilation gap when the sliding headliner is positioned under the cover in the ventilation position thereof, a lifting mechanism which engages the rear section of the sliding headliner and which exerts a lifting force that pretensions the rear section in a direction into said folded-up position, and an upwardly curvable guideway which cooperates with the lifting mechanism to guide the rear section of the sliding headliner between the lowered position and the folded-up position.