Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1983-11-14
1986-09-02
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296224, 296221, B60J 7053, B60J 7185
Patent
active
046092234
ABSTRACT:
A controller is provided for vehicle sunroofs and the like, of the type having a retractable door or closure. The controller comprises two tracks mounted in a main frame portion of the sunroof, along opposite sides of the closure. Guides project laterally outward from the sides of the closure, and are matingly received in the tracks to slidingly support the closure for fore-to-aft translation between open and closed positions. A seal is located between the closure and the frame to form a weathertight seal therebetween. The guides include cams or eccentrics that are positioned in the tracks, and are shaped so that rotation of the eccentrics raises and lowers the closure in the main frame. When the eccentrics are rotated to a locked position, the closure is raised into abutting, compressive contact with the seal to sealingly close the opening. When the eccentrics are rotated into an unlocked position, the closure is lowered out of abutting contact with the seal to permit the closure to be freely opened.
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Pedder Dennis H.
Reeves Robert B.
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