Abstract: A wind deflector for the sliding top of a motor vehicle wherein pivoting of the deflector from a collapsed to an upward effective position is controlled in precisely-timed relation with and by sliding of the top from an closed to an open position, respectively, so that contact or interference between the two parts is avoided. The top may be adjusted after installation so that it is flush with the surrounding portion of the vehicle, without, however, varying the aforesaid timed relation.

Abstract: An openable vehicle roof structure to serve as a retractable sliding roof or an air vent has a roof opening in the horizontal portion; a downwardly recessed frame surrounding the opening on at least its front and side edges, as an integral part of the roof structure; a rigid panel matching the opening and serving as a closure member for it when aligned with the edges thereof; a pivot connection between the panel and the roof frame which permits the panel to be pivoted about a horizontal axis located near its front edge, the rear edge of the panel being thereby movable upwardly out of the roof opening; two rigid, generally flat shutter members arranged adjacent to the lateral edges of the panel to extend along at least a major portion of the panel length; a connecting mechanism for movably connecting the shutter members to the panel so that, when the rigid panel is in its open, upwardly pivoted position, they extend downwardly from its lateral edges, thereby substantially covering the gap between the panel and

Abstract: A vehicle sliding roof construction with a rigid sliding roof articulated to a transport bridge which is U-shaped in cross section, whereon engages a driving cable which is guided in a slotted pipe mounted on the fixed roof portion, whereby the pipe is guided in a tubular body fixed to the transport bridge at least when the roof is in an open position.

Abstract: A crank and drive mechanism for a raisable sliding top such as of a motor vehicle is provided with a crank arm, with a mechanism to permit a plurality of rotations to said crank arm for a complete extension and retraction of the top, including an end stop.Means are provided to permit, with a single operating member, the actuation of the top into sliding movements, closing movements, opening movements, locking it in a position established, maintaining the top in a locked position releasably without the necessity for additional parts and automatically indicating the closed and the open positions of the top.

Abstract: An automobile sliding roof structure in which a transparent sliding roof panel is associated with an independently retractable opaque canopy panel and where the vertical gap between the roof panel and the roof frame is covered by a U-shaped shutter, moving with the roof panel, but not pivoting with the latter, and by a transverse stationary shutter at the rear of the opening, while skirt portions extending downwardly from the roof panel frame close the gaps between the two shutter elements and the roof panel.

Abstract: A liquid fuel burning heater for vehicles in which the burner unit has a housing which is surrounded by a radially spaced casing, and the heat exchanger has spaced inner and outer jackets axially aligned with the housing and casing, so that the air flows between them past the latter into the former. The casing and at least the outer jacket of the heat exchanger are integral parts of a unitary casting; the burner unit may be a self-contained subassembly, pre-assembled in its housing.

Abstract: A liquid fuel burning heater for use in vehicles comprising a burner unit enclosed within a burner housing which in turn is surrounded by the heater housing. A lateral head extending from the heater housing encloses within a hermetically sealed space the connecting end of the ignition plug, a duct leading from this head space either to the atmosphere outside the vehicle, or to the intake side of the burner unit, thereby evacuating leaked exhaust gases.

Abstract: A crank drive assembly for sliding roof mechanisms of automobiles, in which a hand-operated crank drives a push-pull cable, the assembly including a releasable clutch between a drive shaft and a drive pinion transmitting the crank motion to the drive cable, and an arresting mechanism blocking the pinion, whenever the clutch mechanism is disengaged. The clutch mechanism and the arresting mechanism are simultaneously operated by a pivoting motion of the drive crank.

Abstract: A sliding roof structure for automobiles where the sliding roof panel is openable upwardly in a venting mode and retractable in a retracting mode and where an inner opening, defined by a recessed roof frame is surrounded by a fixed canopy, while a first movable canopy portion, or panel canopy, is connected to the sliding roof panel and another movable canopy portion is connected to a transversely extending movable rain channel underneath the rear edge of the outer roof opening. The movable rain channel is operatively connected to the panel canopy, supporting the rear edge of the latter, when it is not lifted in the venting mode.

Abstract: An upwardly pivotable vent panel assembly as part of an automobile roof structure in which the horizontal pivot connection is defined by a pair of insertion tongues on the forward end of the vent panel engaging matching slots in a vertical wall portion of the roof, the pivot connection being readily disengageable and the lifting linkage being releasable for complete removal of the panel.

Abstract: A lifting linkage for an upwardly pivotable vent panel in the roof structure of an automobile, where an upper and lower knee lever form a knee linkage which is detachable from the vent panel and adjustable in relation to the actuating rod by means of a high-friction slip fit. In the collapsed position the knee levers engage each other to prevent rattling.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism for the openable roof panel of an automobile in which a rotatable assembly consisting of a twist handle, a vertical shaft and a double-arm lever is movable axially by pulling the twist handle, thereby disengaging locking serrations on the handle and on a fixed retaining flange, a spring re-engaging the serrations, as soon as the handle is released.