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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Anthony Earl, Foster City, CA (US);
Christopher William Labadie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Brandon Loeb, Campbell, CA (US);
Timothy David Kentley-Klay, Stanford, CA (US);
Marius Marquart, Ostfildern, DE;
Patricia Josephine Malloy, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jürgen Salewski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael Heidan, Stuttgart, DE;
Roberto Cabral, Troy, MI (US);
Everardo Hernandez, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for a multi-directional roof cover system includes a vehicle comprising an opening in the top of the vehicle and a cover movably coupled to selectively cover the opening. The cover has a first end proximate a first end of the vehicle, a second end proximate a second end of the vehicle, lateral edges connecting the first end and the second end, and linkages coupling the lateral edges to the vehicle. The cover is actuatable, based on one or more conditions, between a first position in which the cover is closed and covers the opening, a second position in which the cover is open and the first end of the cover is raised relative to the second end of the cover, and a third position in which the cover is open and the second end of the cover is raised relative to the first end of the cover.