Patent ID: 8205929
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A car, comprising: a frame comprising two vertical posts projecting from a body of the car and facing each other on opposite sides of the car; a passenger compartment; a sun roof supported by the frame and configured to be set to an open position or a closed position with respect to the passenger compartment; a rear window that is arranged between the two vertical posts and is separate and independent from the sun roof; a housing for housing the sun roof when the sun roof is in the open position; and a movable cover for closing the housing; wherein the sun roof comprises front and rear rigid roof members which, when the sun roof is in the closed position, are substantially horizontal, substantially coplanar, and positioned seamlessly one behind the other, and, when the sun roof is in the open position, are packed one against the other inside the housing; wherein to permit movement of the roof members to and from the housing, the rear window is movable, parallel to itself and substantially vertically, between an extracted position, in which the rear window projects from the car body and is arranged between the two vertical posts, and a withdrawn position, in which the rear window is housed inside the car body, inside a seat formed between the passenger compartment and the housing of the roof members; wherein each of the roof members is connected mechanically to the frame by two connecting arms located on opposite sides of the roof member; wherein the connecting arms are located between the vertical posts of the frame such that the connecting arms are located in a space laterally bound by the vertical posts of the frame; wherein, when the sun roof is in the closed position, lateral portions of the rear roof member are arranged supported on upper edges of the vertical posts of the frame and a central portion of the rear roof member is supported on an upper edge of the rear window in the extracted position; wherein, when the sun roof is in the closed position, a rear edge of the rear roof member is vertically aligned with the rear edge of the vertical posts of the frame; wherein, when the sun roof is in the open position, inside the housing the front roof member is arranged supported on the rear roof member; and wherein the roof members are rotated simultaneously and both in a same direction of rotation to move the sun roof from the closed position to the open position.