Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
  • B60J7/02—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes
  • B60J7/022—Sliding roof trays or assemblies

Definitions

• the invention relates to a frame arrangement of an openable vehicle roof, in particular a sliding tilting roof, for supporting a tiltable and displaceable cover, wherein the frame assembly has lateral frame members and each frame leg has a longitudinal guide for a bearing device of the lid and is provided with a reinforcing member.
• a frame assembly has become known, the lateral frame legs are each composed of a first longitudinal profile of a metallic material and a parallel thereto second longitudinal profile of a plastic, wherein the first longitudinal profile guide rails for sliding bearings of the lid and formed on the second longitudinal profile water supply channels.
• the functions to be performed by the frame limb can thus be assigned specifically.
• the alone the leadership of the cover taking over metal longitudinal profile may also have a drive cable channel.
• a known from DE 40 12 635 A1 frame assembly has a frame made of plastic, which has reinforcing sheet metal parts in the area of heavier loads.
• the areas of heavy load are, for example, those places where the mechanism of the sliding or sliding sunroof lies with the lid closed.
• reinforcing plate parts engage under the front region of the frame legs, but themselves have no guides for supporting the lid.
• the invention has for its object to provide a frame assembly mentioned above, which is improved in terms of a weight and cost structure and yet has sufficient strength.
• each frame leg has a frame rail as a reinforcing member, wherein the frame rail extends along a rear portion of the frame leg and is limited to this rear portion, a range of movement of a drivable rear bearing means of Cover corresponds.
• the frame rail is thus limited as a support and reinforcement on the rear portion of the frame leg, which extends over the range of movement or displacement of a driven and displaceable rear bearing device of the lid.
• This rear portion begins in the X- or longitudinal direction of the frame leg approximately at the point at which the rear bearing means of the lid is positioned with the lid closed or with flared or lowered and therefore still arranged at the roof opening lid.
• the rear portion then extends in the X or longitudinal direction along the frame leg to the rear at least to the point at which the Rear shifted rear bearing device of the lid is arranged with the lid fully open.
• a sliding tilting roof of the lid to guides which are arranged on the frame legs, under the back opening to the roof opening adjacent component such.
• each component with a guide or guide rail for an adjustable mounting of a cover of an openable vehicle roof is understood to be a frame leg.
• any suitable elongated reinforcing member is referred to, which may also be composed of several components.
• the frame leg of a non-metallic material or plastic for. B. of a polypropylene
• the frame rail of a respect to the frame legs firmer material such.
• B. of a metallic material such. As aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
• the frame rail is mounted as a bottom stiffener on the frame legs.
• the frame leg which may have a rear longitudinal guide for the rear bearing device may be thinner on the reinforced portion and thus formed with less material and supported in this section.
• the frame leg may have a recess at the position of the attached frame rail, so that this material of the frame leg is completely saved.
• the frame rail is suitably made of a stronger non-metallic material or plastic with an E modulus in the range of For example, about 15,000 to 25,000 MPa and in particular produced in a range of about 20,000 MPa, but with higher strength requirements, a material with a larger modulus of elasticity can be selected.
• a metallic material such.
• aluminum has a considerably higher modulus of elasticity, which must be taken into account when designing the frame leg and the corresponding material savings.
• the frame rail may be a metallic extruded profile that is simple and inexpensive to produce.
• the frame rail may in particular have a cable channel in which a drive cable is guided in particular pressure-resistant, which connects a drive motor or in a simple embodiment, a manually operated hand crank with a component of the rear bearing device.
• the frame rail may also include a longitudinal guide for the rear bearing device on which at least one component or a sliding element of the rear bearing device is displaceably guided.
• the frame rail is in this case not only reinforcing member, but it also provides a guide itself.
• Extruded components are inexpensive to produce over their longitudinal extent uniform cross-sectional design, z. B. with a molded cable channel or a web or groove-shaped substantially linear guideway or guide slot. Curved slide tracks or other longitudinally extending guideways are preferably made in the form of plastic components.
• the frame limb is therefore expediently formed in particular in the region of the frame rail or next to the frame rail with at least one control and / or guide slot for the rear bearing device.
• the control and / or guide slot as well as the frame legs is therefore advantageously prepared as a plastic injection molded part, which allows different configurations in a simple manner. Due to the integration of such control and / or guidance scenes or similar control parts can in particular an extruded rail additionally to be mounted components and associated assembly costs are avoided.
• the frame leg expediently has in its front section a water collecting device which terminates at an initial portion of the frame rail.
• the rear bearing means of the lid is arranged with the lid closed or flared.
• a the gutter assigned to the rear edge of the lid drains laterally in the water collecting device of the frame leg.
• the side water collecting device is not required due to the lack of water to be diverted. Accordingly, the frame leg to the rear then to the water collecting device space for guide components or guide slots for the rear bearing device.
• the water intake device has z. B. on the frame legs integrally formed water channel.
• the frame rail extends from the frame leg or a control and guide slots containing plastic profile of the frame leg in the Y or transverse direction inwards towards the center of the lid.
• the frame rail is thus arranged substantially on the inside of the frame leg, but can also extend over the entire width of the frame leg and thereby reinforcing support the frame leg formed of plastic.
• the assignment of the frame rail to the frame legs and their connection and attachment can be designed in different versions, as long as a sufficient reinforcement is ensured.
• the frame rail is bolted to the frame leg, for example.
• the frame leg expediently has a longitudinal guide for a front bearing device of the cover, which ends at the front end of the frame rail or overlaps the frame rail in an overlapping region.
• the front bearing device When the cover is moved backwards, the front bearing device is arranged in front of the front end of the frame rail or it moves into the overhanging position. overlapping part.
• the length of the overlap area is z. B. a few centimeters.
• the overlapping region can also extend to the rear end position of the front bearing device with the cover completely shifted backwards.
• FIG. 3a in a longitudinal sectional view of the sliding lifting roof with the issued at its rear edge cover;
• 3b in a longitudinal sectional view according to FIG. 3a the sliding lifting roof with the cover arranged in the closed position in the roof opening;
• FIG. 3c shows a longitudinal sectional view according to FIG. 3a of the sliding lifting roof with the cover lowered and partly moved under a rear roof surface; in a three-dimensional view of the vehicle roof with side frame legs of a frame assembly in the region of the Schuran of the lid; in a side outer view in partial section, the rear bearing mechanism with flipped cover of FIG. 3a; Fig. 5b in a side outer view in partial section the rear
• 5c is a side elevational view in partial section of the rear bearing mechanism with lowered and displaced rearwardly cover according to FIG. 3c;
• FIG. 6a shows in a side view in partial section the rear bearing mechanism in a position corresponding to FIG. 5a;
• FIG. 6b shows in a side view in partial section the rear bearing mechanism in a position corresponding to FIG. 5b
• FIG. 6c shows in a side view in partial section the rear bearing mechanism in a position corresponding to FIG. 5c
• FIG. 6b shows in a side view in partial section the rear bearing mechanism in a position corresponding to FIG. 5b
• FIG. 6c shows in a side view in partial section the rear bearing mechanism in a position corresponding to FIG. 5c
• FIG. 7 is a plan view of the left side of the roof with the front and the rear bearing mechanism of the lid with the lid closed;
• Figure 8 is a plan view of the left side of the frame assembly with lowered and compared to Figure 7 rearwardly displaced lid. 9 shows in a three-dimensional view the rear bearing mechanism at the left rear corner region of the cover with a gutter and an associated water collecting area;
• FIG. 10 shows a cross-sectional view of the gutter with the water collecting area along the section line A - A in FIG. 9;
• FIG. 11 b in a cross-sectional view of the left frame legs of FIG.
• Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the left front corner portion of the front gutter lid and the front portion of the left frame leg with a water channel;
• FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view along the section line B - B in Figure 12 the lid with its front bearing on the frame leg and the gutter, which extends to the water channel.
• FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along section line C - C in FIG.
• a vehicle 1 such.
• a passenger car has a vehicle roof 2 with a roof opening 3, which is optionally closed by a cover 4 of a sliding-lifting roof 5 or at least partially exposed.
• the cover 4 is adjustable by means of an adjusting mechanism between a closed position, in which it is arranged flush in the roof opening 3 with the roof skin 6 or an adjacent roof component (FIGS. 1 and 3b), a ventilation position in which it adjoins its rear edge 7 is raised (see Fig. 3a), and an open position (see Fig. 3c), in which it is lowered at its rear edge 7 and at least partially displaced to the rear under the adjacent roof skin 6 and an adjacent roof component.
• the cover 4 generally represents an example of a body component that is adjustable by means of a bearing device or adjustment mechanism.
• the drawn in Fig. 1 three-dimensional vehicle coordinate system provides the axis and direction designations used in the description such.
• B. "front” and “back” is.
• the sliding-lifting roof 5 is formed as a structural unit with a frame assembly 8, both sides of the roof opening 3 as frame longitudinal part a frame leg 9 and a front frame cross member 10 and a rear compassionquer- part 11 (see Fig. 4) for connecting the two frame legs 9 , Other frame parts may be provided as needed, z. B. the reinforcement or stiffening of the frame assembly 8.
• the sliding-lifting roof 5 is fixedly mounted with its frame assembly 8 on the vehicle roof 2 and a roof or body structure in a conventional manner.
• a glass lid is in the region of its front edge 12 on both sides by means of a respective front lid mechanism or bearing device 13 slidably mounted on a front longitudinal guide 14, which is arranged on the frame legs 9 and z. B. as inward to the lid or roof center or the opposite right-side frame leg opening z. B. groove-shaped slide is formed (see, for example, Fig. 13).
• the lid 4 is displaceably mounted in the region of its rear edge 7 on both sides by means of a respective rear lid mechanism or bearing device 15 on a rear longitudinal guide 16, which is arranged on the frame legs 9 or formed thereon.
• the two frame legs 9 as well as the longitudinal guides 14 and 16 extend on the vehicle roof 2 on both sides of the roof opening 3 in the roof longitudinal direction along the side edges 17 of the roof opening 3 and in particular the rear longitudinal guides 16 in its extension to the rear under the roof skin 6 or another adjacent roof part.
• the longitudinal guides 14 and 16 may instead of groove-shaped slideways with differently shaped slideways such. B be formed with web-shaped guides or scenes.
• a drive device for the motorized adjustment of the cover 4 has a drive motor 18 mounted in particular on the front frame cross member 10 and a respective drive cable 19 (FIG. 12) which connects the drive motor 18 to the respective rear bearing device 5 and is guided along the frame member 9.
• the drive motor can also be on a rear frame cross member or on the vehicle roof or other roof-side component be stored and the drive cables can be guided via cable guides or cable pipes to the frame legs 9. Accordingly, the front frame cross member 10 is not required for driving motor bearing in each case and can also be omitted.
• the lid 4 has a front gutter 20 (see Fig. 3, 12, 13 and 14) which extends at the front edge 12 of the lid 4 over the lid width and the front edge 12 engages under such that water passing through a gap 21 between the lid 4 and the roof opening 3 surrounding edge 22 of the roof skin 6 has penetrated past a seal 23 is collected by the gully 20 and laterally into a water channel 24 is derived.
• the seal 23 is for example attached to a vertical flange portion 25 at the edge 22 of the roof skin 6 (see FIGS. 12 to 14), but may alternatively be attached to the lid edge, so that the gap 21 in this case between the seal 23 and the Edge 22 of the roof skin 6 is located.
• the gully 20 is firmly connected to the lid 4 and in the region of the front edge 12 of the lid 4 z. B. glued to the underside 26 of the lid 4 or by means of a An or foam 27, which is formed only on or under the front edge 12 or on the edge of the lid, attached or integrated.
• the gutter 20 includes a side edge portion 28 which extends over a channel inner wall 29 into or over the water channel 24, so that water from the gutter 20 safely drains into the water channel 24 and can not get into the dry area outside of the water-bearing parts. At least this lateral edge portion 28 of the gully 20 is at the lid 4 closed (see Fig. 3b) as well as flared lid 4 (see Fig.
• the water channel 24 is arranged in particular at the top of the frame leg 9 or formed on this and extends over such a length that the gully 20 with the lid closed and 4 like is always positioned above the water channel 24 even when the cover 4 is open and pushed backwards.
• the water channel 24 has a front end wall 30 and at least one z. B. tubular water outlet 31, on the z. B. by means of a hose water over a roof pillar such as the A-pillar of the vehicle can be derived.
• the front bearing device 13 includes a support arm 32 with a slider 33 attached thereto, which is slidably received in the longitudinal guide 14.
• the support arm 32 is fixedly connected to support the lid 4 with the gutter 20, the AnMumung 27 or other cover part and allows in a simple manner a pure pivoting movement of the lid 4 when exhibiting or lowering relative to the slider 33, the rotationally fixed in the longitudinal guide 14 and is received longitudinally displaceable.
• the support arm 32 ends z. B.
• the slider 33 may also be integrally formed with the gully 20 and the support arm 32 or fixedly attached thereto.
• the slider 33 forming the pivot axis then pivots in the longitudinal guide 14 in a joint pivoting movement with the cover 4.
• the slider 33 may be cylindrical, trapezoidal or oblong in side view and accordingly in line contact or preferred supported in surface contact on the longitudinal guide 14.
• the rear bearing device 15 of the lid 4 has a drive slide 36 (see FIG. 2 and in particular FIGS. 5 a to 5 c and 6 a to 6 c) which is connected to a guide track 37 of the rear longitudinal guide 16 by means of a front slide element 38 and a rear slide element 39 slidably received and connected to the flexible tensile drive cable 19 which is connected to the frame leg 9 is received in a cable guide 40 and guided pressure resistant.
• the rear bearing device 15 comprises a raising or control lever 41, which is articulated at its front end by means of a side mounted on the underside of the lid 4 pivot bearing 42, which with his
• Pivoting axis in the vicinity of the rear edge 7 of the lid 4 is arranged.
• the control lever 41 extends from the pivot bearing 42 below the lid 4 to the rear beyond the rear edge 7 of the lid 4 also and is mounted on the drive carriage 36 depending on its position by means of two or three control units.
• the first or front control unit 43 includes a first slider 44 projecting inwardly from the drive carriage 36 against the control lever 41, and a first front guide slot 45 disposed on the control lever 41 and opened outwardly against the drive carriage 36 and in which the slider 44 is taken guided in dependence on the position of the lid 4 (see, for example, FIGS. 5b and 5c).
• the slider 44 is disposed on the upper end of an upwardly directed front arm 46 of the drive carriage 36 and thus above the guide track 37.
• the second or middle control unit 47 includes a second slider 48 projecting inwardly of the control lever 41 against the drive carriage 36 and a second intermediate guide slot 49 disposed on the drive carriage 36 in the longitudinal direction and laterally open for engagement with the slider 48 and in FIG the slider 48 is accommodated guided in dependence on the position of the cover 4 (see, for example, FIGS. 5a to 5c).
• the slider 48 forms the central support of the control lever 41 on the drive carriage 36 at the level of the guide track 37 and is guided in the guide track 37 in abutment against the upper and lower guide wall 50 and 51, respectively.
• the third or rear control unit 52 (see FIGS.
• the third rear guide slot 54 has a slotted profile, which extends from a front upper inlet portion 55 via an inclined downwardly extending central portion 56 to a lower rear end portion 57.
• the control lever 41 further includes an additional rear locking slider 58 (see Figs. 5a to 5c) projecting outwardly from the control lever 41 opposite to the position of the third slider 53 and engaged in an associated guide slot 59 at the rear longitudinal guide 16 is arranged and has a front substantially vertically and curved extending vertical slot 60 and a subsequent rear longitudinal horizontal link 61.
• Lifting roofs 5 as well as the two frame legs 9 are made of plastic such. As polypropylene, which may also be glass fiber reinforced, and in particular produced as injection molded parts.
• Each frame leg 9 contains the longitudinal guide 14, in which the slider 33 of the front bearing device 13 is slidably received and which extends sufficiently far to the rear, z. B. until approximately at the level of the rear edge of the roof opening 3, so that the cover 4 can be moved in a maximum opening position under the fixed roof skin 6 to the rear.
• the rear longitudinal guide 16 for the drive carriage 36 of the rear bearing device 15 includes the guide track 37 which extends rearwardly at least from the point in which the front slider 38 of the drive carriage 36 assumes its foremost position when the cover 4 is pivoted up (see FIG. 3a).
• At the rear longitudinal guide 16 and the guide slot 59 is formed with its vertical slot 60 and its horizontal link 61 in particular as a plastic part.
• the frame leg 9 contains in addition to these components made of plastic, a frame rail 62 as a reinforcement (Fig. 3a to 3c, 7 and 8), which consists of a relative to conventional plastic comparatively rigid material such.
• a frame rail 62 as a reinforcement (Fig. 3a to 3c, 7 and 8), which consists of a relative to conventional plastic comparatively rigid material such.
• the frame rail 62 is on the frame legs 9 on the underside by means of screws (not shown), which are screwed into screw holes formed in plastic 64 (see Fig. 11b) attached.
• the substantially flat frame rail 62 which may also be curved in the longitudinal direction corresponding to a roof curvature and the frame leg 9 adapted thereto, contains a cable channel 66 which is open via a slot 65 directed to the longitudinal guide 16 and in which the drive cable 19 is guided , which in turn is connected via the slot 65 to the drive carriage 36, which is slidably guided on the upper side of the frame rail 62 or can be.
• This cross-sectional configuration of the frame rail 62 allows cost-effective production as extruded since complicated to be formed and deviating from the longitudinal direction link sections do not need to be formed on the frame rail 62, but are integrated into the plastic part of the rear longitudinal guide 16 of the right-side and the left-side rear storage facilities 15.
• a high-strength plastic for the frame rail 62 has an E-modulus in the range of about 15,000 to 25,000 MPa and in particular about 20,000 MPa.
• a gutter 67 connects the two control parts 41 firmly together (see Fig. 2 and 4) and is formed with these two control parts 41 in particular integrally made of plastic.
• the gutter 67 is shaped and arranged on the respective control part 41 such that it surrounds the rear edge 7 of the lid 4 as well as a front edge 68 of the roof skin 6 which delimits the roof opening 3 on the rear side, to which the seal 23 can be attached intervening gap 69 engages in those positions of the lid 4, in which the lid 4 is closed (Fig. 5b and 6b), issued (Fig. 5a and 6a) and lowered (Fig. 5c and 6c). Penetrating water is collected in gutter 67 and discharged to both sides.
• the gutter 67 ends laterally in a gutter drain 70, which extends to a drain bottom 71 on the frame legs 9, but is laterally limited so that at an opening movement of the lid 4 under the rear roof skin 6, the gutter 67 and the gutter sequence 70 does not collide with the guide profile 59 containing and upstanding plastic profile 72, but can move past it on the inside (see Fig. 8). Water can therefore drain from the gutter 67 via the gutter outlet 70 to the drainage bottom 71 and from here into the water channel 24.
• a water collecting region 73 is thus delimited by the drainage bottom 71, an inner wall 74 and a rear discharge wall 75. Forward may optionally be provided 76 a front boundary wall.
• the gutter 67 is then associated with the water collecting area 73 and opens to this, when the lid 4 and its rear edge 7 is in the positions shown in FIGS. 5a to 5c and 6a to 6c. In these positions, in which the cover 4 has not yet been displaced to release the roof opening 3 in the longitudinal direction, the cover 4 assumes a cover basic position.
• the gutter 67 will not contain water, so that a lateral water collecting area in the rear portion of the Frame leg 9 and thus in the field of plastic profile 72 is not required.
• the cover 4 is formed trapezoidal in plan view, with its front edge 12 is shorter than its rear edge 7. Accordingly, the limited by the seal 23 roof opening 3 also has a trapezoidal shape.
• the front bearing device 13 only contains the slider 33 as part to be stored on the longitudinal guide 14. Other parts are not required for the pivoting movement and the longitudinal movement of the lid 4 in the region of the front bearing device 13, so that here the necessary space in the Y or transverse direction as well as in the X or longitudinal direction is comparatively low.
• the rear bearing device 15 which takes over the issuing of the lid 4, the locking in the closed position and the lowering and the movement in the longitudinal direction, is arranged in the rear corner region of the lid 4 and is thus in the region of the rear frame cross member 11, which is mounted as a transverse reinforcement and is supported on the edge of the fixed roof longitudinal spar and in particular on a B-pillar (Fig. 4). Forces from the lid 4 due to its weight or driving z. B. initiated by shocks or wind forces in the region of its rear edge 7 on the pivot bearing 42 on the rear bearing means 15 are derived from this on a short power path directly to the frame legs 9 and of this on the rear frame cross member 11 in the fixed roof or body structure ,
• the space of the rear bearing device 5 is limited in the X or longitudinal direction substantially to the moving from the drive carriage 36 and controlled control lever 41 and thus comparatively low.
• Ausstellkulissen known from the prior art which is on the underside of the lid, such. B. on a side cover carrier, extend over a comparatively long length, or locking devices in this area for fixing the closed lid 4 in the X or longitudinal direction are not required.
• the locking of the lid 4 in the X- or longitudinal direction takes place rather in the vertical backdrop 60, which in the plastic profile 72 clearly behind the closed cover 4 or the cross member or rear frame cross member 11 and at the level of the rear end of the rear bearing means 15 and des Control lever 41 is arranged.
• the space of the rear bearing device 15 in the Y or transverse direction is therefore comparatively low.
• the control lever 41 of the rear bearing device 15 and the drive carriage 36 are arranged directly inwardly of the plastic profile 72 on the frame member 9 movable or longitudinally movable.
• the inner drive carriages 36 of the left-side and right-side rear storage devices 15 and the two sliders 33 of the left-side and right-side front storage devices 13 form a rectangle with a large width in the Y or transverse direction, since - as explained - the space of the rear storage facility 15 in Y or transverse direction is comparatively low.
• the see-through area on the glass cover 4 or on the exposed roof opening 3, which is bounded from below or from the vehicle interior by a headliner is substantially larger in comparison with a see-through area in conventional storage facilities.
• the control lever 41 In order to hold the cover 4 in its closed position (FIGS. 3b, 5b and 6b), the control lever 41 is in a position to be designated as horizontal with respect to its central bearing point formed on the drive carriage by the second slider 48, a rotary and sliding slider 36 and twice supported by the first control unit 43 and the third control unit 52.
• the first support is provided by the front first slider 44 or lowering slider of the drive carriage 36, which is received in the front portion of the first guide slot 45 or Absenkkulisse the control lever 41 for a vertical support or Z-support.
• the second support is provided by the rear third slider 58 or Ausstellgleiter the control lever 41 which is held vertically in the third guide slot 54 or Ausstellkulisse at the front inlet portion 55.
• the second slider 48 as a central bearing point of the control lever 41 as well as the gutter 67 are located under the seal 23 and under the gap 69 between the front edge 68 of the roof skin 6 and the seal 23 and the rear edge 7 of the lid 4.
• the locking slider 58 or XZ-locking slide is in the vertical link 60 of Guide slot 59 received in an X or longitudinal locking position and sets the control lever 41 so in the X or longitudinal direction.
• the lid 4 is held securely locked in its closed position by means of the front and the rear control unit 43 and 52, wherein a locking force on the two control units 43 and 52 distributed.
• a locking force on the two control units 43 and 52 distributed.
• Particularly advantageous is the short largely vertical force path from the pivot bearing 42 on the cover 4 to the front first slider 44 and the immediate derivation via the arm 46 of the drive carriage 36 in the guide track 37 on the frame leg 9 and the frame rail 62 and the rear frame cross member 11 in the roof longitudinal spar or the B-pillar.
• the lowering movement of the rear third slider 58 pivots simultaneously the control lever 41 about its central second slider 48, so that the front end of the control lever 41 with the pivot bearing 42 lifts while the cover 4 about its front pivot or bearing axis 34 on the slider 33 upwards pivots and issuing with its rear edge 7 on the roof 6. Since at the beginning of this forward movement of the drive carriage 36, the front first slider 44 exits from the first guide slot 45, the control lever 41 is released at its front portion and can pivot with this upward.
• the locking slide 58 at the rear end of the control lever 41 descends parallel to the third slider 53, being guided in the vertical slot 60 in the X or longitudinal direction and consequently the position of the control lever 41 and thus also of the cover 4 on the frame leg 9 or the vehicle roof 2 determines and determines.
• the first control unit 43 and the third control unit 52 are thus arranged relative to one another such that secure support via the two control units 43 and 52 is always ensured even during the initial pivotal movement of the control lever 41 and thus in this transfer position of the control lever 41 on
• the control lever 41 is simultaneously pivoted about its central second slider 48 so that its rear end with the locking slider 58 in the vertical link 60 lifts up to the level of the horizontal link 61 and abuts against the upper side thereof.
• the lowermost position of the lid 4 is reached in the region of the pivot bearing 42 and held by the locking slide 58.
• the control lever 41 is held in this position in the longitudinal direction to the rear only via the front slider 44 of the drive carriage 36 in the first guide slot 45.
• this definition is sufficient because this lowered position of the lid 4 is only an intermediate position before the subsequent backward movement of the lid 4 under the roof skin 6 (see Fig. 3c). Even when lowering the lid 4 ensures the arrangement of the first
• Control unit 43 and the third control unit 52 that during the initial pivotal movement of the control lever 41 and thus in this transfer position of the control lever 41 on the drive carriage 36 always a secure support on the two control units 43 and 52 is ensured.
• each guide slot 45 and 54 for their leadership function only about half the height of the total stroke of the vertical adjustment.
• a locking of the control lever 41 in the longitudinal direction is not provided substantially in the area laterally adjacent to the control lever 41, but is limited to an area at the rear end of the control lever 41 and is thus arranged outside of the required for the lateral water drainage water collecting area 73.
• the cover 4 In order to expose the roof opening 3, the cover 4 is moved backwards from its lowered position (FIGS. 5 c and 6 c) by means of the drive carriage 36 of the rear bearing device 5.
• the control lever 41 is prevented by its locking slide 58, which is slidably guided in the horizontal link 61 in the longitudinal direction, on a movement in the vertical direction or Z-direction, so that it maintains its pivotal position unchanged relative to the drive carriage 36.
• the entire rear bearing means 16 with the drive carriage 36 and the control lever 41 moves along the rear longitudinal guide 16 and inwardly or inwardly of the plastic profile 72.
• the rear bearing means 16 has due to this design thus very favorable leverage ratios in the supporting and adjusting forces, which Load components evenly and as little as possible. While the Aushebhebelin, d. H. the distance from the central second slider 48 to the rear third slider 53 and the locking slider 58, respectively, is constant, the lowering lever length adapts; H. the distance from the central second slider 48 to the front first slider 44, depending on the pivotal position of the control lever 41 variably.
• the sliders 44, 48, 52 and 58 are in particular plastic glides and can have any form and shape that are suitable for guiding and supporting on guides or slide tracks, such as, for. B. round or trapezoidal sliders in cross-section or generally guiding or engagement elements.
• the sliders may also be sliding or rolling carriages. Suitable as guides backdrops, bars and in general any type of guideways or guide components.
• Front bearing device 43 first control unit

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