Movable panel assemblies

US11427057B1 · 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: Nov 16, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2040

Classification

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

Abstract

A vehicle includes a roof opening, a front window that is located forward from the roof opening, and a rear window that is located rearward from the roof opening. The vehicle also includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel obstruct the roof opening in a closed position and are movable to an open position in which the first panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the front window and the second panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the rear window.