Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Valance
Patent
1977-09-01
1979-06-26
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Valance
B60J 704
Patent
active
041591445
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body sunroof module includes a stamped sheet metal pan having a forward portion with an opening registering with an opening of the roof and a rearward portion located rearward the roof opening to store the closure panel in its open position. The pan has a generally planar base wall which extends generally parallel to the roof and an upstanding peripheral flange which stiffens the pan against flexure. The flange has a discontinuity, preferably in the form of a pleat, located generally adjacent the juncture between the forward and rearward pan portions to permit flexure of the pan about a transverse axis and mounting of the forward and rearward portions in disparate planes to conform with the contour of a particular roof. A guide track is mounted on the flange along each side of the pan and receives a slide or roller connected with the closure panel to support the closure for sliding movement between open and closed positions. Each guide track has separate forward and rearward segments which are mounted on the flange by slotted connection and are hingeably interconnected allowing the track segments to pivot relative one another about a transverse axis for mounting in disparate planes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3078122 (1963-02-01), Werner
patent: 3572822 (1971-03-01), Schmid
patent: 3960403 (1976-06-01), Carella et al.
patent: 4039222 (1977-08-01), Wolf et al.
Ehlen Benedict N.
Koral Joseph F.
Willenberg Frederick C.
Church Gene A.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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