Webasto Vehicle Systems International Gmbh

Webasto Karosseriesysteme Gmbh

Thomas Ulbrich

Alfons Lutz

Johann Mayer

Thomas Wikelski

Christian Toduta

Stephan Wolfrum

Olaf Kraschienski

A motor vehicle roof with a roof opening ( ) and a body-mounted carrier frame ( ) to which a roof module ( ) which fills the roof opening is attached, the roof module having a module frame ( ) by means of which it is attached to the carrier frame, a cover ( ) which can be pushed in the module frame in the lengthwise direction of the roof, and a rear window ( ) which directly adjoins the cover to the rear in the closed position of the cover, and the module frame is made such that the cover and the rear window in their closed state adjoin the module frame, forming a seal. The rear window ( ) can be raised with its rear edge.

Motor vehicle roof with a roof module

A vehicle roof with two cover elements (2, 3) which selectively close or at least partially expose a roof opening. The front cover element is formed as a wind deflector strip (2) which can be pivot around a pivot axis forming pin (4) located near its front edge and which can be raised at its rear edge above the fixed vehicle roof (1). The rear cover element is designed as sliding cover (3) which can be lowered under the fixed vehicle roof (1) by means of a lowering mechanism and which can be moved under the fixed vehicle roof (1) on slide elements (20, 33) which can be moved along guide rails (18) which are secured to the roof. The wind deflector strip (2) and sliding cover (3) can be actuated by means of a common drive (drive cable 27). At each lateral side of the roof, the sliding cover (3) has front and rear slide elements (20, 33) to which the lowering mechanism is coupled for forced actuation of the two cover elements which, however, is independent of time. Furthermore, there are front and rear auxiliary slide elements (13, 26) which can move relative to the front and rear slide elements (20, 33) and which can be coupled automatically to the respective slide element (20, 33) or to a part secured to the fixed vehicle roof (guide rail 18) by means of locking blocks (15, 30) which can move perpendicularly to the direction of movement of slide elements (20, 33). At the same time, the raising mechanism (6) of the wind deflector strip (2) is coupled to the front auxiliary slide element (13).

Vehicle roof with two cover elements

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Kaufering, Germany

Thomas Ulbrich