Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1980-10-08
1983-07-19
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
49465, 98 214, 114201R, B60J 700
Patent
active
043940447
ABSTRACT:
A removable sunroof panel adapted to be mounted in overlying relationship in an opening in the roof of a vehicle includes front and rear mounting assemblies which allow either or both the front and rear of the panel to be held in an open position above the vehicle's roof. Each of the mounting assemblies includes a lever handle pivotally connected to the sunroof panel and a latching assembly for receiving and locking the lever handle in a plurality of positions. A frame molding mounted in the sunroof opening includes a first section overlying the roof, and second and third sections below the roof defining a channel for receiving a resilient seal against which the roof panel seats; the second and third sections include a pair of opposed grooves for captivating a pair of ribs in the seal to retain the seal in the channel. An air deflector mounted adjacent the leading edge of the sunroof opening in spaced relation to the leading edge and serves as a deflector for either directing air through the opening into the vehicle or preventing wind buffeting noise.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3727973 (1973-04-01), Perks
patent: 3972558 (1976-08-01), Horn
patent: 4176876 (1979-12-01), Sorensen
De Vigili Walter J.
Hough Louis E.
Shifflett David C.
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