Patent ID: 6971704

Claim:
Roof module for closing an opening in a roof of a motor vehicle that extends transversely between two lateral roof elements and in a lengthwise direction between a front roof element and a rear roof element, and the lateral roof elements, the front roof element and the rear roof element each having a peripheral rabbet on edges thereof which border the opening, the roof module comprising: a glass pane adapted for permanent connection directly to the peripheral rabbets which border the opening, a darkening device which is deployable parallel to an inside surface of the glass pane, guide means for guiding the darkening device, the guide means being permanently mounted directly on the inside surface of the glass pane along each of opposite side edges of the glass pane, the guide means interacting with edges of the darkening device, a support brace mounted on the inside surface along one of front and rear transverse edges of the glass pane, the support brace having a motor drive for driving the darkening device.