SLIDING ROOF FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

摘要

A sliding roof for a motor vehicle has a rigid panel (20) closing an opening in the vehicle roof and which can be opened either by sliding the panel rearwardly below the vehicle roof (14) behind the opening or by pivoting the panel upwardly about a transverse horizontal axis adjacent to its front edge so that the rear edge of the panel is above the vehicle roof (14). The rear edge of the panel (20) is supported on a sliding shoe (56) which is connected to the panel (20) by a chain of three links (44, 48 and 52). Each of the connections (42, 46, 50 and 54) at the ends of the chain and between adjacent links thereof is arranged to permit relative angular movement over a limited range between an orientation such that adjacent links are in line with each other and parallel to the shoe (56) and an orientation such that adjacent links are at obtuse angles to each other and project upwardly.