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US 12,605,995 B2Granted
In vehicle storage system for modular hard top system panel
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorJason E Schultz
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Abstract
A vehicle including a body, a first roof support and a second roof support spaced from the first roof support, a roof panel releasably coupled to at least one of the first roof support and the second roof support, and a first panel support surface adjacent to the first roof support and a second panel support surface adjacent to the second roof support. The roof panel is adapted to be released from the first roof support and the second roof support and received between the panel support surfaces and the roof supports.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a vehicle interior including a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment,
- a first roof support and a second roof support spaced from the first roof support, the first roof support and the second roof support being coupled to or defining part of the body, wherein the first roof support and the second roof support each comprise a vertical thickness, extend along the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment in a fore-aft direction, and the first roof support is spaced from the second roof support in a cross-car direction;
- a first roof panel releasably coupled to at least one of the first roof support and the second roof support to define at least part of a roof of the vehicle over the passenger compartment;
- a second roof panel coupled to at least one of the first roof support and the second roof support to define at least part of a roof of the vehicle over the cargo compartment;
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- a first panel support surface adjacent to and vertically below the first roof support and a second panel support surface adjacent to and vertically below the second roof support, wherein the first roof panel is adapted to be released from the first roof support and the second roof support and moved to a second position in which the first roof panel is received between the panel support surfaces and the roof supports, wherein the first and second panel support surfaces are located within at least a portion of the cargo compartment and beneath at least part of the second roof panel, and the first roof panel is adapted to be removably attached to the first and second panel support surfaces when the first roof panel is in the second position.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a first roof support and a second roof support spaced from the first roof support, the first roof support and the second roof support being coupled to or defining part of the body;
- a roof panel releasably coupled to at least one of the first roof support and the second roof support to define at least part of a roof of the vehicle;
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- a first panel support surface adjacent to the first roof support and a second panel support surface adjacent to the second roof support, wherein the roof panel is adapted to be released from the first roof support and the second roof support and received between the panel support surfaces and the roof supports, wherein the first roof support and the second roof support each comprise a vertical thickness, extend along the vehicle in a fore-aft direction, and the first roof support is spaced from the second roof support in a cross-car direction, and wherein the first and second roof supports are configured to support the first roof panel when the first roof panel is positioned vertically above or below the first and second roof supports.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a first roof support and a second roof support spaced laterally from the first roof support;
- a first front panel coupled to the first roof support and a second front panel that is coupled to the second roof support;
- a first intermediate panel coupled to the first and second roof supports and in contact with the first and second panels;
- a second intermediate panel coupled to the first roof support and a third intermediate panel that is coupled to the second roof support;
- a rear roof panel coupled to the first and second roof supports and in contact with the second and third intermediate panels;
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- a first panel support surface adjacent the first roof support and a second panel support surface adjacent to the second roof support, wherein the first and second front panels, the first intermediate panel, and the second and third intermediate panels are adapted to be released from the first roof support and the second roof support, wherein the first and second front panels, the first intermediate panel, or the second and third intermediate panels may be received between the panel support surfaces and the roof supports.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.