Vehicle closure
US4801172A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S70/64
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A closure assembly for aerodynamically designed automotive vehicles having body sections with door or displaceable panel apertures formed in generally curved exterior walls and multipart aperture closures such as combinations of solid door panels and windows as well as roof panels which are slidably mounted on the vehicle body section and selectively and rotatably movable within the curved exterior vehicle body wall about the circumference of arcs formed by sections through the exterior wall of the vehicle body between closed and at least partially open positions. Each of the closure parts have a dimension in the direction of rotational movement less than the full dimension of the body aperture so as to be cooperatively capable of filling the body aperture when fully and rotatably extended to a closed position and a unitary reinforcing member on the closure and extending across the aperture to reinforce the body section.
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