US2014284A - Fastening means for vehicle roofs - Google Patents

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US2014284A
US2014284A US628066A US62806632A US2014284A US 2014284 A US2014284 A US 2014284A US 628066 A US628066 A US 628066A US 62806632 A US62806632 A US 62806632A US 2014284 A US2014284 A US 2014284A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/185—Locking arrangements
    • B60J7/19—Locking arrangements for rigid panels
    • B60J7/192—Locking arrangements for rigid panels for locking the sunroof panel to the roof
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10S292/05—Automobile top latches
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
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    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/0801—Multiple
    • Y10T292/0848—Swinging
    • Y10T292/0849—Operating means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T292/0848—Swinging
    • Y10T292/0849—Operating means
    • Y10T292/0861—Screw
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T292/1062—Spring retracted
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1075—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1094—Screw

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  • This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to means for securing sliding roofs of vehicles in adjusted position.
  • Various constructional forms of vehicle roofs which comprise a fixed part and a movable part, the fixed part, which supports the movable part, having an opening which opening may be either completely closed or completely opened or opened to a partial extent by the adjustment of the movable part in relation to the opening in the fixed part.
  • My invention is for use with vehicle roofs having the features above set out and which roofs, whether they are provided with a panel form or .a roll-top form or folding form of sliding member, are known generally as sunshine roofs and for the sake of brevity a roof having the said features is intended and included hereinafter, both in the descriptive part of the specification and in the claims, in the term sunshine roof.
  • Sunshine roofs are usually provided with means whereby the movable part may be secured in the position to which it has been adjusted, but as heretofore constructed the securing means are objectionable for one or other reason.
  • the securing means are apt to put undue strain on the framework of the movable part or on some other part of the roof; in other cases they dislodge the movable part in relation to the fixed part and cause parts to jam, and/or they induce rattle or drumming by putting undue pressure at one, say the front, portion of the movable part whilst leaving the remainder of the movable part free; and in others, again, it is not possible to adjust the movable part precisely in any desired position. In none is it possible rapidly to efiect the adjustment and efficient securement in adjusted position of the movable part of the roof.
  • An object of my invention is to provide sunshine roofs with improved means for securing the movable part of the roof in adjusted position, and to this end a feature of my invention consists in the provision in sunshine roofs of gripping means which are carried by the movable part and are adapted to take a sort of finger-hold or grip of .a rail or bar carried by the fixed part of the roof.
  • Fig. 1 shows a constructional form of my invention in front elevation as I propose to apply it to a well known construction of motor car roof, only so much of the latter being shown (in section) as will enable the invention to be understood.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation showing means for actuating the gripping means to be described and also showing a portion of the front of the fixed roof.
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view showing one form of gripping means.
  • Fig. 4 is a front elevation of an alternative form of the gripping means and also showing a further feature of my invention, and Figs.
  • FIG. 5 .and 6 are side elevations in the open and closed positions respectively of the gripping means shown in Fig. 4.
  • the numerals 9, l0 indicate the side portions of the fixed part of a well known constructional form of motor car roof, each of which portions has secured to it a slide !2, to receive the runners with which the usual sliding panel is provided
  • 13 indicates the front portion of the fixed part of the roof from which the movable part of the roof is shown slightly removed.
  • the numeral [4 indicates the front cross-bar of the sliding panel, and H5, I8, thin metal strips constituting with the usual cross-bars the frame of the panel, said frame being covered on the upper and lower faces with the usual covering materials l9.
  • One of the runners is shown at I5 (Fig. 3) and is made by slitting the strip I6 so as to form a tongue which is then bent downwards and its end portion bent to the horizontal position said latter portion (which engages in the slide 12) being covered with felt. or the like, as is well understood.
  • I Secured centrally lengthwise to the front crossbar of the panel, I provide a metal casing 20 through which passes a horizontal tubular spindle 22 through which spindle passes a narrow elbow-shaped strip of metal 24.
  • the lower part of the casing 20 is provided with a boss 21 the aperture in which is screw threaded to receive a screw 26 having on its outer end a knurled head 28, the inner end of the stud engaging against the lower part of the strip 24.
  • the spindle 22 extends on each side of the casing to near the respective ends of the cross-bar l4 and is received in bearings 32 the end of the spindle extending a short distance beyond its related bearing; Secured to each said extending ends of the spindle I provide a metal block 34 the ends of which are provided with apertures-or slots to receive the; ends of the shanks or stems '36, '38,
  • hinge-pin a hinge-pin is received.
  • the ends of the hingep'in may be-supportedin bearings, such as 50, secured to thecross-bar 1-4, the arrangement of the parts being suchthat one of the jaws or fingets -:(40) is below and the other (42') above the top member, rail or fixed bar 52 of the slide l2.
  • the illustration is diagrammatic and the jaws or fingers 40, 42, on the left hand end of the spindle "22 are shown in the open position, that: is to say in the position in which they exert no grip on the fixed bar '52, whereas the jaws or fingers 40, 42, at the right handend of the spindle are shown in the closed position,
  • I may provide means whereby by a single adjusting means, e. g. 24, 26, 30, the two pairs of plates may be made to grip the fixed bars (52) successively, this being in the pres- 5 ent example attained by so constructing the spindle 22 that it will permit of torsional movement of either end even after the other end of the spindle is prevented from further vang'uiar movement by reason of the related jaws or fingers 40, 42, already exerting a grip on their related fixed bar a 52;.
  • a single adjusting means e. g. 24, 26, 30, the two pairs of plates may be made to grip the fixed bars (52) successively, this being in the pres- 5 ent example attained by so constructing the spindle 22 that it will permit of torsional movement of either end even after the other end of the spindle is prevented from further vang'uiar movement by reason of the related jaws or fingers 40, 42, already exerting a grip on their related fixed bar a 52;.
  • the blocks '34 being in this case secured to the end of the bar instead of to the end of the spindle.
  • constructional form has the further advantage that theflat bars may be adjusted in the axial direction relation to the-spindle 22 (the spindle and bars together serving as telescopic connections) so "that the complete ⁇ device may readily be adapted to panels or various widthsthere being provided setscr'eWs'BZ the like to secure the-jbars-BO-inadj-nsted position.
  • the lower-partial the metal strip 24-- may be provided with an upwardly extending extreme end fiwhic'h whenfthe said lower part is raised by the'operator 'ofthe screw stud '26 will engage in the-hoaxes which I may provide on the'front'fixedpart of the roof this engagement only taking place when the panel is-in the extreme forward position.
  • Latching means for the movablepart ofa sunshine roof said latching means 'comprising a spindle carried by said movable part and extending from one "side edge thereof to the opposite side edge, .a pair of jaws carried by 'saidmovabl'e part of .the roof at each side.edge thereofleath. :pair of jaws being adapted to grip .a rail :carried by the fixed part .of the root, a connection betweeneach pair of jaws and the spindle by which turning movement of the spindle in one direction opens the jaws and turning movement in the other direction closes the jaws and a springacting on said spindlextending to turn it in one direction.
  • Latching means for the movable part ofa sunshine roof, said latching means comprising a spindle carried by said movable part and extending from one side edge thereof to the opposite side edge, a pair of jaws carried by said movable part of the roof at each side edge thereof, each pair of jaws being adapted to grip a rail carried by the fixed part of a roof and each jaw also having a stem, -a block carried by said spindle at each end thereof, each block engaging the stems of the corresponding pair of jaws, manually-controlled means for turning the spindle thereby to close the jaws of each pair together and a spring acting on the spindle tending to turn the latter in a position to open the jaws.

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US2486905A (en) * 1946-01-17 1949-11-01 John W J Ackermans Convertible top latching means
US2560459A (en) * 1947-09-10 1951-07-10 Briggs Mfg Co Locking mechanism for convertible tops
US3610682A (en) * 1968-05-28 1971-10-05 Vermeulen Hollandia A sliding roof construction for a vehicle
US6193301B1 (en) * 1997-09-27 2001-02-27 Wilhelm Karmann Gmbh Convertible vehicle

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GB1030736A (en) * 1963-04-09 1966-05-25 Weathershields Ltd Improvements in sliding roofs for vehicles

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US2486905A (en) * 1946-01-17 1949-11-01 John W J Ackermans Convertible top latching means
US2560459A (en) * 1947-09-10 1951-07-10 Briggs Mfg Co Locking mechanism for convertible tops
US3610682A (en) * 1968-05-28 1971-10-05 Vermeulen Hollandia A sliding roof construction for a vehicle
US6193301B1 (en) * 1997-09-27 2001-02-27 Wilhelm Karmann Gmbh Convertible vehicle

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