Roof system for an automotive vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9834075-B2
Application number	US-201615222546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Priority date	Aug 21, 2015
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

Roof system for an automotive vehicle. A roof system with a roof opening fixed to the vehicle including a movably mounted roof part and at least one deployment and guide mechanism for displacing the roof part, and including a control carriage which is movable by a drive system in a guide track arrangement fixed to the roof, and a front and a rear deployment lever. The control carriage has a front control link, in which a bearing pin of the front deployment lever is guided, wherein the bearing pin projects through the front control link into a lifting slotted link fixed to the roof, which is oriented at least in sections crosswise in relation to the front control link.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roof system for an automotive vehicle, with a roof opening fixed to the vehicle and with a movably mounted roof part for closing and exposing the roof opening, and with at least one deployment and guide mechanism for displacing the roof part between a closed position and at least one open position, said mechanism includes a control carriage which is movable by a drive system in a guide track arrangement fixed to a roof, and said mechanism includes a front deployment lever and a rear deployment lever with the roof part mounted thereon, and said levers are coupled to the control carriage, wherein the front deployment lever is capable of being blocked relative to the rear deployment lever in a longitudinal direction of the guide track arrangement for a ventilation position of the roof part, wherein the control carriage has a front control link, in which a bearing pin of the front deployment lever is guided, wherein the bearing pin projects through the front control link into a lifting slotted link fixed to the roof, which extends in a parallel plane to the front control link and is oriented at least in sections crosswise in relation to the front control link, wherein the control carriage has two rear control links, in which at least one control pin of the rear deployment lever is guided, and wherein a first one of the two rear control links is positioned in front of a second one of the two rear control links along the longitudinal direction.

2. The roof system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two rear control links guides a respective one of the at least one control pin of the rear deployment lever.

3. The roof system according to claim 2 , wherein the front control link and the two rear control links are oriented in a common plane of the control carriage.

4. The roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the control carriage has a flat profiled section oriented in a vertical direction and the longitudinal direction of the guide track arrangement, and the front control link and the two rear control links are provided therein.

5. The roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the control links are lengthwise passage slots extending in a planar, rising or falling manner, in response to a predetermined control path of the bearing pin of the front deployment lever or the corresponding one of the at least one control pin of the rear deployment lever in a plane of the control carriage.

6. The roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting slotted link includes a blocking section extending at least largely in a vertical direction, which intersects the front control link in such a manner that the bearing pin of the front deployment lever is held supported within the blocking section of the lifting slotted link by the front control link as long as the roof part is being transferred to the ventilation position.

7. The roof system according to claim 5 , wherein the passage slots of the two rear control links are provided with bearing surface enlargements extending in a transverse direction, which enlargements provide an enlarged contact surface for the control pins.

8. The roof system according to claim 7 , wherein the bearing surface enlargements are provided with a sliding layer.

9. The roof system according to claim 7 , wherein the control pins are each provided with a sliding head in a vicinity of an end side facing away from the rear deployment lever, with a diameter of the heads being greater than a corresponding width of the respective passage slot of the rear control links.

10. A roof system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
a roof opening fixed to the vehicle;
a movably mounted roof part for closing and exposing the roof opening;
at least one deployment and guide mechanism for displacing the roof part between a closed position and at least one open position;
a guide track arrangement fixed to a roof of the vehicle;
the at least one deployment and guide mechanism including a control carriage movable by a drive system;
the at least one deployment and guide mechanism including a front deployment lever and a rear deployment lever with the roof part mounted thereon;
the front deployment lever and the rear deployment lever being coupled to the control carriage, wherein the front deployment lever is capable of being blocked relative to the rear deployment lever in a longitudinal direction of the guide track arrangement for a ventilation position of the roof part;
the control carriage having a front control slot and two rear control slots;
a bearing pin of the front deployment lever is guided in the front control slot, the bearing pin projecting through the front control slot and into a lifting slot fixed to the roof;
the lifting slot extending in a parallel plane to the front control slot and is oriented at least in sections crosswise in relation to the front control slot; and
control pins of the rear deployment lever are guided in the two rear control slots;
the two rear control slots extend through a single plane.

11. The roof system according to claim 10 , wherein the lifting slot includes a blocking section extending at least largely in a vertical direction, which intersects the front control slot in such a manner that the bearing pin of the front deployment lever is held supported within the blocking section of the lifting slot by the front control slot as long as the roof part is being transferred to the ventilation position.

12. The roof system according to claim 10 , wherein the two rear control slots extend through a planar plate.

13. The roof system according to claim 10 , wherein the control pins extending into the two rear control slots are not co-linear.

14. The roof system according to claim 10 , wherein a first one of the two rear control slots is located behind a second one of the two rear control slots in a direction from a front to a rear of the roof opening.

15. A roof system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
a roof opening fixed to the vehicle;
a movably mounted roof part for closing and exposing the roof opening;
at least one deployment and guide mechanism for displacing the roof part between a closed position and at least one open position;
a guide track arrangement fixed to a roof of the vehicle;
the at least one deployment and guide mechanism including a control carriage movable by a drive system;
the at least one deployment and guide mechanism including a front deployment lever and a rear deployment lever with the roof part mounted thereon;
the front deployment lever and the rear deployment lever being coupled to the control carriage, wherein the front deployment lever is capable of being blocked relative to the rear deployment lever in a longitudinal direction of the guide track arrangement for a ventilation position of the roof part;
the control carriage having a front control slot and two rear control slots;
a bearing pin of the front deployment lever is guided in the front control slot, the bearing pin projecting through the front control slot and into a lifting slot fixed to the roof;
the lifting slot extending in a parallel plane to the front control slot and is oriented at least in sections crosswise in relation to the front control slot; and
control pins of the rear deployment lever are guided in the two rear control slots;
a first one of the two rear control slots is located behind a second one of the two rear control slots in a direction from a front to a rear of the roof opening.

16. The roof system according to claim 15 , wherein the lifting slot includes a blocking section extending at least large

Assignees

• Heidan Michael
• Marquart Marius
• Bos Gmbh

Inventors

• Heidan Michael
• Marquart Marius

Classifications

• B60J7/0435 Primary

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

• B60J7/024

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

• B60J7/04 Primary

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