A motor drive system configured to detect and prevent undesired movement of an item that is configured to be driven by the motor drive system. The motor drive system having: an electronic control unit operatively coupled to a rotor of the motor drive system, the electronic control unit being configured to detect undesired rotation of a shaft of the rotor, wherein the undesired rotation of the shaft is not caused by a force applied by the rotor; and wherein the electronic control unit of the motor drive system is configured to short windings of the motor drive system after a predetermined amount of undesired rotation of the shaft is detected by the electronic control unit such that further rotation of the rotor is prevented.

An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised for opening by way of deployment means in the rear region thereof and which cover can be displaced toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position. The deployment means have a displaceable sliding carriage and a rear deployment lever which is pivotably coupled to the cover and which is pivotably coupled to a bearing which is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail and which has a first coupling element. Furthermore, the deployment means have a deployment rod for the deployment of the rear deployment lever. The stationary fixed bearing is arranged such that a pivot axis of the stationary fixed bearing is arranged above a base of the guide rail.

An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised for opening by way of deployment means in the rear region thereof and which cover can be displaced toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position. The deployment means have a displaceable sliding carriage and a rear deployment lever which is pivotably coupled to the cover and which is pivotably coupled to a bearing which is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail and which has a first coupling element. Furthermore, the deployment means have a deployment rod for the deployment of the rear deployment lever. The stationary fixed bearing is arranged such that a pivot axis of the stationary fixed bearing is arranged above a base of the guide rail.

A soft top assembly which includes lift assist and improved fabric management. The assembly includes front side rails pivotally connected to rear side rails. A plurality of fabric control bows with control linkages provide fabric control to the top material during pivoting of the front side rails. A first and second gas strut are attached to the rear side rails to assist lifting and controlled motion as the top is moved between a closed position and open sunroof position, as one strut is fully loaded and compressed while the other strut is fully loaded and open, for lift assist and dampening.

A cover for closing a vehicle surface opening is provided which has a frame part secured to the underside of the cover on one side at a frame part securing section by an application of plastic foam on the cover, and which contacts the underside of the cover on the other side at a free section of the frame part via at least one spacer. The frame part may also include at least one filling opening on the free section thereof for introducing a reactive plastic material forming the spacer, and the plastic material introduced through the filling opening into a gap between the free section of the frame part secured to the cover and the underside of the cover retains the free section of the frame on the underside of the cover in a positioned and/or fixed manner as a spacer after reacting or curing.

A sliding roof system is shown having a pair of guide rails, a slide in each guide rail, the slide being displaceably mounted therein, a functional component which is displaceably received in the guide rail and can be fixed in a raised position by means of a latching hook, the latching hook being shiftable between a release position and a latching position, the latching hook when in the latching position engaging in an opening of the guide rail, and a cover which can be opened from a closed position by displacement of the slide, a retaining lever being provided which can mechanically hold the latching hook in the latching position, wherein the retaining lever is adapted to be pivoted about a pivot pin between the release position and the retaining position.

A sliding roof system is shown having a pair of guide rails, a slide in each guide rail, the slide being displaceably mounted therein, a functional component which is displaceably received in the guide rail and can be fixed in a raised position by means of a latching hook, the latching hook being shiftable between a release position and a latching position, the latching hook when in the latching position engaging in an opening of the guide rail, and a cover which can be opened from a closed position by displacement of the slide, a retaining lever being provided which can mechanically hold the latching hook in the latching position, wherein the retaining lever is adapted to be pivoted about a pivot pin between the release position and the retaining position.

A one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include glass sleds configured to open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a front and rear direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel for a vehicle, each having both ends to which a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled, respectively, main cable devices which are connected with a drive motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, each having a cable protrusion that protrudes to be slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in side surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds selectively coupled to the main cable devices and configured to open and close the sunshade by sliding, each having a first side at which a sunshade lever, which is selectively restricted with a corresponding mechanism rail, is mounted.

A one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include glass sleds configured to open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a front and rear direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel for a vehicle, each having both ends to which a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled, respectively, main cable devices which are connected with a drive motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, each having a cable protrusion that protrudes to be slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in side surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds selectively coupled to the main cable devices and configured to open and close the sunshade by sliding, each having a first side at which a sunshade lever, which is selectively restricted with a corresponding mechanism rail, is mounted.

A front shoe as a sliding member includes a pair of support walls facing each other in a vehicle width direction, and a fulcrum shaft disposed in a bridging manner between both support walls. A support bracket as a support member supporting a movable panel and integrally moving while being joined to the front shoe includes a joint block having an engagement portion for the fulcrum shaft and serving as a second joint portion joined to a first joint portion on the front shoe side. Further, the joint block is arranged between both support walls while being relatively rotatable about the fulcrum shaft. On the joint block, a cushion member interposed between the joint block and the support walls while being fixed thereto is disposed.