Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1985-10-08
1988-05-03
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296214, 296216, 296223, B60J 705, B60J 7057
Patent
active
047415738
ABSTRACT:
A sliding roof device (100) comprises a panel transfer mechanism (11, 12, 13b, 31, 33, 34, 7, 21) for moving a sliding roof panel (2), which is adapted to open and close a roof opening (3a) of a vehicle's roof (1), between a closed position thereof and an open position thereof, a panel tilt-up mechanism (11, 12, 13a, 32, 33, 34, 7, 21) for moving the roof panel (2) between the closed position and a tilt-up position thereof, a sunshade (40) disposed under the roof panel (2) and adapted to also open and close the roof opening (3a), a reversible electric motor (51) for actuating the panel transfer mechanism and the panel tilt-up mechanism, and an operation switch mechanism (58a, 58b; 58a, 58c; 57) for actuating the electric motor (51) to thereby have the roof panel (2) moved between the closed position and the open position as well as between the closed position and the tilt-up position. The sliding roof device (100) further comprises a sunshade portion detecting mechanism (44) adapted to connect the operation switch mechanism (58a, 58b; 58a, 58c; 57) into actuation of the electric motor (51) under a condition that the sunshade (40) is put in a predetermined open position thereof.
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Burt Pamela S.
Carrier Joseph P.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Pedder Dennis H.
Weiner Irving M.
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