Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1997-01-14
1998-12-08
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296223, B60J 705
Patent
active
058459596
ABSTRACT:
A slide tilt roof apparatus in which an engagement protiona to the rear end of a rising/falling link can be guided when the rising/falling link forwardly pivots and also when the link pivots up, whereby the posture of the rising/falling link can be changed by a single member, and the apparatus can be manufactured simply and easily is obtained. In particular, a panel (4) is upwardly tilted from a closed position of an opening portion (3) by a forward movement of a rising/falling link (9), downwardly tilted from the closed position by a forward tilt pivoting of the rising/falling link while moving it rearwardly, and can be moved to a fully open position by a rearward movement of the rising/falling link (9) from the tilt lowered position. An engagement portion (10) is provided on the rear side of the rising/falling link (9), and a rise/fall reataining portion (11) for rearwardly upwardly guiding the engagement portion (10) when the rising/falling link (9) forwardly tilt pivots and retaining the rising/falling link (9) is provided on a member which is longitudinally movable following the movement of the lifters (6), the rising/falling retaining portion (10) defining a guide surface (11A) for guiding the rising/falling link (9) forwardly downward so as to cause the link (9) to pivot into an erected state.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4995665 (1991-02-01), Ichinose
patent: 5718472 (1998-02-01), Otake et al.
Daikyo-Webasto Co., Ltd.
Pedder Dennis H.
Safran David S.
LandOfFree
Slide tilt roof apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Slide tilt roof apparatus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Slide tilt roof apparatus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-170317