Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-06
2008-11-04
Pedder, Dennis H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
C296S216020, C136S251000, C136S291000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07445275
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle sunroof including a sunroof frame mounted to a vehicle roof opening and having opposing lateral sides. The sunroof frame has an outer edge adjacent to the outer surface of the vehicle roof and an inner edge located within the vehicle cabin. The vehicle sunroof also includes a number of solar panels. Each solar panel includes a solar collection surface for collecting sunlight for producing solar energy. The solar panels extend between and are connected to the opposing lateral sides of the sunroof frame.
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Blake Tyler
Thomas Freeman
Woodhouse David
Brooks & Kushman P.C.
Ford Global Technologies LLC
MacKenzie Frank A.
Pedder Dennis H
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