Patent ID: 7661960

Claim:
An electrical contact mechanism adapted to be mounted in an electrically operated supporting mechanism for selectively extending a roof and a rear window to fully cover an upper portion of a vehicle compartment and stowing the roof and the rear window in a stowage space provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body to fully open the upper portion of the vehicle compartment, the electrical contact mechanism comprising: a first member fixed to the electrically operated supporting mechanism, the first member being brought into rotation in conjunction with the supporting mechanism when the supporting mechanism operates in one direction to extend the roof and the rear window and in the other direction, to stow the roof and the rear window, respectively; a first contact provided on the first member; a second member fixed to the vehicle body; and a second contact provided on the second member, wherein when the first member rotates relative to the second member as a result of the operation of the supporting mechanism in said one direction, the first contact of the first member is brought into connection with the second contact, resulting in electric power supply to an electrical apparatus mounted to at least one of the roof and the rear window.