Abstract: A tool for foaming of a component to a pane for a motor vehicle, which forms at least one part of a boundary of an area to be peripherally foamed and includes a rigid insert for holding the component. The insert includes a bottom having an opening for insertion of an end of the component facing away from the peripheral foaming area. An elastic sealing ring surrounds the opening and lies on the bottom. A pressure element is used to press the sealing ring against the bottom to deform the sealing ring in the lateral direction to make tight lateral contact with a part of the component which has been inserted through the opening.

Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof with a fixed roof structure having front and rear roof openings, a front roof system which covers the front roof opening and which includes at least one roof cover which is selective movable in a pivoting position such that its rear edge is positioned above the fixed roof structure and which can be moved longitudinally to at least partially expose the front roof opening. The openable motor vehicle roof further includes a rear roof system which has at least one roof cover which in a closed position covers the rear roof opening over a cargo space in the rear area of the motor vehicle and at least partially clears the rear roof opening in an at least partially opened position.

Abstract: A sliding headliner for a motor vehicle roof with a headliner plate (10) and reinforcements attached to it. The headliner is provided with reinforcements, such as belts. (18, 19) which run preferably above the headliner plate (10), which are separate from the headliner and its sliding elements (12, 13, 14, 15), and which laterally engage roof-mounted guides when upwardly loaded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle convertible roof structure with a folding roof which is movably guided in guide rails (23) in the area of the side members (11) on each side of the vehicle roof. The side members (11) have an extruded section (12) which bears the respective guide rail (23) on its inner side, an outer skin panel section (13) on its outer side and a door and/or window pane seal (14) on its bottom.

Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a fixed roof structure having a roof opening, two successive adjustable covers for closing and at least partially clearing the roof opening. At least one of the covers is selectively movable longitudinally out of its closed position into an open position and both of the covers are selectively pivotable out of their closed positions into a ventilation position.

Abstract: A sunroof for a motor vehicle having roof with an opening, the sunroof including a cover panel for closing the roof opening, a pair of guide rails for supporting the cover panel, a drive device for moving the cover panel vertically and horizontally with relative to the roof in a open and closed position. The sunroof also includes a shade device which can be pulled vertically to cover panel the drive device from the inside while the cover panel is in the open position. The shade device is mounted such that it is fixed with respect to a respective guide rail in a lengthwise direction relative to the roof, while the cover panel is mounted such that it can be moved in the lengthwise direction with respect to the shade device.

Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with an adjustable closing element for an opening in the fixed roof skin for alternatively closing or at least partially clearing the opening. The roof includes a sliding headliner located underneath the roof opening and the closing element, the sliding headliner being movable to at least one of cover and at least partially clear the closing element and the roof opening with respect to the vehicle interior. At least one electrically operated fan is integrated into the sliding headliner and is operable such that it blows air through the sliding headliner into the vehicle interior. Each fan on the intake side and/or on the exhaust side is provided with a filter to clean the air which has been blown into the vehicle interior.

Abstract: A device for foaming around a transparent pane for a motor vehicle roof, including a top tool having a top shaping structure mounted on a top carrier, and a bottom tool having a bottom shaping structure mounted on a bottom carrier. The shaping structures act as a boundary for the area to be peripherally foamed, and the top tool and the bottom tool are made adjustable relative to one another for inserting or removing the pane and the interchangeable bottom shaping structure. The top shaping structure is also interchangeable to enable matching of the peripheral foaming device to different size and shape panes to be peripherally foamed.

Abstract: A pivot drive for a front side roof rod of a motor vehicle roof or a convertible folding top which is supported with a pivoting joint on a rear lateral roof rod. The rear lateral roof rod is pivotally supported via a rod arrangement on the motor vehicle body. When the roof or folding top is open the top can be lowered into a lowered position, and when the roof or folding top is opened and closed the front side roof rod is pivoted by the pivot drive. The pivot drive has a connector that couples in driving engagement the front roof rod to a rod of the rod arrangement. The pivot drive pivots the front side roofrod relative to the rear roofrod when the roof or folding top is being lowered by the pivoting motion of the roof rod.

Abstract: A circuit for the supplying power to at least three electric servomotors, such as servomotors used for an openable motor vehicle roof, each electric servomotor having a first terminal and a second terminal. The circuit includes a power supply, such as a voltage source having a first pole and a second pole, four independently actuable changeover contacts for individually activating and reversing the electric servomotors, whereby a pair of the changeover contacts are connected respectively to the first and second poles of the voltage source. A pair of the changeover contacts are assigned respectively to two of the at least three electric servomotors, and the first terminal of the first servomotor is connected to the first terminal of the third servomotor and the second terminal of the second servomotor is connected to a second terminal of the third servomotor.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle roof with a movable roof part (14) which is connected to a carrier element (11, 111, 225) which can be displaced by a drive element (5, 19, 220) along a given path of motion (8, 219), the drive element (5, 19, 220) engaging a intermediate pivot lever (12, 112, 221) which applies the drive force applied by the drive element (5, 19, 220) via a driver (6, 244) to the carrier element (11, 111, 225) depending on the pivot position of the intermediate lever (12, 112, 221), and the drive arrangement is constructed such that the pivot position of the intermediate lever (12, 112, 221) is determined by the position of the carrier element (11, 111, 225) along the path of motion (8, 219).

Abstract: A sealing system on a motor vehicle is disclosed which includes two sealing profile sections on two adjacent body parts and in which each of the two sealing profile sections can be moved relative to one another. In addition, each of the two sealing profile sections has at least one channel for carrying water that at least partially overlap when the body parts are adjoined to one another.

Abstract: An operational control for a motor vehicle roof, and a motor vehicle roof, which can be opened by motor over different intermediate stages with at least one rotary switch, with operating positions located around the rotary switch signaling the respective opening stage. The motor vehicle roof comprising several successive roof components including a wind deflector louver, a cover and a rear window, actuated by separate drives via the rotary motion of the rotary switch for approaching predetermined opening stages of the motor vehicle roof. The rotary switch includes a pushbutton located under the transparent or translucent cover for manual control of the motorized blind only when the motor vehicle roof is completely closed and operable to open the motorized blind both before a raising of the wind deflector louver and before movement of at least one of the cover and the rear window in an opening direction.

Abstract: A hatch in a fixed roof surface of a motor vehicle with a frame (1) which is located in the roof cutout in the roof surface, with a cover (2) which can be opened and closed relative to the frame (1) via a raising mechanism, and with an actuating mechanism for the raising mechanism, the raising mechanism having a first pair of toggle joints (3 and 4) which are supported on the frame (1) to raise one edge of the cover (2) and a second pair of toggle joints (5 and 6) which are supported on the frame (1) to raise the opposite edge of the cover (2), and the actuating mechanism having a transmission mechanism (24) which can be moved along the frame (1), which is guided on the frame (1), and to which actuating elements (28, 29 and 30, 28′, 29′, 30′) are attached for simultaneous actuation of the toggle joints of a respective one of the first and second pairs of toggle joints (3, 4 and 5, 6).

Abstract: A device for covering the cargo space of a passenger vehicle is provides which includes a cover shade, including flexurally stiff louvers, which is movably guided on lateral guide rails. To open the cargo space, the cover shade can be transferred into a storage position behind a seat arrangement. To facilitate handling, a drive device is connected to the cover shade for opening and closing the cover shade. The drive device may include a drive motor with two synchronously drivable drive cables which drive the cover shade on its two lengthwise sides to allow the cover shade to be easily removed from its storage position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle roof having at least one cover that can be moved and raised on its rear edge via with a control mechanism. The control mechanism has a rear lifting and displacement mechanism that is coupled near the rear edge of the cover to said mechanism. The control mechanism also comprises at least one control carriage that is connected to the cover, which can be driven and movably guided in lateral guide rails. To increase protection against ejection of the cover, the movable part of the lifting and displacement mechanism and the part that is connected to the cover have locking elements. The locking elements act in the closed position of the cover to prevent the upward ejection of the cover.

Abstract: A device for changing the passage of light through a window, especially through a transparent cover of a motor vehicle roof toward the motor vehicle interior, by at least two strip-shaped grid structures which are arranged to be able to move on top of one another. In order to achieve adjustable light effects, especially in a motor vehicle interior, at least one grid structure is formed from alternately transparent and opaque strips and another grid structure is formed from at least two colored strips of different color in a repeating sequence and the mutual positioning of the grid structures can be set by an actuating means.

Abstract: A convertible vehicle roof (1) has a front roof part (3) and a rear roof part (4) which are mounted movably on the body of the vehicle and which can be put away into a roof storage space (20). The front roof part (3) is supported by a pivot-bearing device (9, 13) which is mounted displaceably on a guide device (16) fixed on the vehicle and which, during the opening and putting away of the front roof part (3), moves along the guide device (16) and in the process lowers the front roof part (3) into the roof storage space (20). The front roof part (3), when lowered into the roof storage space (20), can be arranged in an obliquely set or substantially vertical swung orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide rail for movable accommodation of at least one openable roof part of a motor vehicle, the guide rail has at least a first and a second guide rail section (22; 26) which can be joined to one another via a joint (42), the first and the second guide rail section (22; 26) can be brought into alignment at the joint (42), and the openable roof part can be moved beyond the joint (42) without complex adjustment efforts and which still can be universally used is devised by the first guide rail section (22) having a centering element which interacts with a complementary opposite element on the second guide rail section (26), the first and/or the second guide rail section (22; 26) being flexibly supported at least in the area of the joint (42) on a roof part (12; 28) of the motor vehicle (10).

Abstract: A convertible motor vehicle roof (1) with a main roof element (3) and at least one other roof element (2, 4), which are movably joined to one another, and with a main bearing mechanism (6) which pivotally mounts the main roof element (3) on the body and transfers the former in the opening process of the motor vehicle roof, together with the roof element (2, 4) coupled thereto, into a stowed position, the coupled roof element (2) being moved via its connecting means (13) which is controlled by the main bearing means (6) during motion of the main roof element (3) roughly parallel to, under or over the main roof element (3) when the main roof element (3) which is supported on the body side is pivoted by the main bearing means (3).