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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Brian Hale Staser, Troy, MI (US);
Lloyd Walker Rogers, Jr., Shelby Township, MI (US);
Geoffrey Barr, Troy, MI (US);
Stephen George Griffin, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ronald James Wilde, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive vehicle has a power operated moveable roof panel that moves between an open position above a fixed roof panel and a closed position behind the fixed roof panel. The moveable roof panel is guided by forward and rearward roller assemblies at each side that travel in respective forward and rearward tracks exclusively. The forward roller assemblies have forward rollers, rearward rollers and guide rollers that cooperate with drops in the forward tracks to push the moveable roof panel down in the closed position. The vehicle has an optional luggage rack and an optional interior partition between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment that includes a moveable glass panel.