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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1990
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A slidable roof device for a motor vehicle wherein a roof panel opening of the vehicle body is openably and closeably covered with a flexible member. For opening both front and rear portions of the roof panel opening of the vehicle body, the device includes a first drive mechanism which is operatively interconnected with the front portion of the flexible member for moving the front portion thereof to the rearward direction of the vehicle body, and a second drive mechanism which is operatively interconnected with the rear portion of the flexible member for moving the rear portion thereof to the forward direction of the vehicle body. The first and the second drive mechanisms are provided at the rear end of the roof panel opening of the vehicle body.