Patent ID: 11904670
Assignee: MYTOP IP, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An automotive vehicle, convertible roof apparatus comprising:
(a) a flexible convertible roof cover moveable from a closed position to an open position;
(b) stationary vehicular-mounted guide rails each being elongated in substantially fore-and-aft directions from a substantially horizontal front portion to a substantially vertical rear portion, the rear portion of each of the guide rails being offset angled 90-110° from the front portion of each of the guide rails;
(c) roof bows supporting the roof cover;
(d) a rear window attached to and moveable with the roof cover;
(e) couplings connected to and movable along the guide rails;
(f) brackets connecting the couplings to the roof bows;
(g) at least one elongated and flexible cable connected to at least one of the brackets;
(h) an electric motor located below an occupant seating area within a passenger compartment area;
(i) energization of the electric motor being configured to cause the at least one of the cables to move the at least one of the brackets relative to the guide rails so as to slide the roof cover and the roof bows rearwardly along the front and rear portions of the guide rails when moved from the closed position to the open position; and
(j) an entirety of the roof cover being stowed rearward of a vertical plane through a back of the occupant seating area and lower than the front portions of the guide rails.