Patent ID: 7806469
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. Sliding roof device for closing a roof opening in an upper part of a body of a motor vehicle, comprising: a pane which is movably mounted for displacement between a closed position in which the pane closes the roof opening, and an opened position in which the pane is at least partially spaced away from the roof opening, wherein the movable pane has a front part which is connected to a first lever arm that is mounted to pivot out of a position within the roof opening around a transversely extending pivot axis which is mounted for essentially translational displacement along a portion of a roof surface in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle away from the roof opening in an installed state of the device in the motor vehicle, and wherein the movable pane has a rear part which is connected to a second lever arm that is pivotally mounted at a fixed transverse rear axis of rotation and is mounted to swing about a stationary axis that extends in a transverse direction from a position within the roof opening in a closed position of the cover, past a top dead center position, to a position extending above said portion of the roof surface.