Patent ID: 7784859

Claim:
A sunroof system for a motor vehicle comprising: two guide rails generally parallel to one another, each of the two guide rails having a lifting section at one end; a slide in each guide rail, the slide being displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle; and a front opening mechanism and a rear opening mechanism assigned to a front edge and a rear edge, respectively, of a cover of the sunroof system, wherein the front opening mechanism has a transmission lever and the rear opening mechanism has an opening lever, and wherein the slide, when displaced rearwards along the guide rail, is first coupled to the rear opening mechanism and then to the front opening mechanism; and wherein the transmission lever comprises a toggle lever having a first joint coupled to the slide and being guided in the respective guide rail, a second joint guided in the respective guide rail, and a third joint connected to the front edge of the cover such that by pivoting the toggle lever, the front edge of the cover is raised by an amount that is greater than an amount of vertical movement of the second joint in the respective lifting section of the guide rail.