Patent ID: 8469436

Claim:
A clamping device ( 1 ) for a sliding roof displaceable along guidance and runner rails, the clamping device ( 1 ) being provided in the region of a guidance and runner rail ( 15 ), the clamping device comprising: an actuation lever ( 3 ) arranged pivotably about an axis ( 2 ) and shiftable between a locking position and a release position; a clamping element ( 4 ) modifiable in its position by means of the actuation lever ( 3 ); a guide ( 5 ) aligned with the course of the guidance and runner rail ( 15 ); a connecting element ( 6 ) attached in articulated fashion respectively to both the clamping element ( 4 ) and the actuation lever ( 3 ); the clamping element ( 4 ) coacting with a countermember ( 11 ) provided on an end carriage ( 10 ) and moves the end carriage ( 10 ) to the end of the guidance and runner rail ( 15 ); the clamping element ( 4 ) is arranged in the guide ( 5 ) and is shiftable in the guide ( 5 ) in a longitudinal direction, by way of the connecting element ( 6 ) between a locking position retaining the end carriage ( 10 ) at the end of the respective guidance and runner rail ( 15 ), and a release position; the guide ( 5 ) comprising in a subregion on the underside an open space ( 7 ) such that upon shifting of the actuation lever ( 3 ) into the release position, the clamping element ( 4 ) is lowerable to the extent that the end carriage ( 10 ) can be displaced away from the end of the guidance and runner rail ( 15 ); the clamping element ( 4 ) is connected to the connecting element ( 6 ) via a compression spring element ( 12 ) so that, when the actuation lever ( 3 ) is in the locking position thereof, enables a slight shifting within the guide ( 5 ).