Patent ID: 8919043

Claim:
A device for closing off an opening made in a structure of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed plane part in which an aperture is defined and at least one sliding panel guided along two rails mounted on a face of said fixed panel, said sliding panel being mobile between a closed position, closing off said aperture, and an open position, opening said aperture; and two first retaining elements formed of a strap, a cable, or a flexible link with a metal frame, a first end of each first retaining elements being fixedly joined to a closing tip mounted at one end of at least one of said rails, so that the first retaining elements are in contact with and fixedly attached to the at least one of said rails via the closing tip when the device is in an operational state, a second end of each first retaining elements being intended for being fixedly joined to said structure, and said first retaining elements being sized so that said second end can be glued to the edge of said opening by means of a glue seal intended for fixedly joining said part to said structure.