Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1989-02-22
1990-05-08
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296215, 296 978, 160 37, B60J 700
Patent
active
049232444
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle sunshade roof construction (16) is disclosed as including a transparent roof panel (28) and a sunshade (32) for opening and closing the area below the transparent roof panel. The sunshade includes a plurality of laterally elongated blades (34) connected by a flexible sheet-like shade (38) and utilized in association with a pair of roof mounted guides (40) that support the sunshade for movement between the closed and open positions. In the closed position, the blades (34) are spaced with the shade (38) extending therebetween; and in the open position, the blades (34) are stored in a stacked relationship with the shade (38) folded therebetween at a location that exposes the occupant compartment to the transparent roof panel (28). A power operated drive mechanism (42) is preferably provided for moving the sunshade between the closed and open positions and utilizes flexible drive tapes (48) and ramps (64) that make and uncouple connections (50) between the drive tapes and the sunshade blade ends (36). Different embodiments of the sunshade blades (34, 34a, 34b, 34a', 34b') and the power operated drive mechanism (42, 42', 42'") are disclosed.
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Pedder Dennis H.
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