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US 6,669,279 B2Granted
Sliding system for closing and exposing a roof opening
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorMartin Messerschmidt
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Abstract
A sliding system for closing and exposing a roof opening comprises a sliding guide which can be mounted to a vehicle roof, and at least one sliding plate adapted to be shifted in the sliding guide. Two connecting links are mounted to the sliding plate, one of the connecting links engaging a leading plate and the other engaging a trailing plate. At least one of the connecting links is shiftably mounted to the sliding plate.
Claims12
A sliding system for closing and exposing a roof opening, comprising:
- a sliding guide which can be mounted to a vehicle roof;
- a plurality of sliding plates, each sliding plate having ends that are received in said sliding guide and shiftable in said sliding guide when the sliding system closes the roof opening;
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- first and second connecting links mounted to one of said plurality of sliding plates, wherein the first connecting link engages a first sliding plate leading said one sliding plate and the second connecting link engages a second sliding plate trailing said one sliding plate, and wherein at least one of said first and second connecting links is shiftably mounted to said one sliding plate.
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A sliding system for closing and exposing a roof opening, comprising:
- a sliding guide which can be mounted to a vehicle roof;
- a first end sliding plate and a second end sliding plate;
- a plurality of intermediate sliding plates in between the first end sliding plate and the second end sliding plate, wherein the first end sliding plate, second end sliding plate, and the plurality of intermediate sliding plates each have ends that are received in said sliding guide and shiftable in said sliding guide when the sliding system closes the roof opening;
- first and second connecting links mounted to each of said intermediate sliding plates, wherein the first connecting link engages a first intermediate sliding plate leading a middle intermediate sliding plate and the second connecting link engages a second intermediate sliding plate trailing said middle intermediate sliding plate, and wherein at least one of said first and second connecting links is shiftably mounted to said middle intermediate sliding plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.