Open roof construction for a vehicle

摘要

An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame with stationary guide rails extending on either side of the roof opening and operating mechanisms which are movable therein. Each operating mechanism comprises a driving slide which is connected to the panel of the open roof construction and which can come into engagement with a movable link slide so as to enable the sliding movement of the panel, in such a manner that said driving slide and said link slide move jointly during sliding movement of the closure element, and the driving slide moves relative to the substantially stationary link slide during movement in vertical direction of the closure element. The link slide includes a locking member for locking the link slide in position relative to the guide rail during movement in vertical direction of the panel. The driving slide and the link slide are provided with mating operating and coupling members for operating the locking member and coupling the driving slide and the link slide together during sliding movement of the panel. The operating and coupling member of the driving slide is formed on a part of the driving slide which is capable of movement parallel to the guide rail.