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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Alan Richard Condon, Essex, GB;
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
John K. Harding, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motor vehicle is provided having front and rear roof panels and which can be moved from in use to stowed positions to change the style of the motor vehicle from a two box style to a convertible or pick-up style. A stowage mechanism for the rear roof panel having two interlinked four bar linkages is disclosed which allows a small linear actuator to produce the range of displacement required to stow the rear roof panel.