Vehicle roof with water catching headliner

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1991-03-29

1992-09-22

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

296214, 296222, 49 63, B60J 7053

Patent

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051491702

ABSTRACT:
Vehicle roof with a cover for, alternatively closing and at least partially opening a roof opening, with a sliding inside roof headliner for, alternatively, closing and at least partially opening a framed opening lying under the roof opening, with a respective drip molding running in the longitudinal vehicle direction under each side of the roof opening, with longitudinal guide mechanisms, along which the cover is displaced by a drive device in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, extending along the drip moldings; and wherein, according to preferred embodiments of the invention, a water catching device that is located under the rear edge of the roof opening, at least when the cover is in its forwardmost position, and that catches water coming in there and diverts it into the lateral drip moldings, is formed by the sliding inside roof headliner, itself. More specifically, water is collected upon the top surface of the sliding roof headliner and is directed laterally off of its side edges into the drip moldings either directly (by the side edges hanging over the drip moldings) or indirectly (by water ducts that connect to the drip moldings via laterally extending passages).

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patent: 4844532 (1989-07-01), Ono et al.
patent: 4844534 (1989-07-01), Boots
patent: 4978165 (1990-12-01), Schreiter et al.

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