Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guide assembly for an open-roof system and a method for maintenance of the guide assembly
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Application No.: US17025700Application Date: 2020-09-18
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Publication No.: US11685239B2Publication Date: 2023-06-27
- Inventor: Rainer Gerhard Jüngling , Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen
- Applicant: Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Oostrum
- Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
- Current Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Oostrum
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Steven M. Koehler
- Priority: EP 198411 2019.09.19
- Main IPC: B60J7/02
- IPC: B60J7/02 ; B60J7/043 ; B60J7/057

Abstract:
In a guide assembly for an open-roof system of a vehicle, a closure member selectively covers or at least partly uncovers an opening in a vehicle roof. The assembly comprises a guide extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a mounting element for mounting the closure member; a first support mechanism operatively coupled to the mounting element, the first support mechanism slidably supporting the mounting element in the guide; and a second support mechanism coupled to the guide and comprising a support element slidably supporting the mounting element, the second support mechanism being configured for moving the mounting element to a tilted position, a tilt direction being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The assembly is provided with a release mechanism for releasing the mounting element from at least one of the first support mechanism and the second support mechanism and for remounting the mounting element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210086594A1 GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR AN OPEN-ROOF SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE GUIDE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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