Patent ID: 6419310
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof, the open roof construction comprising:a stationary part to be fixed to the roof comprising at least one guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; an adjustable closure element supported by said stationary part, which is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it releases the roof opening on the front side, wherein the closure element includes a pivot member near a front side thereof and is slidably supported by at least one sliding shoe which is capable of movement in said guide rail; and an operating mechanism adapted for effecting the pivoting movement of the closure element and movement of the closure element in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, said operating mechanism including a member which is at least substantially stationary during the pivoting movement of the closure element and which moves along with sliding movement of the closure element, the operating mechanism including a correction mechanism disposed some distance behind said pivot member, which functions to move the closure element slightly in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail upon pivoting movement of said closure element about the pivot member, the correction mechanism including an assembly comprising an element and a counter element, wherein either one of said element and said counter element is connected to said closure element and the other is formed on said member of the operating mechanism, and wherein only one of said element and said counter element of the operating mechanism on the member and the closure element are twin parts, being substantially symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal plane, the other being a single element.