Arvinmeritor Gmbh

Norbert Friedrich

Rainer Hattass

A guide arrangement for linear sliding movements of guide shoes () along guide rails () for sliding roofs of motor vehicles includes slide elements () at three spaced points, which coincide approximately with the vertices of an imaginary triangle. The slide elements are guided in sliding fashion along three associated slideways () of the guide rail () with little play or, if the guide shoe () is resilient, even without play or rattling.

Guide arrangement for motor vehicle sliding roofs

Various embodiments of a drive device for motor vehicle sliding sunroofs or the like are proposed, in which the drive cables wound with wire in screw thread-like manner used hitherto as drive transmission elements in particular for the drive of the displaceable cover but also for the drive of displaceable shading or wind deflection elements are replaced by endless, tensile stress-resistant, low-noise guided toothed belts.

Drive device for motor vehicle sliding sunroofs

A quiet drive device for motor vehicle sliding sunroofs is proposed capable of withstanding even strong drive forces and permitting an equal, that is to say, smooth displacement of a cover of the motor vehicle sliding sunroofs. The drive device comprises a toothed belt, which is guided so that two parallel line sections are formed on the toothed belt. On the running line sections the toothed belt, with an external toothing extending without interruption over its outer circumference, is in meshing engagement with two drive cables for a cover. An internal toothing extending without interruption over the inner surface of the toothed belt is in meshing engagement with a toothed pinion that can be driven to rotate in both directions and is partially wrapped by the toothed belt.

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Wehrheim, Germany

Norbert Friedrich