Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1986-01-13
1986-12-30
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296221, 296224, B60J 7053, B60J 719, B60J 705
Patent
active
046324496
ABSTRACT:
A sliding roof for closing an opening in the roof of a vehicle, the sliding roof including a panel for insertion into the opening, a bracket attached to each side of the panel, a front shoe pivotably attached to the front end of each bracket, a guide slot affixed to each bracket, the guide slots each including a horizontal portion and an inclined portion rising rearwardly therefrom, a pair of guide links each pivotably movable at its rearward end on a rear shoe and having at its upper forward end a guide pin engaging one of said guide slots and at its lower forward end a roller pin, a pair of engaging pins, each affixed to an individual bracket, a pair of guide rails, one on each side of said sliding roof for guiding the related front shoe, rear shoe and engaging pin, a stationary block disposed within each guide rail, each block including a pair of horizontally displaced inclined grooves, one in the path of movement of the corresponding engaging pin and the other in the path of movement of the corresponding roller pin, and a pair of drive cables for imparting movement to the rear shoes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4245864 (1981-01-01), Shitanoki
patent: 4350385 (1982-09-01), Schatzler
patent: 4420184 (1983-12-01), Kaltz
Aisin Seiki Kabushika Kaisha
Pedder Dennis H.
Reeves Robert B.
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