Sunroof assembly for an automotive vehicle and control system for operating a sunroof assembly

US6056352A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ASC REGENITY LIMITED · US

Inventors

• Kip Alan Ewing · Bloomfield Hills, US
• James M. Helms · Fort Myers, US
• Oluf H. Bendixen · Gelnhausen, DE
• Mark Caye · Allen Park, US
• John D. Goins · Redford, US
• David A. Smith · Macomb Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 1997
• Grant date: May 2, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/0038
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sunroof assembly (20) of an automotive vehicle employs dual sunroof panes, a pair of movable sunshades and a control system for operating the function thereof. In one aspect of the present invention, a sunroof assembly provides a substantially transparent front pane (22) which is slidable from a covering position to a retracted position and a substantially transparent rear pane (24) movable from a covering position to an open position. In another aspect of the present invention, a sunroof assembly (20) provides a pair of substantially transparent panes in combination with a front sunshade (26) and a rear sunshade (28). The sunshades are movable from a functional position to a stowed position. In a further aspect of the present invention, a control system (32) provides an electric switch assembly (30), electrical circuit and software for operating the panes and sunshades.