Movable panel assemblies

US11731555B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Philipp J. Wolf · Capistrano Beach, US
• Samuel G. Fowle · San Francisco, US
• Donald R. Monroe · Los Gatos, US
• John Raff · Menlo Park, 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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2022
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a roof panel, an opening defined by the roof panel and a movable panel assembly that is configured to move between a closed position and an open position with respect to the opening. A first track is located above the roof panel at a first lateral side of the movable panel, and a second track located above the roof panel at a second lateral side of the movable panel, wherein the movable panel is supported by the first track and the second track for movement between the closed position and the open position.