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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Francois De Gaillard, Mouilleron en pards, FR;
Wolfgang Seifert, Germering, DE;
Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Abstract
A openable motor vehicle roof with at least one cover ( ) which can be moved out of a closed position in which it closes a roof opening along a roof guideway ( ) to the rear into a deposited position in a rear gate ( ) of the motor vehicle. The rear gate is provided with a guideway ( ) for the at least one cover and is coupled to the vehicle body to swing about a transverse pivot axis that is located on or near its upper end in order to be swung out of the closed position into an open position. The guideways ( ) and the rear gate ( ) are made such that the transfer of the at least one cover to the rear gate takes place in a transfer position of the rear gate which lies between the closed position and the open position of the rear gate ( ).