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US 2010/0148541 A1Published application
Roof opening structure for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSatoru HASHIMOTO, Shigeyuki MORI, Yukio NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A roof is split into plural parts, a front roof and a rear roof. A roof-storage space is formed between a passenger's seat and a rear bulkhead which forms a rear end of a vehicle compartment, in which the roof is stored when the roof is open. There is provided a support mechanism which substantially horizontally supports the roof which is stored in the roof-storage space so that an upper space of the roof-storage space between the passenger's seat and the bulkhead is covered with only one of the plural parts of the roof.
Claims21
A roof opening structure for a vehicle, comprising:
- a front header extending in a vehicle width direction in front of a passenger's seat arranged in a vehicle compartment and supporting an upper side of a windshield;
- a roof extending rearward from said front header and forming an upper portion of the vehicle compartment, the roof being split into plural parts and openable;
- a roof-storage space formed between the passenger's seat and a rear bulkhead forming a rear end of the vehicle compartment, in which said roof is stored when the roof is open;
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- a support mechanism substantially horizontally supporting said roof which is stored in said roof-storage space so that an upper space of the roof-storage space between the passenger's seat and the rear bulkhead is covered with only one of the plural parts of the roof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.