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US 10,589,608 B2Granted
Vehicle retractable roof
AssigneeWebasto Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorSyuji Yoshida
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Abstract
If a roof member 12 of a vehicle retractable roof 11 is made of aluminum, a roof side stopper 65 is fixed to a reinforcing plate 50 together with a roof bracket 55, a contact surface 65 coming into contact with a vehicle side stopper 60 is disposed at a position except for a sealing surface 67 provided on the roof member 12. Then, the deformation of the roof member 12 can be reduced, the interference with the sealing surface can be avoided, and the weight of the roof side stopper 65 can be reduced.
Claims3
A vehicle retractable roof, comprising:
- a roof member;
- a back window;
- a roof drive mechanism capable of changing positions of the roof member and the back window between a fully closed position in which a cabin is covered and a fully opened position in which the cabin is opened;
- and
- a roof side stopper coming into contact with a vehicle side stopper at the fully opened position, wherein
- the roof member includes
- an outer panel located on an outer surface side of a vehicle body,
- an inner panel located on an inner surface side of the vehicle body, and
- a reinforcing plate fixed between the outer panel and the inner panel and supporting a roof bracket linked with an arm of a link mechanism of the roof driving mechanism, and
- the roof side stopper
- includes a contact surface coming into contact with the vehicle side stopper and disposed at a position except for a sealing surface provided on the roof member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.