Sliding roof and/or sliding-lifting roof for motor vehicles

Claim 2

Roof for motor vehicles with a cover that is guided on lateral guide rails, and a rear end of the cover being able to at least be lowered from a roof opening in a stationary roof surface by a mounting mechanism, with which the cover is slid beneath the stationary roof part, said cover carrying a hold-down device near front and rear edge areas on each of opposite lateral sides thereof for holding said cover down due to coaction with a fixed roof part when it is displaced from a closed position, each rear and front hold-down device coacting with a respective guideway on a respective one of the guide rails in the closed position for providing guidance against longitudinal movement of the cover, and with an adjustment mechanism for the positional alignment of the cover and mounting mechanism in the closed position of the cover, wherein one of the hold-down devices, in the closed position of cover, is fixed relative to sliding in a lengthwise direction of the roof, and wherein said adjustment mechanism serves as a means by which said mounting mechanism is alignable relative to the cover, which is fixed in the lengthwise direction by said one of the hold-down devices, by temporarily interlocking said mounting mechanism with said cover and fixing them in only a single, predetermined position relative to each other and in a manner which is disengageable for normal operation on the roof.

Claim 3

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an alignment opening going through a part that is fixed to the cover, said alignment opening being at a location near the mounting mechanism, a fitting recess on the mounting mechanism and associated with the alignment opening, and an adjustment part which coacts with the alignment opening and fitting recess.

Claim 4

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 2, wherein the part that is fixed to the cover is a link; wherein the alignment opening is a through-opening formed in a said link which is provided on each side of the cover.

Claim 5

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 3, wherein the through-opening is quadrilaterally shaped and the fitting recess is a U-shaped indentation.

Claim 6

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 4, wherein the fitting recess is provided on a top side of the mounting mechanism.

Claim 7

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 5, wherein, in the closed position of the cover, each front hold-down device is received in a positively locking way in said respective guideway formed between guide parts on the guide rail.

Claim 8

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 6, wherein each front hold-down device has an approximately quadrilateral cross section.

Claim 9

Roof for motor vehicles with a cover that is guided on lateral guide rails, and a rear end of the cover being able to at least be lowered from a roof opening in a stationary roof surface by a mounting mechanism and slid beneath the stationary roof part, said cover carrying a hold-down device near front and rear edge areas on each of opposite lateral sides thereof for holding said cover down when it is displaced from a closed position, each rear and front hold-down device coacting with a respective guideway on a respective one of the guide rails in the closed position of the cover, and with an adjustment mechanism for the positional alignment of the cover and mounting mechanism in the closed position of the cover; wherein the front hold-down device, in the closed position of cover, is fixed relative to sliding in a lengthwise direction of the roof, and wherein said adjustment mechanism serves as a means by which said mounting mechanism is alignable relative to the cover, which is fixed in the lengthwise direction by said front hold-down device; wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an alignment opening going through a part that is fixed to the cover, said alignment opening being at a location near the mounting mechanism, a fitting recess on the mounting mechanism and associated with the alignment opening, and an adjustment part which coacts with the alignment opening and fitting recess wherein the fitting opening is quadrilaterally shaped and the fitting recess is a U-shaped indentation.

Claim 10

Roof for motor vehicles with a cover that is guided on lateral guide rails, and a rear end of the cover being able to at least be lowered from a roof opening in a stationary roof surface by a mounting mechanism and slid beneath the stationary roof part, said cover carrying a hold-down device near front and rear edge areas on each of opposite lateral sides thereof for holding said cover down when it is displaced from a closed position, each rear and front hold-down device coacting with a respective guideway on a respective one of the guide rails in the closed position of the cover, and with an adjustment mechanism for the positional alignment of the cover and mounting mechanism in the closed position of the cover; wherein the front hold-down device, in the closed position of cover, is fixed relative to sliding in a lengthwise direction of the roof, and wherein said adjustment mechanism serves as a means by which said mounting mechanism is alignable relative to the cover, which is fixed in the lengthwise direction by said front hold-down device; wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an alignment opening going through a part that is fixed to the cover, said alignment opening being at a location near the mounting mechanism, a fitting recess on the mounting mechanism and associated with the alignment opening, and an adjustment part which coacts with the alignment opening and fitting recess wherein the fitting opening is quadrilaterally shaped and the fitting recess is a U-shaped indentation.

Claim 11

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 2, wherein the fitting recess is provided on a top side of the mounting mechanism.

Claim 12

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 2, wherein, in the closed position of the cover, each front hold-down device is received in a positively locking way in said respective guideway formed between guide parts on the guide rail.

Claim 13

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 10, wherein each front hold-down device has an approximately quadrilateral cross section.

Claim 14

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 3, wherein the fitting recess is provided on a top side of the mounting mechanism.

Claim 15

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 3, wherein, in the closed position of the cover, each front hold-down device is received in a positively locking way in said respective guideway formed between guide parts on the guide rail.

Claim 16

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 3, wherein each front hold-down device has an approximately quadrilateral cross section.

Claim 17

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 1, wherein, in the closed position of the cover, each front hold-down device is received in a positively locking way in said respective guideway formed between guide parts on the guide rail.

Claim 18

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 15, wherein each front hold-down device has an approximately quadrilateral cross section.

Claim 19

Roof according to claim 1, wherein the roof is a sliding-lifting roof in which the cover is also selectively upwardly raisable at a rear end so as to create a ventilation gap between the stationary roof part and the rear end of the cover which is disposed above it, and wherein said mounting mechanism is a swing-out lever of a cover raising mechanism.

Claim 20

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 17, wherein, in the closed position of the cover, each front hold-down device is received in a positively locking way in said respective guideway formed between guide parts on the guide rail.

Claim 21

Roof for motor vehicles according to claim 18, wherein each front hold-down device has an approximately quadrilateral cross section.