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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Manfred Färber, Wielenbach, DE;
Wolfgang Ettl, Gräfelfing, DE;
Jadi Karami-Malamiri, München, DE;
Wolfgang Dittrich, Gilching, DE;
Andreas Engl, München, DE;
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
A sliding roof with at least one slidable and optionally also raisable rigid cover element for selectively closing or at least partially exposing a roof opening of a motor vehicle in which the cover element is guided along at least one roof-mounted guide for a sliding motion between an open position and a closed position and is equipped with a brake mechanism which takes effect only in case of a crash, the brake mechanism remaining inactive during normal movements of the cover element between the open and closed position, and braking the cover element over a path which has a length which is dependent on the acceleration forces which occur during a crash.