Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle roof

US6439654B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by

4References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Helmut Teschner · Landsberg, DE
Walter Schatzler · Gauting, DE
Hans Jardin · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Manfred Pfalzgraf · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1999
Grant date	Aug 27, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/90
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle roof including a front roof opening and a rear roof opening, a movable front cover for covering the front roof opening, the movable front cover being movably guided on a frame member and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the front cover, a stationary rear cover for covering the rear roof opening, the stationary rear roof cover being supported on the frame and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the stationary rear cover, and solar cells provided proximate to at least one of the nonviewing area of the movable front cover and the nonviewing area of the stationary rear cover.

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