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US 2017/0282697 A1Published application
Moveable panel system for non-parallel tracks
AssigneeTesla Motors, Inc.
InventorsHoward BARBER, Steve KLOTZ, Paul CONNOLLY
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Abstract
A moveable panel system for a vehicle comprises: non-parallel tracks on a body of the vehicle, the body having an opening; a panel sized to cover the opening; a transverse guide member on the panel; and compensation drive mechanisms that couple the panel to the respective non-parallel tracks, each of the compensation drive mechanisms moveable along the transverse guide member and moveable in one of the non-parallel tracks.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A moveable panel system for a vehicle, the moveable panel system comprising:
- non-parallel tracks on a body of the vehicle, the body having an opening;
- a panel sized to cover the opening;
- a transverse guide member attached to the panel and having a length;
- compensation drives slidably mounted onto outer edges of the transverse guide member;
- and
- track mechanisms;
- wherein a respective track mechanism of the track mechanisms is connected to a respective compensation drive of the compensation drives and couples the respective compensation drive to a respective track of the non-parallel tracks;
- and
- wherein the compensation drives slide at least part of the way along the length of the transverse guide member.
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A moveable panel system for a vehicle, the moveable panel system
- comprising:
- non-parallel tracks on a body of the vehicle, the body having an opening;
- a panel sized to cover the opening;
- a transverse guide member attached to the panel and having a length and further including a link gear;
- compensation drives slidably mounted onto outer edges of the transverse guide member;
- and
- track mechanisms;
- wherein a respective track mechanism of the track mechanisms is connected to a respective compensation drive of the compensation drives and couples the respective compensation drive to a respective track of the non-parallel tracks;
- wherein the transverse guide member defines longitudinal channels in the outer edges of the transverse guide member;
- wherein the respective compensation drive is attached to a respective cable of a plurality of cables;
- wherein the respective cable of the plurality of cables is accommodated inside a respective longitudinal channel of the longitudinal channels;
- wherein the link gear extends into the longitudinal channels and engages with the plurality of cables;
- and
- wherein the compensation drives slide at least part of the way along the length of the transverse guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.