Patent ID: 7354103

Claim:
Support frame for automobile vehicle sunroofs, comprising a front element ( 1 ) longitudinal elements ( 2 ) and a reinforcing crosspiece ( 3 ) constituting all together a single piece, in which a slide ( 16 ) runs along each of the two longitudinal elements, said slide being pulled by a tow element, and which is characterized in that: the support frame is a single piece implemented by injection of fused material in closed mould, which material can be one of a thermoplastic, a light alloy, and any other structural material capable of being conformed with this procedure, U-shaped, consisting of said front element ( 1 ), and two said longitudinal elements ( 2 ) with said reinforcing crosspiece; a channel ( 10 ) for guiding the tow element, which carries the slide ( 16 ) and for the sliding of links ( 23 ) with the tow element in the slide, which is carried out along the two longitudinal elements ( 2 ) of the support frame, and wherein the channel comprises aligned downwardly convex semi-cylindrical areas regularly separated by gaps and in opposition cylindrical areas upwardly convex placed in discontinuous arrangement and located above the gaps ( 11 ); an area above the channel ( 10 ) wherein the slide ( 16 ) is seated, which has predominantly vertical walls ( 15 , 17 ) which laterally control possible displacements of said slide in the horizontal plane.