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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Bernhard Wingen, Feldkirchen, DE;
Wolfgang Seifert, Germering, DE;
Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with a carrier ( ) for a cover element ( ) for a roof opening ( ) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first slide element ( ) and a second slide element ( ) which are offset relative to one another and extend in the lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide ( ), the first slide element ( ) being guided in the vertical direction along a first guideway ( ) and the second slide element ( ) along a second guideway ( ), and the first and the second guideway ( and ) being at different vertical levels. In contrast to known motor vehicle roofs, the first guideway ( ) and the second guideway ( ) are offset relative to one another in the transverse direction of the roof.