Movable or removable closures – Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement – Initial or terminal movement transverse to sliding movement...
Patent
1977-04-01
1978-04-04
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement
Initial or terminal movement transverse to sliding movement...
49223, 49352, 49360, 296137F, 296137G, E05F 1138
Patent
active
040819264
ABSTRACT:
Sunroof apparatus is provided for a passenger motor vehicle, which apparatus includes a rigid movable cover member for closing a sunroof opening. In order to minimize the space taken by the drive mechanism for moving the cover member to open positions from the closed position thereof, a single incompressible drive cable is provided which has one end attached to a guide element at one lateral side of the cover member and the other opposite end attached to a guide element at the opposite lateral side of the cover member. A cable driving mechanism such as an electric motor is disposed intermediate the ends of the cable for drivingly moving the same in respective opposite directions. The cable is guided and attached to the guide elements so that, upon movement of the cable in one direction, the guide element at one side of the vehicle is pulled in a first axial direction of the vehicle and the guide element at the opposite lateral side of the vehicle is pulled in the same axial direction. In preferred embodiments, the guide elements are constructed so as to accommodate sliding, tilting, and combined sliding and tilting movement of the cover member with respect to the adjacent roof panel structure in response to movement of the guide elements.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2973991 (1961-03-01), Werner
patent: 3863979 (1975-02-01), Bienert
Kannan Philip C.
Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
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