Movable panel assemblies

US10239390B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Philipp J. Wolf · Capistrano Beach, US
• John Raff · Menlo Park, US
• Donald R. Monroe · Los Gatos, US
• Samuel G. Fowle · San Francisco, US
• Antonio Bernerd Martinez · El Segundo, US
• Albert J. Golko · Saratoga, US
• Ali Tavakoli Targhi · Sunnyvale, US
• David J. Donohue · San Francisco, US
• David E. Kingman · San Jose, US
• Ibuki Kamei · Cupertino, US
• Christopher L. Porritt · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/0573
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes an opening, a first panel, and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel obstruct the opening in a closed position and are movable to an open position. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be positioned forward of the opening, and at least part of the second panel may be positioned rearward of the opening. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be pivoted upward relative to the opening, and at least part of the second panel may be positioned rearward of the opening. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be positioned forward of the opening. In the open position, the first panel may be moved forward and downward into an interior space, and the second panel may be moved rearward and downward into the interior space.