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AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsNoriaki Shiraishi, Sigeru Kamiyama, Shigenori Amioka, Akiyoshi Okada
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A vehicle body structure having a passenger compartment and a roof structure covering the passenger compartment, the roof structure including a rigid front roof panel and a rigid rear roof panel which are connected together through a hinge mechanism. The rear roof panel is pivotably mounted on the rear body for swinging movement about a swinging axis. A linkage is provided so that when the rear roof panel is moved from an extended position where the roof structure covers the top portion of the passenger compartment to a retracted position wherein the roof panels are retracted into the rear body section, the front roof panel is folded over the rear roof panel with the inside of the front roof panel faced to the inside of the rear roof panel.
A vehicle body structure including a body having a passenger compartment and a rear body section, retractable roof means for moving between an extended position wherein said roof means covers a top portion of the passenger compartment and a retracted position wherein the roof means is retracted into the rear body section, said roof means having a first rigid roof panel and a second rigid roof panel each having an inner side which faces said passenger compartment when the roof means is in said extended position, folding means for interconnecting said first rigid roof panel at a rear edge portion with a front edge portion of said second rigid roof panel, said second rigid roof panel being mounted on said body for swingable movement about a swingable axis, a linkage having one end connected with said body and the other end connected with said folding means so that said first rigid roof panel is swingably moved with respect to the second rigid roof panel to have the inner side of the first rigid roof panel opposed to the inner side of the second rigid roof panel when the second rigid roof panel is swingably moved in a rearward direction, said first rigid roof panel and said second rigid roof panel being pivotably connected, said folding means being gear means provided on said first and second rigid roof panels, said linkage comprises means for rotating the gear means when the second roof panel is moved toward the retracted position so that the first rigid roof panel is moved with respect to the second rigid roof panel.
A vehicle body structure including a body having a passenger compartment and a rear body section, retractable roof means for moving between an extended position wherein said roof means covers a top portion of the passenger compartment and a retracted position wherein the roof means is retracted into the rear body section, said roof means having a first rigid roof panel and a second rigid roof panel each having an inner side which faces said passenger compartment when the roof means is in said extended position, folding means for interconnecting said first rigid roof panel at a rear edge portion with a front edge portion of said second rigid roof panel, said second rigid roof panel being mounted on said body for swingable movement about a swingable axis, a linkage having one end connected with said body and the other end connected with said folding means so that said first rigid roof panel is swingably moved with respect to the second rigid roof panel to have the inner side of the first rigid roof panel opposed to the inner side of the second rigid roof panel when the second rigid roof panel is swingably moved in a rearward direction, the second rigid roof panel being connected at an intermediate portion with the body with regard to a longitudinal direction of the body, a front end portion of the second rigid roof panel being positioned in a attitude with the front end portion thereof being higher than a rear end thereof when the second rigid roof panel is in the retracted position, the first rigid roof panel and second rigid roof panel being arranged substantially parallel with each other in the retracted position thereof.
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