Patent ID: 8562063

Claim:
A device for closing off an opening formed in the bodywork of an automobile vehicle, comprising a fixed structure defining an aperture therein, and at least one sliding panel having a surround bearing at least two guiding pegs and being mobile in relation to said fixed structure between: a closing off position of said aperture, in a plane formed by said fixed structure; and a sliding position, in a plane of sliding substantially parallel to said plane formed by said fixed structure, said fixed structure bearing, on its face turned towards an interior of said vehicle, at least one guide rail of said sliding panel, defining an axis of sliding, wherein the device comprises: at least one slide forming a shuttle movable along said at least one guide rail, said slide having a groove to accept each of said guiding pegs, said grooves being substantially identical and having an inclined portion forming an angle between 1 and 89° with said axis of sliding; a guide element fastened to said sliding panel, guided in one of said guide rails; and a return, which controls a relative movement of said at least one slide in relation to said guide element according to said axis of sliding, and wherein said device allows for a displacement of said sliding panel according to a direction perpendicular to the plane of said fixed structure.