Title:
VEHICLE OPEN/CLOSE ROOF STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016049887
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle open/close roof structure capable of reducing the change feeling of an operational force by preventing the operational force of an open/close roof from being suddenly heavy during the manual operation of the open/close roof from a stored state to a developed state.SOLUTION: The vehicle open/close roof structure is characterized in that an open/close roof 10 is formed by an awning frame 20 which can be manually developed and stored and awning cloth 21 covering the outside of the awning frame 20, the awning frame 20 has a pair of left and right side frames 23, left and right assist springs 50 L for pressing the awning frame 20 of the open/close roof 10 in a developing direction when the open/close roof 10 is operated from a stored state to a developed state are respectively provided at the left and right bases of the side frames 23, and the timing of releasing a pressing force applied in the developing direction of the open/close roof 10 by the assist spring 50L is varied between the left side and the right side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Inventors:
MATSUMOTO KOICHI
Application Number:
JP2014176713A
Publication Date:
April 11, 2016
Filing Date:
September 01, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR
International Classes:
B60J7/12
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2011088555A | 2011-05-06 | |||
| JP2005075084A | 2005-03-24 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Motoaki Nagata
Eiji Ota
Yoshiaki Nagata
Eiji Ota
Yoshiaki Nagata