Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retractable roof
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Application No.: US16678111Application Date: 2019-11-08
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Publication No.: US11235651B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Luke Sanham , Michael Ertl
- Applicant: McLaren Automotive Limited , Webasto SE
- Applicant Address: GB Woking; DE Stockdorf
- Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited,Webasto SE
- Current Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited,Webasto SE
- Current Assignee Address: GB Woking; DE Stockdorf
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: GB1818324 20181109
- Main IPC: B60J7/16
- IPC: B60J7/16 ; E05F15/603 ; B60J7/20

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising: an occupant cabin; a retractable roof configured to move between a deployed configuration where the roof covers the occupant cabin and a retracted configuration; a housing configured to house the retractable roof when the roof is in the retracted configuration; a moveable cover configured to close the housing and move between a closed configuration where the moveable cover closes the housing and an open configuration to permit the retractable roof to move between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration; a first electric motor coupled to the retractable roof to be capable of imparting motion to the retractable roof so that, when the first electric motor is activated, the first electric motor causes the retractable roof to move between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration; a second electric motor coupled to the moveable cover to be capable of imparting motion to the movable cover so that, when the second electric motor is activated, the second electric motor causes the moveable cover to move between the closed configuration and the open configuration; and a control unit configured to control the activation of the first and second electric motors so that, during the movement of the retractable roof between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration, the moveable cover moves partially simultaneously, with the retractable roof, between the closed configuration and open configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200148045A1 Retractable Roof Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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