Vehicle roof with a series of plates

Details Vehicle roof with a series of plates Vehicle roof with a series of plates

1993-10-06

1995-06-06

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

296223, B60J 7047

Patent

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054216354

ABSTRACT:
Vehicle roof with a series of plates for selectively closing and at least partially opening a roof opening in a fixed roof surface. The plates abut one another in the closed position and form a flat interlocking system of plates within which each plate is guided on each side on two guide points, that are spaced from each other in a sliding direction, along a guiding device that is connected with the fixed roof surface so that, when the plates are displaced, the flat interlocking system of plates performs a translatory movement during which the interlocking system is separated in a plate-by-plate manner when the roof is opened and is reestablished when the roof is closed. At least the forward guide points of the plates interact with the same guideway, and both guide points of the plates are maintained in engagement with the guiding devices over their entire path of displacement. The guiding devices are constructed and arranged with respect to the fixed roof surface so that the plates, when the roof is opened, dip under the fixed roof part at a rear end of the roof opening.

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patent: 4934098 (1990-06-01), Prouteau
patent: 5052746 (1991-10-01), Reihl et al.

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