Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Valance
Patent
1978-07-12
1979-11-27
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Valance
B60J 710
Patent
active
041757840
ABSTRACT:
A sliding panel device for a cutout in a vehicle body panel, such as a sliding top of an automobile roof, of the type having a sliding panel that is movable between open and closed positions, a headliner displaceable between open and closed positions, a drive cable attached to the sliding panel for displacing the sliding panel and a stationary cantilevered guide for slidably guiding the movement of the cable is improved by the provision of a support attached to the headliner for supporting the cantilevered end of the stationary guide, the support being slidably engageable therewith. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the support supports the guide at at least a pushed-back open position thereof. Furthermore, according to one preferred embodiment the support is a tubular bearing member which surrounds the guide with a sliding seat, while in another preferred embodiment the support is constituted by a longitudinal groove in the top side of the headliner, at least one sliding block being connected to the guide and engaging this groove.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4018476 (1977-04-01), Lutz et al.
patent: 4056274 (1977-11-01), Jardin et al.
Handler Erich
Schatzler Walter
Mitchell David M.
Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
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