Patent ID: 6820916
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Actuating device for opening and closing a folding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising:a roof-side guideway adapted for attachment to a fixed vehicle roof structure; a bearing carriage which is movably supported on the roof-side guideway and which is adapted to be connected to a movable part of the folding roof, and a drive means which is connected to the bearing carriage by a drive carriage which is supported on the roof-side guideway and a connecting rod arrangement which has a toggle lever and which is controlled by a control guide, the connecting rod arrangement being adapted to step down drive motion of the drive carriage on a last portion of a closing path, wherein the toggle lever of the connecting rod arrangement is pivotally connected to a pivot arm of the bearing carriage and is movable along the control guide into a closed position thereof, in which the toggle lever is self-locking with respect to opening forces which act on the bearing carriage, in an installed state of the device, via the roof part, wherein the toggle lever has an engagement surface which adjoins the control guide in the closed position, and wherein, in the closed position, the toggle lever adjoins a stop which is opposite the engagement surface.