Arrangement comprising a cover for a vehicle roof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902244-B2
Application number	US-201515309771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2015
Priority date	May 14, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised for opening by way of deployment means in the rear region thereof and which cover can be displaced toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position. The deployment means have a displaceable sliding carriage and a rear deployment lever which is pivotably coupled to the cover and which is pivotably coupled to a bearing which is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail and which has a first coupling element. Furthermore, the deployment means have a deployment rod for the deployment of the rear deployment lever. The stationary fixed bearing is arranged such that a pivot axis of the stationary fixed bearing is arranged above a base of the guide rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof, which cover, starting from a closed position for closing a roof opening, is raiseable in the rear region thereof for opening using deployment means and which cover is displaceable toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position, wherein the deployment means
has a sliding carriage which is displaceable in a guide rail along the vehicle longitudinal direction by means of a drive;
has a rear deployment lever with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction, which rear deployment lever is pivotably coupled to the cover and which rear deployment lever is pivotably coupled to a bearing which bearing is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail and which rear deployment lever has a first coupling element; and
has a deployment rod which is pivotably coupled by way of the first coupling element to the rear deployment lever and which deployment rod is, by way of the sliding carriage, displaceable along the vehicle longitudinal direction for the deployment of the rear deployment lever;
wherein the stationary fixed bearing is arranged such that a pivot axis of the stationary fixed bearing is arranged above a base of the guide rail,
and wherein the deployment rod is coupled to the first coupling element such that, starting from the closed position of the cover, during a displacement of the sliding carriage along the vehicle longitudinal direction, the deployment rod overruns the fixed bearing.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deployment rod has, for the coupling to the rear deployment lever, a first slotted link which engages with the first coupling element of the rear deployment lever, such that, starting from the closed position of the cover, during a displacement of the sliding carriage, the first slotted link controls a deployment of the cover.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first slotted link has in the closed position of the cover a path in which, toward the rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction, a spacing between the fixed slotted link and the cover initially varies and subsequently remains constant.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, in the closed position of the cover, a path of the first slotted link has a front section, which runs substantially vertically, a middle section, in which a spacing between the first slotted link and the cover increases toward the rear in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a rear section, in which the spacing between the first slotted link and the cover remains constant.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first coupling element of the rear deployment lever is arranged close to the pivotable coupling between the rear deployment lever and the cover.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , furthermore having a second slotted link which is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail, and wherein the deployment rod has a second coupling element which engages with the second slotted link, such that, starting from a closed position of the cover, during a displacement of the sliding carriage, the second slotted link controls the overrun of the bearing secured to the vehicle.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein, in the closed position of the cover, a path of the second slotted link has a front section, in which a spacing between the second slotted link and the cover remains constant, a middle section, in which a spacing between the second slotted link and the cover decreases toward the rear along the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a rear section, in which a spacing between the second slotted link and the cover remains constant.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the coupling elements are in the form of slide elements.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Hoelzel Dominik

Classifications

• B60J7/024

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

• B60J7/0435 Primary

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

• B60J7/043

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