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US 4,375,899 AGranted
Protector for movable panel of roof structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuo Kajiyama, Kazuo Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Yamakami
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Abstract
A protector for a movable panel within a roof aperture is disclosed. In order to urge all of the rain drops and the like to drop into a water collecting channel fixed relative to the roof, the protector is formed with a downwardly extending lip which when the movable panel is in its closed position assumes a position above the center line of the water collecting channel.
Claims6
A roof structure for a vehicle, comprising:
- a roof having an aperture, and a flange secured to said roof and extending downwardly therefrom to define said aperture;
- a frame secured to said flange, said frame defining a water collecting channel extending along said flange;
- a movable panel mounted on said roof and connected for movement between an open position wherein said aperture is exposed, and a closed position wherein said panel covers said aperture, said panel having a peripheral edge;
- a protector mounted on said movable panel peripheral edge, said protector including a portion disposed facing said flange between said edge and said flange with a clearance therebetween when said movable panel is in its closed position, said protector including an integral downwardly extending lip spaced inwardly from said portion of said protector relative to said panel, said integral downwardly extending lip being disposed above said water collecting channel when said movable member is in its closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.