Patent ID: 7469960

Claim:
Motor vehicle roof, comprising: an at least partially transparent roof section, a shade arrangement located underneath the transparent roof section, front and rear take-up shafts located in succession in the lengthwise direction of the roof, a length of shade which extends between the take-up shafts, a front end of the length of shade being connected to be rolled onto and off the front take-up shaft and a back end of the length of shade being connected to be rolled onto and off the rear take-up shaft, the two take-up shafts each being pre-tensioned in a take-up direction, and both of the take-up shafts being movable in the lengthwise direction of the roof for rolling the shade on and off both of the take-up shafts, and at least one drive cable adapted to be driven by a drive, the drive cable having a first end that acts laterally in a first direction on one of the front and rear take-up shafts and a second end that acts laterally in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, on the other of the front and rear take-up shafts.