Abstract: In order to reduce the installed height of an elevatable sliding roof, guide rails supporting a rigid roof cover in a sliding roof cassette are given an arched shape corresponding to the contour of the vehicle roof. A gutter extending underneath a gap between the rear roof cover edge and the edge of the opening in the roof is shifted toward the rear when the roof cover is lowered into a sliding position. The roof cover consists of two half shells which are glued to each other and a roof cover seal is located along the periphery of the cover.

Abstract: A sliding-raisable roof of shallow construction of motor vehicles. The roof is rigid and is supported by a sliding roof case which is displaceable between at least two positions, one raised and one lowered normal position. Sliding blocks slidably disposed in guide rails form a displacement apparatus, one such apparatus being arranged on each side of the roof case. The roof top can be raised at its rear end into an exposed ventilating position by means of an exposure mechanism supported against rear sliding blocks. Two compression-resistant threaded cables and a single drive motor are used to drive the roof top and displace the sliding roof case. Each of the two threaded cables coact on one end with the displacement apparatus of the sliding roof case and on the other end with the roof top or its exposure mechanism. Free travel of one or the other end of the threaded cables is provided for alternatively driving the displacement apparatus of the sliding roof case and the exposure mechanism of the roof top.

Abstract: A raisable sliding roof for motor vehicles, including a slidable rigid cover having front and rear ends, and which slides into a position in which a roof opening is covered, the cover being displaceable into an opening position in which is released from the opening, and raisable into a ventilation position, sliding shoes arranged to support the cover front end, additional sliding shoes and supporting arms arranged to support the cover rear end, a casing having two halves connected to articulate about an axis transverse to a cover sliding direction, the casing halves each having outer ends which are articulated at the vehicle roof by elastic joints, at least one lifting and lowering device supported at the vehicle roof for adjusting the casing halves from a substantially horizontal normal position into a downwardly bent position, guide rails arranged in the casing to receive the sliding and additional sliding shoes, blocks of springy elastic material and compression springs arranged to support at least one of

Abstract: A sliding automobile roof cover characterized by a shallow construction having a rigid cover member which seals an opening in the roof of a vehicle body when in its closed position with the cover member being selectively slidable into an open position uncovering the roof opening or merely into a tilted ventilating position. The sliding cover member is supported by sliding blocks and support arms in guide rails which are subdivided into two guide rail sections movable relative to the plane of the automobile roof substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the cover member. Independently of a separation of the dividing lines of the guide rails or merely of the resilient design of single-piece continuous guide rails, an independently actuatable raising and lowering device operates to effect shifting of the position of the guide rail sections relative to the plane of the vehicle roof.

Abstract: To achieve minimum manufacturing and assembly costs a locking system for a cover in a vehicle roof is located in the area of the rear end of the cover. At its front end the cover is pivotally hinged about an axis, directed transversely to the driving direction, and its rear end is supported by a swinging-out or lifting device, formed by curved segment-shaped supports. The curved segment-shaped supports include laterally cantilevered lugs one of which engages in an operating slot guide in the cover and the other is engageable in a locking slot guide, also in the cover.