Webasto-werk W. Baier Gmbh & Co.

Klaus-Peter Srdinko

Hans Jardin

Alfons Lutz

Richard Igel

A roof having a cover that is displaceable by lifting and/or sliding and/or removable for vehicles has a frame that, as a whole, is disposed below the solid roof skin of the vehicle and is supported against the interior side thereof. A seal, running along the edge of a roof opening, is borne by the frame. On the frame, a liftable and/or slidable and/or removable cover is mounted, the edge of which in the closed position of the cover engages onto the seal. The frame is connected with the roof skin only by a clamping arrangement that presses the frame against the underside of the roof skin.

Lifting and/or sliding roof for installation in vehicles

A vehicle roof provided with an opening closable by a cover and a frame of substantially U-shaped cross section extending along the edge of the roof opening. One side of the substantially U-shaped frame is higher than the other side thereof, and the higher side extends outside of the vehicle in the form of a flange for covering the edge of the vehicle roof defining the opening. A clamping arrangement for pressing the flange against the outer surface of the roof is provided, near the higher side, inside of the vehicle. To facilitate the installation of such a vehicle cover, especially in the case of a used vehicle, the clamping arrangement comprises a plurality of retaining plates which are pressed against the vehicle roof by screws. When the screws have been loosened, the retaining plates can be pivoted so that the frame can be introduced from outside of the vehicle into the roof opening without removing the retaining plates and screws.

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Unterschleissheim, Germany

Klaus-Peter Srdinko