Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1991-03-26
1991-10-01
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296107, B60J 706, B60J 712
Patent
active
050527479
ABSTRACT:
In a roof panel connected to a vehicle body through at least a pair of left-hand and right-hand front pillars and a pair of left-hand and right-hand rear pillars, there is formed a roof opening (3) large in size in such a manner as leaving a front header, a pair of left-hand and right-hand roof side rails, and a rear header and being surrounded by said four members. A foldable or windable flexible top having a size as substantially large as the roof opening is provided. The flexible top is disposed to selectively take a first posture in which the roof opening is closed and a second posture in which it is contracted in a longitudinal direction of the body and placed in a contracted state, i.e., in a folded or wound state, at a position nearby said rear header. The flexible top in such a contracted state is guided by a guiding means and transferred between the second posture and a third posture located nearby a lower end portion of the rear window glass panel in a spaced relationship away from and without contact with the rear window glass panel and the rear pillars.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1860463 (1932-05-01), Kaplan et al.
patent: 2694598 (1954-11-01), Ulrich
patent: 4830428 (1989-05-01), Masuda et al.
Kubota Satoshi
Yokouchi Takahito
Mazda Motor Corporation
Pedder Dennis H.
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