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US 6,672,638 B2Granted
Automotive vehicle open air system
AssigneeASC Incorporated
InventorsGeorge A. Corder, James E. Tousignant, Bernard W. Schaller, Christopher H. Purcell
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Abstract
An automotive vehicle open air system includes a pair of vehicle side frames, one or more movement mechanisms, a back window assembly and an automatic actuator. In another aspect of the present invention, an automotive vehicle includes a front header panel, first and second vehicle side frames, first and second tracks, a sunroof panel, a back window panel and an electrical system operable to coordinate movement of the sunroof panel and the back window panel.
Claims21
An automotive vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment having a front seat and a rear seat, the rear seat having a movable seat back;
- a storage compartment located rearward of the passenger compartment, the storage compartment being accessible from both the passenger compartment and externally from the rear of the storage compartment;
- a substantially transparent panel movable from a retracted position, allowing open access from the passenger compartment to the storage compartment, to a raised position, substantially separating the passenger compartment from the storage compartment;
- the seat back of the rear seat being foldable to allow supplemental storage above the rear seat when the panel is retracted;
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- an automatically movable back window assembly, the panel being movable to its raised position when the back window assembly is opened wherein an upper edge of the panel substantially seals against the back window assembly.
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An automotive vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment having a front seat and a rear seat, the rear seat having a movable seat back;
- a storage compartment located rearward of the passenger compartment, the storage compartment being accessible from both the passenger compartment and externally from the rear of the storage compartment;
- an automatically movable covering system operably covering the passenger and storage compartments when in at least one operating configuration;
- a substantially transparent panel movable from a retracted position, allowing open access from the passenger compartment to the storage compartment, to a raised position, substantially separating the passenger compartment from the storage compartment;
- the seat back of the rear seat being foldable to allow supplemental storage above the rear seat when the panel is retracted;
- the seat back of the rear seat being positioned in a passenger useable condition when the panel is in its raised position;
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- an automatically movable back window assembly, the upper edge of the panel operably sealing against the back window assembly when the back window assembly is opened and the panel is moved to its raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.