Patent ID: 6412859
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening in a fixed roof, comprising:a frame to be mounted in said opening, which frame comprises a passage opening and guide rails extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on opposite sides of the passage opening; a flexible cover for selectively closing or opening said passage opening; a control beam attached to an opening side of said cover, which is guided in guide rails at its lateral ends; a driving slide guided in each guide rail having a push-off element that can come into engagement with said frame when the control beam approaches the closed position; a transmission mechanism positioned between each of said push-off element and said driving slide, which functions to pull the control beam to the closed position with increased driving force during the last part of the closing movement, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a triangular construction with a variable base on said driving slide and a point of engagement on said control beam, which shifts in a direction parallel to the guide rail upon deformation of said triangular construction.