Patent ID: 8538637
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B60J,E05B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle featuring a luggage compartment with a cargo opening, comprising: a lid having a closed configuration wherein the lid closes the cargo opening and having an open configuration wherein the lid is raised from the cargo opening; a lid locking mechanism connected to the lid and configured to selectively lock the lid in the closed configuration and to selectively unlock the lid for movement to the open configuration; a roof having a retracted configuration wherein the roof is located in the luggage compartment; a roof lifting mechanism connected to the roof and configured to selectively raise the roof from the retracted configuration and to selectively lower the roof into the retracted configuration; a switch connected to the lid locking mechanism and to the roof lifting mechanism, wherein the switch has a single switching function to transmit a single signal; and a control in communication with the switch to receive the single signal, wherein the control assigns the single signal to the lid locking mechanism to unlock the lid when the lid is in the closed configuration, and wherein, when the lid is unlocked, the control assigns the single signal to the roof lifting mechanism to raise the roof from the retracted configuration.