Patent · US Expired

Lamellar roof

US6890024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2003
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60J7/047
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a lamellar roof for a motor vehicle a support structure for the roof lamella section is provided in which the guide and operating mechanism is simplified and tolerance variations are reduced and which provides for firm support of the roof lamella sections also when the roof is open to avoid rattling noises. This is achieved in that the lamella sections are supported by lamella carriers and each lamella carrier is supported on two adjacent guide carriages, and a control rocker is provided on each carriage so as to be movable out of a basic closed position to a roof opening position, in which it raises the rear edges of said lamella sections to tilt the lamella section upwardly, the guide carriage of said front lamella section carrier and the control rocker projecting, in opening direction, beyond said connection and being supported, in the projecting area, on the lamella carrier.

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