Sliding panel for trapezoidal opening in automobile bodywork is guided by non-parallel rails and connected to rails by upper and lower guides, vertical runners on panel and lower guide compensate for variable gap between rails

摘要

The sliding panel (12) is guided on non-parallel rails (111,112). The panel is fixed to the upper rail by an upper guide (141) and is connected to the lower rail by a lower guide (142). The sliding panel comprises two vertical runners (151,152) and the lower guide has two vertical runners (161,162), perpendicular to the lower rail, which engage the sliding panel runners in order to compensate for the variable gap between the rails. An Independent claim is included for a vehicle comprising a sliding panel.