Arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975409-B2
Application number	US-201515307739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	May 14, 2014
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof. The rear region of said cover can be raised starting from a closed position using deployment means to open the roof opening, and the cover can be moved towards the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position. The deployment means have a slide movable in a guide rail in a vehicle longitudinal direction by means of a drive, said slide comprising a slide gate. The deployment means may further have a gate stationary relative to the guide rail. The deployment means additionally have a deployment rod movable in the vehicle longitudinal direction by means of the slide and which is coupled to the stationary gate by means of a first coupling element and to the slide gate by means of a second coupling element in the closed position of the roof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof which, starting from a closed position for closing a roof opening, can be raised for opening using deployment means in the rear region thereof and which can be displaced toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position, wherein the deployment means
have a sliding member which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of a drive in a guide rail and which has a sliding member link;
have a link which is fixed relative to the guide rail; and
have a deployment rod which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of the sliding member and which is coupled in the closed position of the cover by means of a first coupling element to the fixed link and by means of a second coupling element to the sliding member link;
wherein:
the fixed link and the sliding member link extend with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least partially in opposing directions so that, starting from the closed position of the cover, when the sliding member is displaced, the deployment rod is initially displaced in order to deploy a rear deployment lever relative to the guide rail and after the deployment is locked in the event of a further displacement of the sliding member.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed link has in the closed position of the cover a path in which a spacing between the fixed link and the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle initially remains the same toward the rear and subsequently changes.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein in the closed position of the cover the path of the fixed link with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has toward the rear a first front portion (VA 1 ) in which the spacing between the fixed link remains the same, and has a rear portion in which the spacing between the fixed link and the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle increases toward the rear.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein, in the closed position of the cover, the first coupling element is located in the first front portion of the fixed link and, in the open position of the cover, in the rear portion of the fixed link.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member link (KS) has in the closed position of the cover a path in which a spacing between the sliding member link and the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle initially remains the same toward the rear and subsequently changes.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein, in the closed position of the cover, the path of the sliding member link with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has toward the rear a second front portion, in which the spacing between the sliding member link and the cover remains the same, and has a second rear portion, in which the spacing between the sliding member link and the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle decreases toward the rear.

7. The arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein, in the closed position of the cover, the second coupling element is located in the second rear portion of the sliding member link and in the ventilator position of the cover in the second front portion of the sliding member link.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the deployment rod is lifted when the sliding member is displaced starting from the closed position of the cover in a rear region with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second coupling elements are constructed as sliders.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Hölzel Dominik

Classifications

• B60J7/0435

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

• B60J7/022 Primary

  Sliding roof trays or assemblies · CPC title

• B60J7/024 Primary

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

• B60J7/043

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

• B60J7/02 Primary

  of sliding type {, e.g. comprising guide shoes} · CPC title