Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1987-09-09
1989-04-18
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296220, 296224, B60J 7047, B60J 719
Patent
active
048220973
ABSTRACT:
In a vehicle roof structure having a sliding roof lid which is supported on a stationary roof frame through a support member fixed to the underside of the lid so that the lid can be opened by tilting the lid and sliding the lid rearwardly over the roof, there is provided a cam mechanism for tilting the lid by receiving a rearward motion of a drive slider which is slidably mounted on a rail member and driven back and forth by a motor. The cam mechanism includes a cam slot which is formed in the support member and inclined with respect to the rail member, and a tilt pin which is formed in the drive slider and slidably received in the cam slot. The rail member has a first rail groove extending along the rail member and a recess depressed below the first rail groove. The support member has a front main portion which is fixed to an underside of a front portion of the lid and formed with the cam slot, and a rear extension extending from the front main portion to a rear end of the support member toward a rear end of the lid. The front main portion of the support member having a front sliding portion slidably received in the first rail groove of the rail member, and a rear sliding portion slidably received in the first rail groove when the support member slides along the rail member. The rear sliding portion being sunk in the recess and the rear end of the support member being received in the first rail grooves when the support member is in the closed position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4630860 (1986-12-01), Fuerst et al.
patent: 4647106 (1987-03-01), Furst
patent: 4671565 (1987-06-01), Grimm et al.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
Pedder Dennis H.
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