Automotive vehicle with open air system
AssigneeASC Incorporated
InventorsStephen Doncov, Christopher J. Dilluvio, Donald R. Monroe, Jeffrey J. Murtfeldt
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Abstract
An open air system (21) for an automotive vehicle includes a roof panel (23, 25), which can be retracted to a stowed position below a storage compartment cover (29). In another aspect of the present invention, two or more generally rigid roof panels (23, 25) are movable from above a passenger compartment (33) to below a generally horizontal plane (261). A further aspect of the present invention provides a back window (27), which can be raised and lowered.
Claims17
An automotive vehicle roof system for a vehicle, the automotive vehicle roof system comprising:
- a roof panel slidably mountable to the vehicle, the roof panel being slidable from a closed position to an opened position;
- a back window slidably mountable to the vehicle, the back window being movable from a closed and functional position to a stowed position;
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- a mechanism operably connectable between the back window and the vehicle, the mechanism being capable of pivoting a top portion of the back window outwardly and subsequently rotating the back window into the stowed position.
An automotive vehicle roof system comprising:
- an elongated track;
- a back window having a first end and an opposing second end;
- a first retaining member mounted to the back window generally near the first end of the back window;
- a mechanism having at least a four-bar linkage slidably coupling the back window to the elongated track to permit the back window to be moved between a closed and functional position and an opened position;
- a second retaining member selectively engaging the first retaining member in a locked position and releasing the first retaining member in an unlocked position;
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- a rod extending between the mechanism and the second retaining member to actuate the second retaining member between the locked position and the unlocked position in response to movement of the mechanism.
An automotive vehicle roof system for a vehicle, the automotive vehicle roof system comprising:
- a roof panel slidably mountable to the vehicle, the roof panel being slidable from a closed position to an opened position;
- a back window slidably mountable to the vehicle, the back window being movable from a closed and functional position to a stowed position;
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- a mechanism operably connectable between the back window and the vehicle, the mechanism being capable of pivoting a top portion of the back window outwardly and subsequently rotating the back window into the stowed position;
- wherein the back window must be in the stowed position when the roof panel is in the opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.