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US 5,029,937 AGranted
Roof system for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorKazuhisa Yamamoto
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Abstract
A roof system for a vehicle has forward and rearward roof windows. The forward roof window is opened and closed by means of a sliding roof member. The sliding roof member can slide beyond the rearward roof window when the forward roof window is open.
Claims12
A roof system for a vehicle comprising
- a forward roof opening and a rearward roof opening,
- at least one of the forward and the rearward roof openings being opened and closed by means of a sliding roof member,
- an actuator means for moving the sliding roof member, and
- a control means for controlling the actuator means so that the sliding roof member opens said at least one of the forward and rearward roof openings and covers at least a part of the other roof opening, wherein the sliding roof member can be slid beyond the other roof opening to a position remote from said at least one roof opening.
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A roof system for a vehicle comprising
- a forward roof opening and a rearward roof opening,
- a forward sliding roof member for opening and closing the forward roof opening,
- a rearward sliding roof member for opening and closing the rearward roof opening,
- an actuator means for moving the forward sliding roof member and the rearward sliding roof member, and
- a control means for controlling the actuator means so that one of the forward and rearward sliding roof members can be slid together with the other of the forward and rearward sliding roof members in response to the sliding movement of the other sliding roof member so as to completely open both the roof openings when said one of the forward and rearward sliding roof members is in the position in which said one of the forward and rearward sliding roof members completely opens its respective roof opening but covers at least a part of the other roof opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.