Sun roof
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1. An openable sun roof assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a frame formed in a roof of an automotive vehicle;
a translucent panel movably mounted in said frame, said panel having an inner surface turned toward an interior of said vehicle and having a pair of opposite edges;
a single hinge mounted on said panel at a midpoint of one of said edges and constituting a sole hinged pivoting articulation between said one edge and said frame;
a panel-closing element for retaining said panel in a closed position located on said panel at a midpoint of the other of said edges whereby said hinge and said panel-closing element lie along a surface centerline of said panel; and
an elongated strip of material fixed to said inner surface along said centerline and formed at one end with said hinge and at an opposite end with said panel-closing element, said strip being adhesively bonded to said inner surface by a layer of an adhesive, and said strip being formed along a length thereof with zones alternating with one another and having different bending stiffnesses.
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Abstract
An openable roof assembly, especially for a sun-roof of an automotive vehicle has a single hinge mounting the translucent panel along one longitudinal edge to the frame and a single closure element at the opposite longitudinal edge of the panel so that the closure element and the hinge are provided along the surface centerline of the panel. In this way, indifferent zones between hinges are avoided and a uniform distribution of the closing force to the panel can be ensured.
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11 Claims
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1. An openable sun roof assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a frame formed in a roof of an automotive vehicle; a translucent panel movably mounted in said frame, said panel having an inner surface turned toward an interior of said vehicle and having a pair of opposite edges; a single hinge mounted on said panel at a midpoint of one of said edges and constituting a sole hinged pivoting articulation between said one edge and said frame; a panel-closing element for retaining said panel in a closed position located on said panel at a midpoint of the other of said edges whereby said hinge and said panel-closing element lie along a surface centerline of said panel; and an elongated strip of material fixed to said inner surface along said centerline and formed at one end with said hinge and at an opposite end with said panel-closing element, said strip being adhesively bonded to said inner surface by a layer of an adhesive, and said strip being formed along a length thereof with zones alternating with one another and having different bending stiffnesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An openable sun roof assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a frame formed in a roof of an automotive vehicle; a translucent panel movably mounted in said frame, said panel having an inner surface turned toward an interior of said vehicle and having a pair of opposite edges; a single hinge mounted on said panel at a midpoint of one of said edges and constituting a sole hinged pivoting articulation between said one edge and said frame; a panel-closing element for retaining said panel in a closed position located on said panel at a midpoint of the other of said edges whereby said hinge and said panel-closing element lie along a surface centerline of said panel; and an elongated strip of material affixed to said inner surface along said centerline and formed at one end with said hinge and at an opposite end with said panel-closing element, said strip being constituted of a plurality of pieces of said material subdivided longitudinally.
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11. An openable sun roof assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a frame formed in a roof of an automotive vehicle; a translucent panel movably mounted in said frame, said panel having an inner surface turned toward an interior of said vehicle and having a pair of opposite edges; a single hinge mounted on said panel at a midpoint of one of said edges and constituting a sole hinged pivoting articulation between said one edge and said frame; a panel-closing element for retaining said panel in a closed position located on said panel at a midpoint of the other of said edges whereby said hinge and said panel-closing element lie along a surface centerline of said panel; and an elongated strip of material affixed to said inner surface along said centerline and formed at one end with said hinge and at an opposite end with said panel-closing element, said strip being constituted of a plurality of pieces of said material subdivided transversally.
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