Transparent roof convertible automobile
US4801174A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J7/057
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automobile body is provided that has a front windshield, a rear window and a pair of side panels cooperatively defining a passenger compartment with a roof opening. A transparent roof panel having an area corresponding to that of the roof opening is mounted for generally translatory movement from a normal position in which it covers the roof opening to a retracted position in which the roof opening is uncovered. When the transparent roof panel is in its retracted position it lies either above or below the rear window so that a person seated in the passenger compartment can view in a rearward direction through both the rear window and the transparent roof panel.
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