Webasto Vehicle Systems International Gmbh

Webasto Ag

Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh

Webasto Se

Rainer Mathias

Burkhard Reinsch

Martin Pollak

Boris Koch

Alexander Bergmiller

A motor vehicle roof with two covers which are arranged in succession and roughly at the height of the roof contour in the closed position. At least part of the front cover is displaced to the rear above the rear cover into the open position for clearing a front roof opening section, and in this open position, the front cover is supported by laterally arranged support levers, each of which are coupled to the rear area of the front cover and are guided in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle in a guide rail located below the roof contour. The guide rail extends laterally outward of the side edge of the roof opening and in the open position the rear cover is lowered below the roof contour and the support lever extends through a gap which is formed as a result of lowering of the rear cover.

Openable motor vehicle roof

A guide rail assembly for guiding drive elements and guide elements of an openable roof part of a motor vehicle, the guide rail assembly including a guide rail of metal with a cut edge on an end of the guide rail, and a protective cap on the end of the guide rail. The protective cap covers the cut edge of the end and has an inside wall which flushes aligns with an inside wall of the guide rail to thereby provide a flush and continuous surface. The protective cap is preferably made of plastic and plugged onto the end of the guide rail. The protective cap preferably includes a locking mechanism and an inwardly pointing face. The protective cap also includes insertion bevels which extends to an outwardly pointing face the protective cap and may further include an integrally molded a centering journal. In another embodiment, the guide rail may also include a lengthwise crosspiece, and the protective cap includes a corresponding extension.

Guide rail assembly

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Tutzing, Germany

Rainer Mathias