Sliding roof system for a motor vehicle

US10399416B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10399416-B2
Application numberUS-201815868087-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 11, 2018
Priority dateJan 30, 2017
Publication dateSep 3, 2019
Grant dateSep 3, 2019

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Abstract

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A sliding roof system including a support frame, a front movable roof part and a rear roof part, wherein the front roof part is shiftable between a closed position, an obliquely erected ventilation position and an open position in which the front roof part is positioned over the rear roof part. The front guide lever has a lower guide joint which is guided in a guide path, which is curved downwards on the front side, of the guide rail arrangement in such a manner that, in the ventilation position of the roof part, the guide slide is held in the guide path in a self-locking manner with respect to shifting of the control slide.

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The invention claimed is: 1. Sliding roof system for a motor vehicle, comprising a support frame and comprising a front movable roof part and a rear roof part, wherein the front movable roof part is shiftable between a closed position, an obliquely erected ventilation position and an open position in which the front movable roof part is positioned over the rear roof part, and with a shifting device which is connected to the front movable roof part in order to shift the front movable roof part between the different positions, and the shifting device having a support strip fastened to the front movable roof part, and the shifting device also having a control slide, a front guide mechanism and a rear deployment mechanism which are movable in a guide rail arrangement of the support frame, wherein the front guide mechanism is formed by a single-part front guide lever and the rear deployment mechanism is formed by a single-part deployment lever, wherein the front guide lever is coupled to the support strip, wherein the front guide lever has a lower guide joint which is guided in a guide path which is curved downwards on the front side of the guide rail arrangement in such a manner that, in the ventilation position of the front movable roof part, the lower guide joint is held in the guide path in a self-locking manner with respect to shifting of the control slide; and wherein the deployment lever is coupled to the support strip and is guided in a control slot of the control slide by a crossed double guide. 2. Sliding roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the front guide lever is guided in two different guide slots of the control slide via two points of articulation. 3. Sliding roof system for a motor vehicle, comprising a support frame and comprising a front movable roof part and a rear roof part, wherein the front movable roof part is shiftable between a closed position, an obliquely erected ventilation position and an open position in which the front movable roof part is positioned over the rear roof part, and with a shifting device which is connected to the front movable roof part in order to shift the front movable roof part between the different positions, and the shifting device having a support strip fastened to the front movable roof part, and the shifting device also having a control slide, a front guide mechanism and a rear deployment mechanism which are movable in a guide rail arrangement of the support frame, wherein the front guide mechanism is formed by a single-part front guide lever and the rear deployment mechanism is formed by a single-part deployment lever, wherein the front guide lever is coupled to the support strip, wherein the front guide lever has a lower guide joint which is guided in a guide path which is curved downwards on the front side of the guide rail arrangement in such a manner that, in the ventilation position of the front movable roof part, the lower guide joint is held in the guide path in a self-locking manner with respect to shifting of the control slide; and wherein the guide path for the guide joint subsequent to the front side of the guide path which is curved downward runs parallel above a main guide path of the guide rail arrangement for the control slide. 4. Sliding roof system according to claim 2 , wherein the crossed double guide is formed on the control slide by a slot track which has a rearwardly and upwardly rising front slot portion and a rearwardly and downwardly dropping rear slot portion, which slot portions merge into each other in an aligned manner in the region of an upper apex point. 5. Sliding roof system according to claim 2 , wherein the control slide has a single-part web body which is oriented on end and in which the two guide slots and the control slot are integrated. 6. Sliding roof system for a motor vehicle, comprising a support frame and comprising a front movable roof part and a rear roof part, wherein the front movable roof part is shiftable between a closed position, an obliquely erected ventilation position and an open position in which the front movable roof part is positioned over the rear roof part, and with a shifting device which is connected to the front movable roof part in order to shift the front movable roof part between the different positions, and the shifting device having a support strip fastened to the front movable roof part, and the shifting device also having a control slide, a front guide mechanism and a rear deployment mechanism which are movable in a guide rail arrangement of the support frame, wherein the front guide mechanism is formed by a single-part front guide lever and the rear deployment mechanism is formed by a single-part deployment lever, wherein the front guide lever is coupled to the support strip, wherein the front guide lever has a lower guide joint which is guided in a guide path which is curved downwards on the front side of the guide rail arrangement in such a manner that, in the ventilation position of the front movable roof part, the lower guide joint is held in the guide path in a self-locking manner with respect to shifting of the control slide; and wherein the front guide lever is guided in two different guide slots of the control slide via two points of articulation.

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Classifications

  • characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel (B60J7/043 - B60J7/053 take precedence) · CPC title

  • B60J7/0435Primary

    pivoting upwardly to vent mode and moving at the outside of the roof to fully open mode · CPC title

  • B60J7/047Primary

    movable to overlapping or nested relationship {(B60J7/041 takes precedence)} · CPC title

  • power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical · CPC title

  • with rigid plate-like element or elements {, e.g. open roofs with harmonica-type folding rigid panels (B60J7/061 takes precedence)} · CPC title

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What does patent US10399416B2 cover?
A sliding roof system including a support frame, a front movable roof part and a rear roof part, wherein the front roof part is shiftable between a closed position, an obliquely erected ventilation position and an open position in which the front roof part is positioned over the rear roof part. The front guide lever has a lower guide joint which is guided in a guide path, which is curved downwa…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Heidan Michael, Bos Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60J7/0435. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 03 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 2 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).