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US 5,413,390 AGranted
Vehicle sun roof fastening device
AssigneeRoltra Morse S.p.A.
InventorAldo Filippi
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Abstract
A vehicle sun roof fastening device, particularly for convertible vehicles, wherein a lever is fitted with a hinged latch element designed to mate with a fixed connecting element, and is hinged to a support so as to oscillate in relation to the support and by virtue of a crank mechanism interposed between the lever and the support and operated by a linear actuator, the output rod of which is connected to one end of a crank having the other end angularly integral with a crank (14) on the crank mechanism.
Claims16
A device for fastening a vehicle sun roof comprising:
- a supporting bracket integral with the sun roof;
- a lever hinged to and movable relative to the bracket about a first axis;
- a latch element hinged to the lever;
- means for activating the lever including a first crank hinged to the bracket to move relative to the bracket about a second axis;
- means for controlling the activating means for moving the latch element between a forward engaged first position, wherein the latch element positively engages a fixed connecting element on the vehicle, and a withdrawn released second position, the control means including a powered rod moving reciprocatingly relative to the bracket and in a direction perpendicular to the first axis;
- a second crank connected to the rod to rotate about the second axis;
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- pin means extending along the second axis and connected to the first and second cranks and to the bracket.
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A device for fastening a vehicle sun roof comprising:
- a supporting bracket integral with the sun roof;
- a lever hinged to and movable relative to the bracket about a first axis, the lever being in a first position when the sun roof is fastened, and a second position when the sun roof is unfastened;
- a crank mechanism including a first crank hinged to move the lever relative to the bracket about the first axis and about a second axis;
- a second crank for rotatable movement about the second axis;
- a rod coupled to the second crank;
- a motor for moving the rod in a direction perpendicular to the first axis so that the movement of the motor causes the second crank to rotate about the second axis causing the crank mechanism to move the lever;
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- a pin extending along the second axis and connecting the first and second cranks and the bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.