Method for reducing opening/closing time of opening/closing-type roof
AssigneeWebasto Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Kawahara
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Abstract
A second step of opening a closed openable/closable roof starts before a first step of opening a closed storage compartment cover finishes, so that a distance between portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shorter at a point in time when the storage compartment cover is fully opened in the first step than at any other point in time. A fifth step of closing the open openable/closable roof starts before a fourth step of opening the closed storage compartment cover finishes, so that a distance between portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shorter at a point in time when the storage compartment cover is fully opened in the fourth step than at any other point in time.
Claims9
A method for reducing a time taken to open and close an electric openable/closable roof of a vehicle, the vehicle including the electric openable/closable roof, a storage compartment in which the openable/closable roof is retracted, and an electric storage compartment cover covering the storage compartment, the method comprising:
- when the openable/closable roof shifts from a closed state to an open state,
- a first step of opening the closed storage compartment cover;
- a second step of opening the closed openable/closable roof;
- and
- a third step of closing the open storage compartment cover;
- and
- when the openable/closable roof shifts from the open state to the closed state,
- a fourth step of opening the closed storage compartment cover;
- a fifth step of closing the open openable/closable roof;
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- a sixth step of closing the open storage compartment cover, wherein:
- the second step starts before the first step finishes, so that a distance between adjacent portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shortest while the storage compartment cover is in a fully open state in the first step, and
- the fifth step starts before the fourth step finishes, so that a distance between the adjacent portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shortest while the storage compartment cover is in the fully open state in the fourth step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.