Assembly for a cover of a vehicle roof, and vehicle roof for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11318824-B2
Application number	US-201917055868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

An assembly for a vehicle roof cover, wherein the cover can be moved from a closed position for closing a roof opening into an open position for at least partially releasing the roof opening. The assembly may have: a cover carrier for carrying the cover, a positionally fixed guide rail, and a carriage mounted so as to be displaceable in the guide rail along an opening direction. The cover carrier has a positionally fixed slotted guide to which the carriage may be coupled in the closed position, such that a deployment of the cover along a vertical direction (Z direction) is blocked in the closed position. The cover carrier has a locking apparatus configured so that a movement of the cover carrier along the vertical direction (Z direction) is limited in the closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for a cover of a vehicle roof,
wherein the cover is movable over a stationary vehicle roof element from a closed position for closing a roof opening into an open position for at least partially freeing the roof opening, the cover having
a cover carrier for carrying the cover,
a positionally fixed guide rail,
a carriage which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the guide rail along an opening direction and which can be coupled to a drive to move the cover carrier,
wherein the cover carrier has a positionally fixed slotted guide to which the carriage is coupled in the closed position, such that a deployment of the cover along a vertical direction is blocked in the closed position;
the cover carrier having a locking apparatus which is configured in such a way that a movement of the cover carrier along the vertical direction is limited in the closed position;
wherein, in the closed position, the locking apparatus covers the carriage from above and below in a contactless positively locking manner.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the locking apparatus is configured to limit the movement of the cover carrier as a result of a positively locking interaction with the carriage.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, in the closed position, the locking apparatus dips through a cutout in the guide rail.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the carriage is movable relative to the locking apparatus, such that, after the carriage has been displaced from the closed position, a movement of the cover carrier in the vertical direction is enabled.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the locking apparatus is formed by a locking hook.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the locking apparatus is formed by a sheet-metal insert.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the positionally fixed slotted guide and the locking apparatus are arranged in the region of a front end of the cover carrier.

8. A vehicle roof for a motor vehicle, having a roof opening, an assembly according to claim 1 , which is coupled to the vehicle roof, and also a cover which is fixedly coupled to the cover carrier of the assembly, wherein the assembly is configured, by means of the cover, to completely close the roof opening in the closed position or to at least partially free said roof opening.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Teufel Ingo

Classifications

• B60J7/043

  Sunroofs (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. sliding above the roof} · CPC title

• B60J7/192

  for locking the sunroof panel to the roof · CPC title

• B60J7/024 Primary

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

• B60J7/1856

  for interlocking the roof linkage system when deployed · CPC title

• B60J7/19

  for rigid panels {(B60J7/1851 - B60J7/1856 take precedence)} · CPC title