Vehicle roof with sliding and tilting panel - has rear pins on panel working in horizontal guides fixed above roof and extension mechanism detachable from guide in panel

摘要

Joined to the panel near its forward end on each side is a guide member working in a front fixed guide below roof level. A drive mechanism permanently coupled to these members works with an extension mechanism acting on the panel rear end. Near this rear end (31) the panel has a pin (32) on each side working in a horizontal guide (33) fixed above the rear part of the roof. A further guide (40) fixed to the panel is detachably coupled to the extension mechanism (36), and is released when the panel is moved from the ventilating position towards the open one. It engages on movement in the opposite direction into the ventilating one. ADVANTAGE - The panel is supported in a particularly stable position even when open.