Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1983-09-09
1986-01-28
Scherbel, David A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296222, 296223, B60J 700
Patent
active
045667306
ABSTRACT:
A sliding/lifting roof for motor vehicles having a cover closing an opening in the roof in its closed position and, at both longitudinal sides of the opening in the roof, being guided in a slideable manner, by means of a respective guiding member in a longitudinal guide. The cover is disposed so that it can be pivoted around a swivel axis extending transversely, is connected, via a tilt-out mechanism, with a drive member, and, by a sliding of the drive member, can be swung out, while lifting its rear edge, above the roof surface, or is slideable, by lowering its rear edge, under the fixed roof surface. The tilt-out mechanism has a link that is connected with the drive member and a tilt-out lever that engages with the link, with the tilt-out lever being rotatably coupled to the cover and, with respect to the link, being longitudinally movable in the sliding direction of the roof by a certain distance as well as being swingable. The link and the tilt-out lever, via an additional forcing guide, are connected with one another, with the forcing guide, at least in the range of the cover adjustment between the closed position of the cover and the lowered rear edge position of the cover, positively guiding the tilt-out lever into a predetermined swing position with respect to the link for every position of the link with respect to the longitudinal guide, thereby avoiding undesired vertical movements and suppressing the tendency of the cover to vibrate and rattle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3572822 (1971-03-01), Schmid
patent: 4403805 (1983-09-01), Strem, Jr. et al.
patent: 4420184 (1983-12-01), Kaltz
Anzenhofer Wolfgang
Knabe Martin
Pedder Dennis H.
Scherbel David A.
Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
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