Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle roof

US4060274A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

1References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Horst Bienert · Gauting, DE
Hans Jardin · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Walter Schatzler · Gauting, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 1976
Grant date	Nov 29, 1977
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/55
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ratchet wheel and abutment pin arrangement is provided for limiting movement of a movable roof panel member as it travels between a closed position and respective raised tilted and lowered slidably retracted positions. The ratchet wheel is provided with a guide slot at one axial end face for receiving the abutment pin during sliding movement of the roof panel member and with a further guide slot for the pin member at the opposite axial end face of the ratchet wheel for guiding the abutment pin member during tilting movement of the roof member. These guide slots are interconnected with one another at an overlapping passage to accommodate axial displacement of the pin member from one slot section to the other slot section, said overlapping passage also exhibiting abutment end surfaces corresponding to the closed position of the roof member.

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