US 4,060,274 AGranted

Motor vehicle roof

AssigneeWebasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.

InventorsHorst Bienert, Hans Jardin, Walter Schatzler

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Abstract

A ratchet wheel and abutment pin arrangement is provided for limiting movement of a movable roof panel member as it travels between a closed position and respective raised tilted and lowered slidably retracted positions. The ratchet wheel is provided with a guide slot at one axial end face for receiving the abutment pin during sliding movement of the roof panel member and with a further guide slot for the pin member at the opposite axial end face of the ratchet wheel for guiding the abutment pin member during tilting movement of the roof member. These guide slots are interconnected with one another at an overlapping passage to accommodate axial displacement of the pin member from one slot section to the other slot section, said overlapping passage also exhibiting abutment end surfaces corresponding to the closed position of the roof member.

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Dependent claims

Movable vehicle panel member apparatus comprising:

a vehicle panel member,
driving means for tiltingly and slidingly moving said panel member with respect to adjacent vehicle structure,
a movement control member engageable and movable with said driving means for limiting movement of said panel member as a function of the position of said movement control member,
and an abutment member engageable with said movement control member for limiting movement of said movement control member,
wherein said movement control member includes a first guide section which receives the abutment member during sliding movement of the panel member and a second guide section which receives the abutment member during tilting movement of the roof panel,
wherein said first and second guide sections overlap at an interconnecting passage permitting displacement of said abutment member between said guide sections when said panel member is in a predetermined intermediate position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.