Convertible car body structure

Details Convertible car body structure Convertible car body structure

1990-03-29

1991-07-23

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

296219, 296223, B60J 702

Patent

active

050337890

ABSTRACT:
A convertible car body structure which includes a pair of side structures, a front windshield structure and a rear structure, the body structure having a top opening and a back window opening. A roof panel and a back window panel are provided for covering the top opening and the back window opening of the car body structure, respectively. The roof panel is connected at the rear end portion swingably with the front end portion of the back window panel so that the roof panel can be folded on the back window panel. The back window panel is connected at the rear end portion swingably with the rear body structure. The rear body structure is formed with a concave space for receiving the roof panel and the back window panel after the roof panel has been folded on the back window panel. A concealing cover panel is provided on the rear body structure for covering the concave space. The cover panel is swingably connected at a rear end portion with the rear body structure adjacent to a rear end portion of the concave space in the rear body structure. A locking mechanism is provided for retaining the concave cover panel on the rear structure so that fluttering of the cover panel is prevented. The locking mechanism includes a striker provided on the cover panel, a latch member provided on the rear structure for engagement with the striker and a driving mechanism for the latch member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4600233 (1986-07-01), Boydston
patent: 4854634 (1989-09-01), Shiraishi et al.
patent: 4895409 (1990-01-01), Konishi et al.

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