B60J 7/024
Characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel
Official title: {characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel (B60J7/043 - B60J7/053 take precedence)}
B60J7/024 (Characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel) appears on 174 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 174
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Roof system for a vehicle17 Feb 2026US 12,552,234 B2Inalfa Roof Systems Group B. V.
- Sliding cover assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a waterborne vehicle3 Jun 2025US 12,320,175 B2Webasto SE
- Open roof construction for a vehicle7 Jan 2025US 12,187,106 B2Inalfa Roof Systems Group B. V.
- Vehicle roof comprising a roof opening system having two kinematics units10 Dec 2024US 12,162,336 B2Webasto SE
- Sunroof drive apparatus and related sunroof assemblies for use with vehicles11 Jun 2024US 12,005,766 B2Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
- Roof system for a vehicle and vehicle provided therewith11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158891 A1Inalfa Roof Systems Group B. V.
- Roof assembly28 May 2026US 2026/0145496 A1Inalfa Roof Systems Group B. V.
- Sunroof apparatus7 May 2026US 2026/0124888 A1Aisin Corporation
- Sunroof device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116159 A1Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
- Device for a vehicle roof, and vehicle roof for a motor vehicle18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381826 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Truck body cover employing accessible roller bracket assembly40US 3,986,749 A1976
- Sliding roofs for automobiles27US 4,085,965 AAmerican Sunroof Manufacturing Company · 1978
- Sliding-tilting-roof for motor vehicles22US 4,417,763 ARockwell International Corporation · 1983
- Method of and apparatus for the height adjustment and installation of a sliding and/or raisable roof member to be fitted into an automobile21US 4,601,091 ARockwell-Golde G.m.b.H. · 1986
- Sliding roof system18US 7,178,862 B2ArvinMeritor GmbH · 2007