Patent ID: 9180762
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle removable roof system comprising: a vehicle fixed roof having a first finished surface panel joined to a first structural panel, where said first structural panel is configured with a mounting flange, said mounting flange having a first horizontal portion and a downward slope portion extending from said first horizontal portion toward a junction with a B-pillar of said vehicle; one or more removable top panels, where each of said removable top panels have a second finished surface joined to a second structural panel, where said second structural panel is configured to engage said mounting flange of said vehicle fixed roof; and a contoured dropped flange extending downward from said second structural panel toward the junction with the B-pillar to form a constant gap between said mounting flange of said first structural panel and said second structural panel in both the first horizontal portion and the downward slope portion.