IP Library Granted Patent US 7,891,729
Granted Patent B2
US 7,891,729 · App. 12/209,130 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Sliding roof structure and vehicle equipped with the same

Assignee: Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,891,729
App. No.
12/209,130
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Providing a cover storage member 30 , which constitutes the rear end of the roof of a vehicle, and a guiding means 40 for transferring the cover storage member 30 between the position at the rear end of the roof and the position inside the vehicle. The cover storage member 30 shall be equipped with a winding means for winding up the cover member. The guiding means 40 shall be equipped with rails 41 installed between the position at the rear end of the roof and the position inside the vehicle, and a transferring means for moving the cover storage member 30.

Claims (11)

1. A sliding roof structure for opening/closing an opening in a roof of a vehicle with a cover member comprising;

a cover storage member which constitutes a rear end of the roof and stores the cover member, and

a guide for transferring the cover storage member between a position at the rear end of the roof and a position inside the vehicle, and

a stopper mechanism for maintaining the cover storage member at the rear end of the roof,

wherein the cover member is stored in the cover storage member,

wherein the cover storage member includes a motor for winding the cover member,

wherein the guide is equipped with lifting/lowering rails installed between the position at the rear end of the roof and the position inside the vehicle,

wherein the lifting/lowering rails are inclined so that the position inside the vehicle is nearer to the front than the position at the rear end of the vehicle,

wherein the position inside the vehicle is arranged on a deck behind a rear seat,

wherein the deck is provided with a concave for partially embedding the cover storage member.

2. A vehicle having a driving mechanism for the vehicle; and the sliding roof structure according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 16, 2012
From: KANTO AUTO WORKS, LTD.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 028798/0747 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2008
From: FUJISHIMA, RYOUTA; YOSHIDA, KOJI
To: KANTO AUTO WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021854/0342 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-268434 · Oct 15, 2007 · national
JP 2007-275815 · Oct 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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