Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1989-07-31
1990-07-10
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296218, 296223, B60J 719
Patent
active
049402838
ABSTRACT:
A T-top roofing system is formed in a motor vehicle with first and second openings formed in the vehicle roof above the driver's and forward passenger's seats. A T-bar separates the openings and extends rearwardly to a rearward portion of the roof. Each roof opening has an individual roof panel which is slidably mounted so as to move between a closed position fully enclosing the roof opening, and a retracted position moved rearwardly into a hollow cavity within the rearward portion of the roof. Each roof panel is operably connected to a rotatable threaded rod mounted adjacent the T-bar, the rod being selectively rotatable in one direction or the other so as to slide the roof panel forwardly or rearwardly. Independent switches are connected to electric motors which are in turn connected to the threaded rods, such that each of the roof panels may be independently operated from within the vehicle. A spacer element extends from the forward frame on the windshield, over each door opening, and then to the rearward roof portion. Each spacer element has a track along one edge which will slidably receive a roof panel so as to guide the panel along the outer edge of the roof. Each spacer element includes retractable pins which will allow the spacer elements to be removed from between the forward frame and rearward roof frame.
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