Webasto-Werk W. Baier Gmbh & Co.

Webasto Ag Fahrzeugtechnik

Hermann Pfisterer

Horst Bienert

August Hirschberger

Werner Paetz

Manfred Hoeller

Klaus Meiler

Thomas Schumacher

Vehicle roof with at least one cover that, alternatively, closes or at least partially opens an opening in a fixed roof surface of the vehicle, carries a solar power source for supplying power to at least one power consuming device that is separately located from the cover, and with a contact device for producing an electrical connection between the solar power source and the consuming device. The contact device is made as a switch arrangement that incorporates the cover so that the power consuming device is connected to the solar power source in one or more predetermined cover positions and is disconnected from the solar power source in all other cover positions.

Vehicle roof with solar power source and contact device

A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle top having an outwardly movable sliding cover driven by an electric motor through a transmission and at least one threaded cable engaging a pinion of the transmission, a manually-actuated switch and a limit switch with a contact arm being provided in a circuit of the electric motor, the contact arm cooperating with a cam of a trip gear to interrupt the current supply to the electric motor in a closed position of the sliding cover, is improved by a construction of the indexing gear transmission for changing the operation of the drive arrangement in a manner increasing the time available for actuation of the limit switch independently of the degree of mobility of the top and ambient temperature conditions when the top reaches a position near the fully closed position. This change in the operation of the drive arrangement is achieved by gear constructions which extend the length of an indexing step just prior to closure or by changing the motor operating speed and thereby reducing the angular velocity of a limit switch actuating trip gear.

Drive arrangement for a motor-vehicle top with outward-moving sliding

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Stockdorf, Germany

Hermann Pfisterer