IP Library Patent Application 12397411
Patent Application
App. No. 12/397,411

SUBASSEMBLY FOR A SLIDING ROOF

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Patent No.
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App. No.
12/397,411
Abstract

A subassembly for a sliding roof includes right and left guiderails, which lie opposite each other. A component extends between the left and right guiderails and is guided therein. A cable includes a first section that extends between a right front side of the component and a left rear side of the component. The cable also includes a second section that extends between a left front side and a right rear side. Some sections of the cable are guided in a Bowden cable sheath.

Claims (15)

1 . A subassembly for a sliding roof comprising:

a right guiderail and a left guiderail which lie opposite each other;

a component which extends between the right and left guiderails and is guided therein; and

a cable having a first section that extends between a right front side of the component and a left rear side of the component, and a second section that extends between a left front side and a right rear side of the component, and wherein at least some sections of the cable are guided in a Bowden cable sheath.

2 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cable is designed as a single piece.

3 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cable is connected to the component at the right and left ends thereof such that tensile forces can be transmitted.

4 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein drivers which are fitted into the component are attached to the cable.

5 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a deflecting pulley for the cable is attached to a front end of each guiderail.

6 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a first Bowden cable sheath extends from an abutment, which is assigned to a right deflecting pulley, to the rear where the first Bowden cable sheath extends to an abutment on the left guiderail, and wherein a second Bowden cable sheath extends from an abutment, which is assigned to a left deflecting pulley, to the rear where the second Bowden cable sheath extends to an abutment on the right guiderail.

7 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first Bowden cable sheath extends from a front abutment on the right guiderail to the left guiderail where the first Bowden cable sheath extends to the rear to a rear abutment, and a second Bowden cable sheath extends from a front abutment on the left guiderail to the right guiderail where the second Bowden cable sheath extends to the rear to a rear abutment.

8 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a compression spring is arranged between an abutment and that end of the Bowden cable sheath which is assigned thereto.

9 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , including a cable sheave that is used to move the cable.

10 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a driving motor is coupled to the cable sheath.

11 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component is a bow which is part of a sunshield roller blind.

12 . The subassembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component is a cover which is part of a sliding roof system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2010
From: ARVINMERITOR GMBH
To: ROOF SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 025543/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2009
From: RODER, JOACHIM
To: ARVINMERITOR GMBH
Reel/Frame 022340/0706 →