Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1988-08-15
1990-08-07
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296214, 296216, 2481882, B60J 700
Patent
active
049462253
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle roof with a roof opening is provided in a fixed roof area that can be closed by a closure panel, which is slidable on tracks and/or may also be raised at its rearward edge, wherein an actuating device, provided to drive the closure panel, and the tracks for the closure panel are unified into an installation unit attached to the fixed roof area bordering the roof opening. The installation unit can be attached directly to the roof opening by connecting brackets that may be attachment flanges or the like, or by a frame, mounted to or formed by the fixed roof area bordering the perimeter of the roof opening. A water drainage device may be provided that is formed from the fixed interior headliner or may be a separate water-collecting basin carried by the interior headliner. If a slidable interior headliner is provided, the tracks can be formed directly on the fixed interior headliner or may be constructed on the water-collecting basin, if such a basin is provided. Vertical adjustment devices are provided to adjust the height of the installation unit relative to the fixed roof area and, in certain cases, the slidable interior headliner as well.
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Pedder Dennis H.
Webasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik
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