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Granted Patent B2
US 8,567,859 · App. 13/417,901 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Sliding roof system, in particular for motor vehicles

Inventors: Rainer Grimm (Frankfurt, DE); Juergen Schrader (Weil im Schoenbuch, DE); Achim Demmer (Magstadt, DE)
Assignee: Roof Systems Germany GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,567,859
App. No.
13/417,901
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sliding roof system, in particular for motor vehicles, with at least one guide rail, a carriage which is shiftable in the guide rail, a guide element located at the front, which can cooperate with a cover of the sliding roof, and a swing-out lever located at the rear, which likewise can cooperate with the cover and can be moved by the carriage from a starting position into a position swung out, is wherein the swing-out lever is mounted on the guide rail with a fixed swivel axis and that at least in the starting position the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover lies on the side of the swivel axis facing the carriage.

Claims (12)

1. A sliding roof system, for motor vehicles, with at least one guide rail, a carriage which is shiftable in the guide rail, a guide element located at the front, which can cooperate with a cover of the sliding roof, and a swing-out lever located at the rear, which likewise can cooperate with the cover and can be moved by the carriage from a starting position into a position swung out, wherein the swing-out lever is mounted on the guide rail with a fixed swivel axis and that at least in the starting position the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover lies on the side of the swivel axis facing the carriage, wherein a swing-out rod is provided, which can be actuated by the carriage, in order to move the swing-out lever from the starting position into the position swung out, and that the swing-out rod is guided in the guide rail with its end associated to the swing-out lever and wherein the swing-out rod engages in a coulisse which is provided in the swing-out lever.

2. The sliding roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail includes a guideway for the carriage and that the swivel axis lies below the guideway.

3. The sliding roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the coulisse, proceeding from the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover, initially extends slightly curved towards the guide rail and then has an end portion offset in an opposite direction.

4. The sliding roof system according to claim 3 , wherein a cover is provided, which includes a cover holder which is provided with a sliding guideway, and that at the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover a slider is mounted, which is accommodated in the sliding guideway of the cover holder.

5. The sliding roof system according to claim 4 , wherein the cover holder is connected with the guide element located at the front by a swivel bearing.

6. The sliding roof system according to claim 5 , wherein the guide element located at the front can be shifted by the carriage in the guide rail to the rear towards the swing-out lever.

7. The sliding roof system according to claim 1 , wherein a cover is provided, which includes a cover holder which is provided with a sliding guideway, and that at the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover a slider is mounted, which is accommodated in the sliding guideway of the cover holder.

8. The sliding roof system according to claim 7 , wherein the cover holder is connected with the guide element located at the front by a swivel bearing.

9. The sliding roof system according to claim 8 , wherein the guide element located at the front can be shifted by the carriage in the guide rail to the rear towards the swing-out lever.

10. The sliding roof system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element located at the front can be shifted by the carriage in the guide rail to the rear towards the swing-out lever.

11. The sliding roof system according to claim 2 , wherein the guide element located at the front can be shifted by the carriage in the guide rail to the rear towards the swing-out lever.

12. The sliding roof system according to claim 3 , wherein the guide element located at the front can be shifted by the carriage in the guide rail to the rear towards the swing-out lever.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE STREET ADDRES OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035907 FRAME: 0894. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 20, 2015
From: ROOF SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 036407/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2015
From: ROOF SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 035907/0894 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2012
From: GRIMM, RAINER; SCHRADER, JUERGEN; DEMMER, ACHIM
To: ROOF SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 028207/0183 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 013 826 · Mar 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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