Crank and drive mechanism for a raisable sliding top of a motor vehicle

US4023858A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Webasto-Werk W. Baier KG

Inventors

• Horst Bienert · Gauting, DE
• Walter Schatzler · Gauting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 1975
• Grant date: May 17, 1977
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20864
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A crank and drive mechanism for a raisable sliding top such as of a motor vehicle is provided with a crank arm, with a mechanism to permit a plurality of rotations to said crank arm for a complete extension and retraction of the top, including an end stop. Means are provided to permit, with a single operating member, the actuation of the top into sliding movements, closing movements, opening movements, locking it in a position established, maintaining the top in a locked position releasably without the necessity for additional parts and automatically indicating the closed and the open positions of the top.