Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1990-09-07
1991-11-19
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296213, 296223, B60J 705
Patent
active
050660683
ABSTRACT:
A panel moving mechanism for a sunshine roof of the type in which the rear end of a panel for closing an opening of the roof of a vehicle is raised and lowered. The mechanism includes a shoe and an arm which are pivotally connected. A pair of pins protrude from the arm and are inserted into respective guide grooves provided in a guide block and a bracket connected to the panel. The longitudinal axes of these guide grooves are bent at the middle sections thereof and are arranged in such a manner that they are not parallel. When the shoe moves toward the front end of the vehicle, the arm is gradually brought to a raised position, thereby raising the rear end of the panel. When the shoe moves toward the rear end of the vehicle, the arm is gradually brought to a horizontal position, thereby lowering the rear end of the panel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4632449 (1986-12-01), Masuda
patent: 4647104 (1987-03-01), Kohlpaintner et al.
patent: 4732422 (1988-03-01), Schlapp et al.
Nagata Kazuhisa
Nishimura Akira
Ochiai Hironori
Suzuki Katsuhiro
Yamauchi Takatsugu
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Pedder Dennis H.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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