Patent ID: 6942283
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening in its fixed roof, comprising a frame including longitudinal guide sections positionable on either side of the roof opening, a closure moveable at least between a closed position adapted to close the roof opening and an open position in which the closure is slid under the fixed roof and at least partially opening the roof opening, a closure operating mechanism for moving said closure, a driving member for driving said closure operating mechanism, a drain channel positionable under the rear edge of the roof opening at least in a closed position of the closure, and a drain channel operating mechanism adapted to move said drain channel in the opening direction of the closure, and wherein said drain channel operating mechanism is adapted so as to cause a relative movement between the drain channel and the closure during at least a part of the sliding movement of the closure, wherein said closure operating mechanism is connected to said drain channel operating mechanism by a lost motion device, wherein the lost motion device enables the horizontal sliding movement of the drain channel operating mechanism relatively to the longitudinal guide sections of the frame and enables the relative movement of the closure and the drain channel, wherein said lost motion device comprises a connecting member including a slot with an inclined locking portion, and wherein said drain channel operating mechanism includes a locking mechanism that includes a pin guided by the slot, such that when the pin is not in the inclined locking portion the locking mechanism is locked and the closure moves relative to the drain channel, and such that when the pin is in the inclined locking portion, the locking mechanism has been unlocked and the closure and the drain channel have been locked relative to each other.