Multi-directional vehicle roof cover system

US10960744B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Zoox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anthony Earl · Whitney, GB
• Christopher William Labadie · San Francisco, US
• Brandon Loeb · Campbell, US
• Timothy David Kentley-Klay · Stanford, US
• Marius Marquart · Scharnhauser Park, DE
• Patricia MALLOY · Rochester Hills, US
• Jürgen Salewski · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Michael Heidan · Stuttgart, DE
• Roberto Cabral · Troy, US
• Everardo Hernandez · Rochester Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/1642
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for a multi-directional roof cover system includes a vehicle comprising an opening in the top of the vehicle and a cover movably coupled to selectively cover the opening. The cover has a first end proximate a first end of the vehicle, a second end proximate a second end of the vehicle, lateral edges connecting the first end and the second end, and linkages coupling the lateral edges to the vehicle. The cover is actuatable, based on one or more conditions, between a first position in which the cover is closed and covers the opening, a second position in which the cover is open and the first end of the cover is raised relative to the second end of the cover, and a third position in which the cover is open and the second end of the cover is raised relative to the first end of the cover.