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Outwardly swingable roof assembly for automotive vehicles

  • US 4,968,088 A
  • Filed: 11/06/1989
  • Issued: 11/06/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An openable roof assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

  • a frame element on a roof of an automotive vehicle defining an opening between exterior and interior of said vehicle;

    a panel element mounted on said frame element and movable between an open position wherein said panel element is tilted out of said opening and a closed position wherein said panel element blocks said opening;

    a hinge member within the perimeter of said frame element pivotally supporting said panel element to enable said panel element to swing between said positions about a pivot axis;

    a rigid elongated substantially rectilinear guide mounted on one of said elements and extending substantially perpendicular to said axis;

    an intrinsically bent elastically straightenable bar braced at one end, extending generally along said guide and operatively connected to said panel element; and

    a control member on said guide and traversed within by said bar and controlling a shape of said bar upon relative displacement of said bar and said control member, at least one of said members being shiftable along said guide so that, upon displacement of said at least one of said members in one direction, constraint on said bar is released and restoring force of said bar upon returning to said bent state displaces said panel member into said open position and, upon displacement of said at least one of said members in an opposite direction along said guide, said bar is elastically straightened by constraint applied by said control member and said panel member is displaced into said closed position.

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