Abstract Apparatus for moving a wind breaker mounted at the front of a car roof panel back and forth between an upright position at the front of the opening provided by the car roof panel when the car roof panel is open and a tilted position located beneath the roof of the car when the car roof panel is closed. The apparatus can comprise a pivotably mounted wind breaker, a means for biasing the wind breaker upwardly towards its position extending above the roof of the car when the car roof panel is open, at least one lever pivotably connected to the wind breaker at a point thereon remote from the latter''s axis of rotation, and means operatively connected to the car roof panel for forcing the lever to cause the wind breaker to pivot about its axis of rotation when the car roof panel is opened or closed.
Inventors
👤 Willem Frans Coenen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-27 17:52
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J7/00; B60J7/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
An open roof structure for a vehicle provided with a slidable roof panel and a wind breaker mounted at the front side of the roof opening, which wind breaker is connected with a lever which, on moving the panel in the closed position, is pressed downwardly by one or more than one cam affixed to the panel, whereby the wind breaker is received in the foremost portion of the water channel, characterized in that the connection between the wind breaker (4) and said lever (6) is a hinged connection and that the wind breaker (4) is also connected with a hinged connection with at least one arm (8) positioned in the water channel, which arm is adapted to rotate about a fixed point such that on pressing said lever (6) downwardly the wind breaker (4) is tilted from an upright position into a flat position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
An open roof structure for a vehicle provided with a slidable roof panel and a wind breaker mounted at the front side of the roof opening, which wind breaker is connected with a lever which, on moving the panel in the closed position, is pressed downwardly by one or more than one cam affixed to the panel, whereby the wind breaker is received in the foremost portion of the water channel, characterized in that the connection between the wind breaker (4) and said lever (6) is a hinged connection and that the wind breaker (4) is also connected with a hinged connection with at least one arm (8) positioned in the water channel, which arm is adapted to rotate about a fixed point such that on pressing said lever (6) downwardly the wind breaker (4) is tilted from an upright position into a flat position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An open roof structure as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said arm (8) positioned in the water channel (2) is connected with a helical spring (9).