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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Martin Kralik, Weilheim, DE;
Wolfgang Seifert, Beilngries, DE;
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle roof with a series of sliding louvers for selectively closing or at least partially exposing a roof opening in a fixed roof surface, in which the louvers abut one another in the closed position and form a flat interconnected louver assembly that is guided along guides such that, when the louvers are displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the louver assembly executes translational movement which causes the assembly to be separate on a louver by louver basis by pivoting each individual louver forward in an opening direction, and to be re-established when the roof is closed. Each louver (10a-10e) in the closed position is sealed on each side of the roof opening by a hollow chamber seal (30) that has a sealing surface (36) which is engaged by the louver side edges (37). To reduce seal friction and for improved tolerance compensation, the sealing surface (36), faces upwardly the top of the roof at an angle relative to the louvers (10a-10e) and is inclined in a downward direction toward a longitudinal center of the roof opening. Furthermore, the side edge (37) of the louvers, in the closed position, engage the sealing surface (36) roughly in its center.