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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Helmut Teschner, Finning, DE;
Walter Schåtzler, Starnberg, DE;
Hans Jardin, Bachern, DE;
Manfred Pfalzgraf, Herrsching, DE;
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle roof including a front roof opening and a rear roof opening, a movable front cover for covering the front roof opening, the movable front cover being movably guided on a frame member and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the front cover, a stationary rear cover for covering the rear roof opening, the stationary rear roof cover being supported on the frame and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the stationary rear cover, and solar cells provided proximate to at least one of the nonviewing area of the movable front cover and the nonviewing area of the stationary rear cover.