US 12,320,175 B2
Sliding cover assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a waterborne vehicle
Sybrand Sterkenburgh, Nijeveen (NL); and Jan Hesselink, Kampen (NL)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/617,823
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
PCT Filed May 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063368
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/259915, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 117 512.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228412 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 15/56 (2006.01); B60J 7/043 (2006.01); B63B 19/18 (2006.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC E05D 15/565 (2013.01) [B63B 19/18 (2013.01); E05F 5/003 (2013.01); B60J 7/043 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/218 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/244 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/26 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/708 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/514 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sliding cover assembly for a waterborne vehicle, the sliding cover assembly comprising:
a cover element configured to be displaced between a closed position, in which a roof opening is closed, and an open position, in which the roof opening is at least partially open, and
a displacement mechanism for the cover element,
the displacement mechanism having a slider on either side of a longitudinal center plane of the cover element, each slider being guided in a sliding manner in a respective guide rail attached to the roof, and a raising lever connected to the cover element being hinged to each slider,
wherein the sliders each comprise a slider body and a control element which is mounted on the slider body in such a manner that it can rotate about an axis of rotation and to which the respective raising lever is hinged eccentrically relative to the axis of rotation and
wherein a brake is disposed on each slider body, each brake being operable by the respective control element and fixing the respective slider in the longitudinal guide rail direction when in the operated state.