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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher J Dilluvio, Warren, MI (US);
Kim E Taylor, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
ASC Incorporated, Southgate, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292 32 ; 292 39 ; 292D / ;
Abstract
A convertible roof latching and switch operating system provides an actuator which moves a first latch toward a vehicle centerline and a second latch away from a vehicle centerline in order to engage their respective strikers. In another aspect of the present invention a movable handle is directly and mechanically coupled to the pair of latches. In a further aspect of the present invention, the handle also operates one or more switches which activate driving means for raising or lowering a convertible roof.