Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1989-04-06
1991-05-21
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296223, 296224, B60J 706
Patent
active
050169394
ABSTRACT:
Herein disclosed is a canvas top type sunroof structure for a motor vehicle having an apertured roof. The sunroof structure comprises a pair of guide members which extend along respective sides of the aperture of the roof; a canvas top adapted to cover the aperture; a front carry member having a front part of the canvas top secured thereto, the front carry member being slidably guided by the guide members; guided carry members slidably guided by the guide members and carrying thereon a major middle part of the canvas top; free carry members carried by the guided carry members respectively, each free carry member carrying thereon the major middle part of the canvas top; a biasing spring for biasing each free carry member upward relative to the corresponding guided carry member; a rear carry member having a rear part of the canvas top secured thereto, the rear carry member being slidably guided by the guide members; an electric drive device for driving the front carry member forward and rearward along the guide members; and a lock device for selectively locking and unlocking the rear carry member to a rear given portion of the roof.
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patent: 1738060 (1929-12-01), Barnes
patent: 2025874 (1935-12-01), Lange
patent: 2103372 (1937-12-01), Lange
patent: 3658378 (1972-04-01), Sutren
Kato Yuichi
Nishikawa Hiromitsu
Ohi Siesakusho Co., Ltd.
Pedder Dennis H.
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