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US 11,420,505 B1Granted
Door and roof configurations for vehicles
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPhilipp J. Wolf, James J. Dowle, Jeffrey M. Riepling
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to a first opening of the vehicle body, a second panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to a second opening of the vehicle body, a front seat that faces rearward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening, and a rear seat that faces forward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body that includes:
- a front-left door pillar,
- a front-right door pillar,
- a rear-left door pillar,
- a rear-right door pillar,
- a front lateral beam that extends from the front-left door pillar to the front-right door pillar,
- a rear lateral beam that extends from the rear-left door pillar to the rear-right door pillar,
- a central longitudinal beam that extends from the front lateral beam to the rear lateral beam,
- a floor,
- a first opening that is bounded by the front-left door pillar, the rear-left door pillar, the central longitudinal beam and the floor, and
- a second opening that is bounded by the front-right door pillar, the rear-right door pillar, the central longitudinal beam and the floor;
- a first panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the first opening;
- a second panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the second opening;
- a front seat that faces rearward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening;
- and
- a rear seat that faces forward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening;
- wherein the front lateral beam is longitudinally aligned with the front-left door pillar and the front-right door pillar and the rear lateral beam is longitudinally aligned with the rear-left door pillar and the rear-right door pillar.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body that includes a first opening, a second opening, and a central longitudinal beam that is located between the first opening and the second opening;
- a first panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the first opening, wherein the first panel assembly includes a left door panel and a left roof panel, and the left door panel slides longitudinally during movement from the closed position to the open position;
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- a second panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the second opening, wherein the second panel assembly includes a right door panel and a right roof panel, and the right door panel slides longitudinally during movement from the closed position to the open position;
- wherein a width of the left door panel is the same as a width of the left roof panel and a width of the right door panel is the same as a width of the right roof panel.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body that includes a floor, a first opening, a second opening, and a central longitudinal beam that is located between the first opening and the second opening;
- a first panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the first opening, wherein the first panel assembly includes a left door panel and a left roof panel;
- and
- a second panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the second opening, wherein the second panel assembly includes a right door panel and a right roof panel,
- wherein the left roof panel and the right roof panel are connected for pivotal motion with respect to the vehicle body between the closed position and the open position;
- wherein a width of the first opening is the same as a width of the left door panel and a width of the left roof panel and a width of the second opening is the same as a width of the right door panel and a width of the right roof panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.