Patent ID: 6568750
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Motor vehicle roof comprising:at least one cover which is movable above a fixed motor vehicle roof and which is liftable at a rear edge thereof, and a control mechanism for the at least one cover which has a front lifting mechanism and a front displacement mechanism for a front edge of the at least on cover, and a rear lifting mechanism and a rear displacement mechanism for a rear edge of the at least one cover, the front and rear displacement mechanisms comprising front and rear control carriages, respectively, which are connected to the at least one cover and which are movably guided and driven in lateral guide rails, wherein the lifting mechanism for the front edge of the cover is integrated into the front control carriage, and wherein the front and the rear control carriages are securely connected to a drive cable at locations that are spaced apart from one another on each side of the cover; further comprising cover-mounted sliding members on each side of the front edge of the cover for guiding the front edge of the cover when the cover is displaced in a respective roof-mounted longitudinal guide path of each of the guide rails; wherein raising and lowering guide paths are formed in guides which are securely connected to each of the guide rails and which descend in a forward direction for guiding the front edge of the cover during raising and lowering thereof wherein top ends of the raising and lowering guide paths of the guides which are connected to the guide rails open into forward ends of roof-mounted longitudinal guide paths of the guide rails; wherein cover-mounted sliding members have first and second pairs of opposed surfaces, the first pair of opposed surfaces engaging guide surfaces of the respective longitudinal guide path and the second pair of opposed surfaces engaging guide surfaces of the raising and lowering guide paths.