US 6,305,740 B1Granted

Automotive vehicle having moveable roof panel

AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.

InventorsBrian Hale Staser, Lloyd Walker Rogers, Jr., Geoffrey Barr, Stephen George Griffin, Ronald James Wilde

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Abstract

An automotive vehicle has a power operated moveable roof panel that moves between an open position above a fixed roof panel and a closed position behind the fixed roof panel. The moveable roof panel is guided by forward and rearward roller assemblies at each side that travel in respective forward and rearward tracks exclusively. The forward roller assemblies have forward rollers, rearward rollers and guide rollers that cooperate with drops in the forward tracks to push the moveable roof panel down in the closed position. The vehicle has an optional luggage rack and an optional interior partition between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment that includes a moveable glass panel.

Claims7

Dependent claims

An automotive vehicle having a moveable roof comprising:

a vehicle body having laterally spaced longitudinal structures defining a roof line of the automotive vehicle,
a fixed roof panel secured to the longitudinal structures,
a moveable roof panel,
rails attached to the respective longitudinal structures for guiding the moveable roof panel between an open position above the fixed roof panel and a closed position aligned behind the fixed roof panel,
the rails having forward tracks and rearward tracks,
the forward tracks having drops at aft ends of the forward tracks,
the rearward tracks having drops at aft ends of the rearward tracks,
the moveable roof panel having forward roller assemblies having rollers that travel in the forward tracks of the rails, and
the moveable roof panel having rearward roller assemblies having rollers that travel in the rearward tracks of the rails.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.