Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1996-01-30
1997-02-11
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296222, 296223, 296224, B60J 7053, B60J 722
Patent
active
056013302
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle roof with two cover elements (2, 3) which selectively close or at least partially expose a roof opening. The front cover element is formed as a wind deflector strip (2) which can be pivot around a pivot axis forming pin (4) located near its front edge and which can be raised at its rear edge above the fixed vehicle roof (1). The rear cover element is designed as sliding cover (3) which can be lowered under the fixed vehicle roof (1) by means of a lowering mechanism and which can be moved under the fixed vehicle roof (1) on slide elements (20, 33) which can be moved along guide rails (18) which are secured to the roof. The wind deflector strip (2) and sliding cover (3) can be actuated by means of a common drive (drive cable 27). At each lateral side of the roof, the sliding cover (3) has front and rear slide elements (20, 33) to which the lowering mechanism is coupled for forced actuation of the two cover elements which, however, is independent of time. Furthermore, there are front and rear auxiliary slide elements (13, 26) which can move relative to the front and rear slide elements (20, 33) and which can be coupled automatically to the respective slide element (20, 33) or to a part secured to the fixed vehicle roof (guide rail 18) by means of locking blocks (15, 30) which can move perpendicularly to the direction of movement of slide elements (20, 33). At the same time, the raising mechanism (6) of the wind deflector strip (2) is coupled to the front auxiliary slide element (13).
REFERENCES:
patent: 4619480 (1986-10-01), Motoyama et al.
patent: 4684168 (1987-08-01), Lupo
Kraschienski Olaf
Mayer Johann
Toduta Christian
Ulbrich Thomas
Wikelski Thomas
Pedder Dennis H.
Safran David S.
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH
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