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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Peter Christiaan Leonardus Johannes Manders, Horst, NL;
Inalfa Industries B.V., , NL;
Abstract
A roof assembly for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof has a stationary part to be fixed to the roof and a closure element supported by the stationary part. The closure element is slidably guided along guideways in the stationary part at its side edges by means of sliding shoes. The sliding shoes form part of a sliding shoe unit. The guideway comprises a flange having opposed sides, on which the sliding shoes engage. The sliding shoes of the sliding shoe units respectively engage one of the sides of the flange, and in that the sliding shoes engaging the opposed sides of the flange are so designed that they clamp the flange between them under spring pressure.