Patent ID: 8333426

Claim:
A rise-up panoramic roof provided on a roof opening of a body of a vehicle comprising: a frame member having a forward portion and a rear portion, the forward portion hingedly connected to the vehicle body, the frame member configured to hold a roof panel; and a lift assembly configured to move the frame member between a closed position where the rear portion of the frame member closes the roof opening of the vehicle body and a raised, open position where the frame member is raised from the vehicle body and the rear portion is located above the roof opening, wherein the lift assembly includes: a pair of laterally spaced apart first and second guide rails connected to the body and flanking the roof opening, a drive carriage slidably received in each of the first and second guide rails, and at least one lift arm operably connected to the drive carriage of each of the first and second guide rails and the frame member, the at least one lift arm configured to raise the frame member as the drive carriage of each of the first and second guide rails slides therein, wherein the at least one lift arm includes an elongated cam slot and the drive carriage of each of the first and second guide rails includes a guide pin which engages the cam slot of the at least one lift arm, wherein movement of the guide pin within the cam slot of the at least one lift arm moves the frame member between the closed position and the raised, open position.